Those were the top 3 international cities with U.S. tourists last year, according to the Hotel Price Index. Mexico City, Tokyo and Dubai showed the biggest increases. MORE
DrFumblefinger shares one of the most popular hikes in Banff National Park, with a further extension to a subalpine plateau where you can see pools of mineralized water known as “the Inkpots”.
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DrFumblefinger shares some photos from Bowron Lakes Provincial Park in B.C.
I’m not a swimmer, and the only way you could get me to go over water like this (frigid mountain waters of the Kootenai River) is with a sturdy bridge
Samantha enjoyed her visit and found the beer was good, and views were amazing.
A relatively new Botanic Garden in Sri Lanka currently receives few visitors, but ProfessorAbe and his wife went along and enjoyed it.
Seville’s scrappy ‘other side of the river’ has a character and history all its own
That’s what this vendor calls himself, and the variety on his table justifies the name
Under the Metropolitan Museum’s grand staircase, a formerly hidden area is now a dramatic showcase
What’s also interesting about the information is that it’s from hotels.com which says in the first line it’s helping us find “the best cities around the world”. I’m not sure I buy the premise that popular is best. Another index I also find VERY interesting, in the quest to locate interesting places for longer stays on a budget, is the cost of living index for places around the world. While visitor costs and resident costs are not the same, still, it’s an interesting tool and also gives us ideas for places to visit we not otherwise think of or consider (it does for me anyway). See it here.
That’s a great point! I never like “best” lists, anyway…and like to stray into any place that looks good and take a chance on whether it’s “Zagat-quality.”
The cost of living is interesting, too, especially for travelers on tight budgets; my experience in Portugal last summer (see BLOG here on TravelGumbo) has sent a couple of younger colleagues off to plan Portugal trips instead of more expensive parts of Europe.