The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: Interstate Highways, Hot Destinations and the Mile-High Club

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  02.09.07 | 8:34 AM ET

We’re going to France and we’re learning the language. Excellent. Other stops in this week’s Zeitgeist include Spain, Morocco, Cuba, Hawaii and Hot-lanta.

imageMost Popular Country for Travelers
Reuters/French Tourism Ministry (2006)
France
* 78 million people visited the country last year.

Top Travel and Adventure Audiobook
iTunes (current)
Fodor’s French for Travelers

Most Read Weblog Post
World Hum (this week)
‘Significant Steps’ Taken in Quest for Morocco-Spain Tunnel

Best Place in the U.S. for a Value Vacation
Hotwire.com Travel Value Index (2007)
Atlanta, Georgia
* Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; Orlando-Daytona Beach, Florida; and Kansas City, Missouri round out the top five.

Most Popular Page Tagged Travel
Del.icio.us (recent)
Interstate Highway System Simplified
* The U.S. Interstates rendered in the style of a metro-system map. Its designer calls it “map-porn.”

imageBest Selling Travel Book
Amazon.com (current)
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
* We still like this book.

Most E-Mailed Travel Story
New York Times (current)
In Cuba, Finding a Tiny Corner of Jewish Life

Most Popular Travel Story
Netscape (current)
How to ... Join the Mile-High Club
* The Guardian suggests this.

Most Read Weblog Category
World Hum (this week)
Planet Theme Park
* This story helped it rise to the top.

Most Dugg Travel Podcast
Digg (current)
Martin Sargent: Web Drifter

Most Popular Travel Podcast
PodcastAlley (February)
808Talk: Hawaii’s Premier Podcast

The Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Travel Zeitgeist Search
Most Popular Hawaiian Island

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Tags: Africa, Morocco, Caribbean, Cuba, Europe, France, Spain, North America, United States, Hawaii


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