The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: From the Fringe of Edinburgh

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 07.27.07 | 2:58 PM ET

The Scottish capital made a move toward the top of travelers’ minds this week—the famed Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival begin soon—along with China, the Sierra Nevada and some purveyors of hotel porn. Here’s the Zeitgeist.

Most Viewed Travel Story
Telegraph UK (current)
Edinburgh Travel Guide

Most E-Mailed Travel Story
New York Times (current)
Not the Hamptons. Yet.
* 36 Hours in Edinburgh also makes the most e-mailed list, currently at No. 3.

Most Viewed Travel Story
Los Angeles Times (current)
Got a Free Weekend? Escape to the Sierra Nevada

Most Read Feature
World Hum (posted this week)
Ask Rolf: I’m in my Mid-40s. Am I Too Old to Stay in Hostels?
* It’s all about spirit, says Rolf.

Most Read Travel Story
USA Today (current)
Marriott Blasted for Hotel Porn
* Morality in Media is making a stir, and Kitty Bean Yancey’s Hotel Hotsheet blog has a raucous discussion going on.

Most Read Weblog Post
World Hum (posted this week)
‘Into the Wild’: Sean Penn Adapts Jon Krakauer’s Book for the Big Screen

Most Popular Travel Story
Netscape (this week)
Beautiful Chinese Travel and Vacation

Top Travel and Adventure Audiobook
iTunes (current)
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
* The latest runner-up stymied by Gilbert: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Best Selling Travel Book
Amazon.com (current)
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
* The latest runner-up stymied by Gilbert: China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford

Editor’s Pick: Travel & Places Video
YouTube (today)
Prison Thriller!
* A re-creation of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video by inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Cebu City, Philippines.