Reader to L.A. Times: “Give Us the Material to Inspire”
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 03.11.02 | 8:19 PM ET
Los Angeles Times reader Robin Harrington used to reach for the Travel section first on Sundays, but not in the months since September 11. Why? Harrington wants more coverage of travel to the Middle East and has been “bored stiff” by all the articles focusing on domestic travel. “Though many people may not feel safe traveling to the Middle East now, there is no reason we shouldn’t be able to read about it,” Harrington writes in a letter published Sunday. “I hope you will give us the material to inspire and prepare ourselves for a time in the future when we can experience the wonderful things this region has to offer: beautiful landscapes, mind-blowing antiquities and the warmth of a people so often portrayed negatively by our media.”
Right on, Robin. To be fair, however, the Times shouldn’t be singled out. Few U.S. travel editors are publishing such stories. As veteran travel editor Don George has lamented, “Soul-stretching adventures don’t sell ads.” The same can be said of Middle East travel coverage now.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
