The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: Celebrations and the ‘Soccer People’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 01.26.07 | 9:14 AM ET
Happy Australia Day! This week online travelers are going Down Under, up Mount Everest and around the world via Clarkston, Georgia. Here’s the Zeitgeist.
Most Viewed Weblog Post
World Hum (this week)
‘The Soccer People’: Heartbreak and Triumph in Clarkston, Georgia
Most Popular Travel Story
Netscape (current)
Melburnians Celebrate Australia Day
* Among the highlights of the day for Australians: Whipping England at cricket.
Best Travel Magazine
North American Travel Journalism Association Awards (2006)
Budget Travel
* The list of winners includes National Geographic Traveler (best online travel magazine) and St. Louis Post-Dispatch (best newspaper travel section).
Most Blogged Travel Story
New York Times (current)
Site Calculates Risk Factors for Travelers
* It’s a joint project by “researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, with support from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.”
Most Popular Travel Podcast
iTunes (current)
Travel With Rick Steves
Most Popular Page Tagged Travel
Del.icio.us (recent)
Travel Like a Pro: 8 Tips To Make Your Journey Easier
Most Read Travel Story
USA Today (current)
Online Oracles Promise to Ease Your Airfare Angst
* An overview and comparison of Farecast, Farecompare, Kayak, Hotwire and Airfarewatchdog.
Most Dugg Travel Podcast
Digg (current)
Martin Sargent: Web Drifter
No. 1 World Music Album
iTunes (current)
Loreena McKennitt’s An Ancient Muse
Top Ranked Travel Video
YouTube (this week)
Park
Top Travel and Adventure Audiobook
iTunes (current)
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Best Selling Travel Book
Amazon.com (current)
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2007
The Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Travel Zeitgeist Search
World’s Best Theme Park
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Photo by Arne Müseler, via flickr (Creative Commons).
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Kim 01.26.07 | 4:43 PM ET
Nice work, wonderful & Great addition. Thank you for all good works
Marilyn Terrell 01.26.07 | 6:26 PM ET
Thanks for mentioning National Geographic Traveler’s award. I didn’t even know we’d won!
That Italian parking video is pretty funny, but you might enjoy this one as well, of the psychedelic train station in Zug, Switzerland. Watch what happens to the balloon on the street: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pxn9pY38gQ
Story here: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/extras/blog/blog0701_1.html#zug
online football 07.08.08 | 7:13 PM ET
Thats a nice video from Switzerland, fond memories of the place :)