Richard Holbrooke on Travel: ‘I Think the Ugly American as a Tourist Cliché is Overblown’

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 04.11.07 | 7:16 AM ET

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke sat for a Q&A with Dorinda Elliott in the April issue of Conde Nast Traveler, talking about his own travels and the importance of travel in understanding the world. His favorite trip? “The next one is always the best,” he says. That’s our kind of traveler.