Earlier this year, the European Union published a list of airlines banned within the EU. With over 100 African airlines on this list, the African Airlines Association’s secretary general described the ban as “undermining international confidence in African aviation” making European carriers the “ultimate beneficiaries who will dominate the African skies to the disadvantage of African carriers,” reports the Flight Africa Blog
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Daily Radar: 05.20.10
Tourism is an incredibly lucrative industry in the Galapagos: The numbers of visitors have quadrupled between 1990 and 2009, and more than 160,000 people now visit each year. For mainland Ecuadorians, the islands are seen of a source of higher incomes, and many move to the archipelago to earn better wages. But thanks in part to lax enforcement of residency permits, the population of the protected region now stands at 30,000 and is growing at a rate of 6.5 percent a year, compared with 2.0 percent on mainland Ecuador
We have a sneaking suspicion that Andrew Evans traveled the entire 10,000 miles by bus just to hang out with penguins. You don’t have to remind me: I know how lucky I am
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Bus2Antarctica Video: Coping with Penguin Addiction
Is it Thursday afternoon? Well then it must be time to take a look through our Peeps in Places pictures that have been submitted so far! If you haven’t taken your Peep out for a photo op yet, there’s still plenty of time.
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Where Your Peeps At?
We were sorry to learn recently that the riverside research station of Iain Douglas-Hamilton, of Save the Elephants , in northern Kenya, was destroyed on the morning of March 4, 2010 by a flash flood, which resulted from a storm several miles upstream. Save the Elephants is an organization, that, as its name indicates, works to research and protect the elephant population in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve, and it was featured prominently in “Family Ties: The Elephants of Samburu,” a story in the September 2008 issue of National Geographic written by David Quammen. In the piece, Quammen describes the reserve and the elephants’ role within it: The reserve is a relatively small area, just 65 square miles of semiarid savanna, rough highlands, dry washes (known locally as luggas ), and riparian forests of acacia and doom palm along the north bank of the Ewaso Ngiro River.
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Save the Elephants: How You Can Help
Surf’s up, Alpaca! Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi has been teaching dogs to surf for years, but when he saw Australians surfing with koalas and kangaroos, he knew he had to surf with an animal representative of his home country: an alpaca . The veteran surfer took to the waters with his new surfing partner, Pisco (video, above).
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Daily Radar: 03.18.10
Have you ever traveled to Ireland? Well if you’re one of the 8.6 million tourists who explore the Emerald Isle each year you may have Sir Cornelius O’Brien to thank, say our pals over at NationalGeographic.com : Ireland’s booming tourist industry was predicted by Sir Cornelius O’Brien–a self-proclaimed descendant of legendary High King Brian Boru–who wanted to capitalize on the throngs of Victorian tourists coming to see the magnificent views from the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare.
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Ireland in Pictures
Carnival season has ended, but we couldn’t help but post this shot, taken at Rio’s Carnival. Photographer: Jan Sochor, from Czech Republic, working in Latin America Camera: Nikon D200 The Details: A Brazilian boy looking through the hole in a blue sheet to see unfinished allegorical floats in the Carnival workroom, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Global Eye: Behind the Scenes
Norwegian’s got talent! Norwegian Cruise Line is now accepting submissions for its Search for the Epic Star competition. The winner of the competition will perform his or her act aboard the inaugural voyage of the Norwegian Epic , and win a seven-day cruise aboard the vessel. To enter, submit a one-minute video of you performing your talent to www.epicstar.usatoday.com
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Daily Radar: 03.17.10
Graduates in a difficult job market often put their travel dreams on hold. Bust the cast of JetSetZero.tv –a group of twentysomethings working and blogging their way around the world–have set out to prove that you don’t need to be rich to travel; you just have to be willing to work. Rob Ward , one of the project’s founders, shared his insights in the March issue of Traveler.
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Ready, Jet Set, Go!
David Tan runs the blog Mad About Shanghai , which I’ve been following for several years. His blog is about moving to, living in, and doing business in Shanghai. With the Shanghai World Expo coming up in May, I was wondering what David might recommend for visitors to see and do besides the Expo.
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Mad About Shanghai
Antwerp Mabuhay Lodgings offers 2 standard Bed and Breakfast rooms with a shared bathroom, and 3 fully furnished self-catering studios / apartments where
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Antwerp Mabuhay Lodgings – Experience Asian Hospitality in a European Setting
Traveler contributing editor Jim Conaway reviews two new exhibits that just recently opened in Washington, D.C. Thank God for the women, I’m thinking, standing in the bright, airy space of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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On Display in DC: National Gallery & the Corcoran
When Andrew Evans crossed the border into Ecuador, he found religion on its many buses. For many people in the world, religion and travel go hand in hand. No matter what you believe in, when you’re on the road in a strange country you want to be safe and looked after by someone that speaks the language better than you
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Bus2Antarctica: The Virgins of Ecuador
Today is Groundhog Day , when Punxsutawney Phil pops out of his hole to let us know whether there will be six more weeks of winter (turns out, alas, yes ). But for me, I’m pushing the groundhog aside and saying unabashedly that this is the Day of Lost . Yup, it’s the season premiere of the End of the Series, which means we’ll finally find out all the details about polar bears and hatches, time travel and moving islands, talking to dead people, huge four-footed statues, and mysterious donkey wheels
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LOST Fan? Find a Flight to the Island Online
National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destinations is hosting its annual summit at headquarters today, and the remarkable winners and finalists of this year’s Geotourism Challenge are taking the stage to give presentations about their innovative approach to tourism.
Former Traveler researcher Emily Haile spent the past summer and fall in Taipei studying Mandarin, and she vividly described many of her Taiwan adventures in her blog, The Travel Telegraph . I came along vicariously on her excursions, and here are some of my favorites within an hour or so of the capital: 1. About 20 miles outside Taipei is Juifen , an old mining town with crooked streets, some of which are old mining tunnels, and it’s nicknamed the City of Steps for good reason.
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Taipei Day-Trip Tips
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been one month since Andrew Evans left Washington D.C. and started taking buses all the way to Antarctica. We’ve created an interactive map of his trip so far, and we’ll be updating it as he goes
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Bus2Antarctica: The Map
Next time you’re heading Down Under, check out Air New Zealand’s Economy Skycouches , three-seat blocks that lie completely flat , so couples or small families sitting together can get a bit more comfortable on long international flights (and not pay business-class prices). Also, check out ABC’s photo gallery of other “posh” airline seats
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Daily Radar: 02.01.10
There are so many reasons to love western Canada: The Vancouver Olympics are just around the corner, and you know how we feel about a certain Banff Squirrel . We’ve put together a series of resources so you can explore Canada’s wild west.
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Top Ten Sights in Western Canada