The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: The Endless Summer

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  09.21.07 | 12:41 PM ET

imageSummer is over, but beaches remain on travelers’ minds. This week the Zeitgeist hits Cancun, Fire Island and Galveston, as well as Saudi Arabia, Germany and India.

Most E-Mailed Travel Story
USA Today (current)
U.S. Tourists Flock to Revamped Cancun
* Cancun (pictured) is “reporting hotel occupancy approaching that of pre-Wilma days.”

Most Popular Travel Story
Propeller (this week)
10 Beautiful Places in Orissa

Most Read Feature
World Hum (posted this week)
Nine Great Ways to Get Thrown Off an Airplane

imageMost Read Weblog Post
World Hum (posted this week)
‘Girls of Riyadh’: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Sex and the City’?

Most E-Mailed Travel Story
New York Times (current)
Fire Island Heats Up

Most Viewed Travel Story
Los Angeles Times (current)
Southwest Airlines Plans to Cater to International Air Travelers

“Hot This Week” Destination
Yahoo! (this week)
Galveston, Texas

Most Popular Page Tagged Travel
Del.icio.us (recent)
Bundle Wrapping from OneBag.com

Most Popular Travel Story
Iloho (current)
Top 10 Hostels Around the World

Most Popular Travel Podcast
iTunes (current)
Beautiful Places With Tony Farley
* Current podcast: Glacier Gorge

Top Ranked Travel & Places Video
YouTube (this week)
Leah in Germany, Part 1

Top Viewer Video
TravelChannel.com
Arizona’s Apache Trail

Most Viewed Travel Post
BlogHer (current)
I’m Too [Fill in the Blank] for the Plane

Best Selling Travel Book
Amazon.com (current)
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
* After six weeks at the top, Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love” drops to No. 3 as the movie adaptation of Into the Wild hits theaters.

Top Travel and Adventure Audiobook
iTunes (current)
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

Most Viewed Travel Story
Telegraph UK (current)
All Aboard the Deluxe Express

The Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Travel Zeitgeist Search
World’s best train trip

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Photo of Cancun by kisses are a better fate than wisdom, via Flickr (Creative Commons).