Slow Travel and the Death of the Checklist Trip
The seven-cities-in-nine-days itinerary is losing its grip. More travelers are choosing one place, more time, and fewer photographs to prove it.
May 14, 2024

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The seven-cities-in-nine-days itinerary is losing its grip. More travelers are choosing one place, more time, and fewer photographs to prove it.
May 14, 2024

IATA expects passenger demand to grow only 2.1% in 2026 as conflict, inflation and weaker purchasing power weigh on travel. The market is normalizing unevenly.
Aug 1, 2026

Summer bookings show shorter trips, cooler destinations and a preference for experiences led by lifelong locals and traditional craftspeople. The multi country sprint is losing.
Aug 4, 2026

A Michelin-starred vegetarian tasting menu, a food court burger stand, and the cafes in between: plant-based dining across Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Aug 14, 2025

New border tech, pricier fares and shifting rules make 2026 a year to plan smarter. Here is the real playbook for booking, packing and crossing borders.
Feb 11, 2026

The cuisine of the country is the hardest one to find in it. A practical guide to the kinds of places that serve it properly, what to order first, and when the calendar does the work for you.
Aug 10, 2026

Two months after Iran and Israel's war grounded Gulf flights, travel demand is rebuilding, though not evenly and not everywhere at once.
Aug 28, 2025

The ice broke away above the Lhende river in Tibet on Wednesday morning, dammed it, then let go. Nepal's tourism department has 668 visitors from 34 countries listed as missing. The mechanism has a name, and the Himalaya is producing it more often.
Aug 28, 2026

Israel's strikes on Iran and the retaliation that followed grounded Gulf carriers and shut down entire national airspaces within hours.
Jun 26, 2025

Middle East carriers earned 7.2 billion dollars in 2025 and are forecast to lose 4.3 billion this year. Emirates is flying at three quarters of capacity, jet fuel is up nearly half, and European regulators still advise avoiding four countries' airspace.
Aug 22, 2026

The FILOJET was carrying 259 passengers and eight crew to Tasucu. Eight people died, 18 are still missing and 241 were brought ashore. The captain and all seven of his crew have been detained and remanded while an investigation begins.
Aug 31, 2026

Centuries of fasting cuisine gave Lebanon a plant-based head start. Here is where that history shows up on menus across Beirut today.
Mar 5, 2026
