The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: Beauty and the Borat
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 10.20.06 | 7:35 AM ET
The most gorgeous city in the United States—that would be San Francisco—steps into the Zeitgeist spotlight this week, along with Hawaii, road tripping, airlines of all sorts and the nemesis the government of Kazakhstan, Borat.
Top United States City
Conde Nast Traveler (Readers’ Choice Awards)
San Francisco
* The city has finished first in the magazine’s survey in 18 of its 19 years. Guess readers can’t get enough of this view.
Most Blogged Travel Story
New York Times (current)
Affordable San Francisco
Most Popular Page Tagged Travel
Del.icio.us (current)
RealTravel
Most Viewed Story
World Hum (this week)
Oprah Winfrey, Amanda Congdon and the New Golden Age of the Cross-Country Road Trip
Most Popular Food & Travel Story
Netscape (current)
Airline Will Cater to Smokers
Top Ranked Travel Podcast
Podcast Alley (October)
808Talk
* 808 is the area code for Hawaii, which seems to have already rebounded after the recent 6.7 earthquake.
Best Selling Travel Book
Amazon.com (current)
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
* The New York Times has the first chapter of Bryson’s memoir of growing up in 1950s Iowa.
Top International Route Airline
Conde Nast Traveler (Readers’ Choice Awards)
Singapore Airlines
* The carrier has also topped its category for every year of the magazine’s survey but one.
Most Read Weblog Post
World Hum
A Week in the Life of American Airlines
Most Viewed Travel & Places Video
YouTube (this week)
“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
* From the “Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education” hosted by Daily Show funnyman Jon Stewart.
The Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Travel Zeitgeist Search
Borat has been taking some hits from the Kazakhstan government for poking fun at the country. Now deputy foreign minister Rakhat Aliyev has seen the light and invited Borat, aka Sacha Baron Cohen, for a visit. Borat, here’s where to go to experience the real Kazakhstan.
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