The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: Hawaii, Highways and One Hot Book

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  05.04.07 | 5:14 PM ET

This week travelers gave big love to “Eat, Pray, Love,” Hawaii, India, Arthur Frommer, the Flying Spaghetti Monster and the booty-shaking dance called Wolosso. Here’s the Zeitgeist. 

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Most E-Mailed Travel Story
New York Times (current)
Heart of Hawaii

Most E-Mailed Travel Story
USA Today (current)
50 Years of Arthur Frommer: Budget Travel Tips Still Saving Travelers Money
* This week has seen extensive coverage of the 50th anniversary of “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day.”

Most Viewed Travel Story
Los Angeles Times (current)
Speed Touring India’s Taj Mahal & Golden Triangle

Most Read Weblog Post
World Hum (this week)
‘Buttock-Swinging’ Dance in Guinea Leads to Violence
* It’s your average traffic-getting, booty-shaking dance.

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

Best Selling Travel Book
Amazon.com (current)
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

Most Popular Page Tagged Travel
Del.icio.us (recent)
Bear Trap Guide For All Interstate Highways in the United States

Most Popular Travel Story
Netscape (this week)
Loose Change 2 to be In-Flight Movie for Virgin Atlantic

imageMost Popular Travel Podcast
iTunes (current)
Travel With Rick Steves
* This Week: “Dutch Tolerance and the Overworked American”

Most Viewed Travel Story
Telegraph (current)
Not So Little Green Men

Top Rated “Your Pick” Video
LonelyPlanet.tv (current)
Urban Rhapsody

Most Viewed Travel & Places Video
YouTube (this week)
Flying Spaghetti Monster over Russia, 1957

The Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Travel Zeitgeist Search
What’s the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s favorite destination?

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Photo of Hawaii’s Big Island courtesy NASA.

Tags: Asia, India, Europe, France, Paris, Russia, North America, United States, Hawaii, Literary Travel


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