‘Australia’: The Next Big Travel Movie?

National Geographic’s ‘Herod’s Lost Tomb,’ FTW

Additional Measures Taken to Ease Holiday Travel Woes

‘Frozen Skyline’: Architecture and the Recession

How Can I Save on Transportation During a Round-the-World Trip?

Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel

13 Great Travel Horror Movies

The Hollywood horror archives are filled with tales of bad trips. To celebrate Halloween, Eva Holland and Eli Ellison sift through the carnage to pick their favorites—and lose a little sleep doing so.

Matt Weiland: Through 50 States With 50 Writers

The coeditor of “State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America” talks to Frank Bures about the book, the WPA and how the United States hasn’t been “bulldozed for speed”

Love Herring in Sweden

From artery-clogging casseroles to a fermented concoction that smells alarmingly like vinegary flatulence, Lola Akinmade digs in to a smörgåsbord of herring and explains how to best appreciate Scandinavia’s favorite fish. 

The Water Is Wide

Bronwen Dickey considers Tim Butcher’s “Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart,” which takes readers deep into the Congo

Vagrant Ruminations of a Compulsive Traveler

Where does the urge to hunt for that “fleeting fix of elsewhere” come from? Peter Wortsman recalls a life of travel inspiration. 

Notes From an Unofficial Tourist Greeter

Summer is over, and so is Julia Ross‘ season as an ambassador to travelers in Washington, D.C.’s Woodley Park neighborhood. She’s happy to be off duty.

Iraq Kurdistan to Tourists: Don’t Confuse Us with the Rest of Iraq

This is incorrect as “ The Other Iraq “ campaign is intended to demonstrate that not all of Iraq can be judged by what you read in the media and that the economic and political climate in the three Northern governates that make up the autonomous region of Kurdistan is relatively secure and prospering.This is not a political campaign trying to separate the Kurdistan region from the rest of Iraq.In fact the Kurdistan Regional Government ("KRG")wishes to remain a part of the Federal Republic of Iraq and this campaign is indeed meant to encourage international companies to visit and invest in the Kurdistan region in Iraq, where the people really see the Coalition forces as “Liberators” rather than “occupiers” as they do in the rest of Iraq.

Following up my earlier comment,it is important to state that there are now at least 75 flights a week into/out of the newly opened Hewler (Erbil) International Airport that fly in directly from Europe (Frankfurt,Stockholm) and the Middle East(including Dubai,Jordon and Istanbul) and there is also a newly opened International airport in Suleymaneya.These international flights are all direct and none of them land at Baghdad,although Iraqi Airways operates
domestic flights between Baghdad and Erbil/Suleymaneya.

I’m leaving to Kurdistan in one month, IT IS KURDISTANS time. Somethings telling ME that you just wanted to make a few bucks by writing this article....