Insights

More than two decades after September 11, the memorials in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia preserve the individual stories, sacrifice and courage behind a day that changed America and the world.

Responsible travel extends far beyond reusable water bottles. These practical choices can help travelers support communities, respect cultures and reduce the harm tourism can cause.

Wildlife attractions may use words such as sanctuary and conservation while continuing to exploit animals. Learn how to recognize harmful encounters and support more ethical wildlife tourism.

From the outside, the idea of journeying thousands of miles to stand before a solitary sandstone monolith seems puzzling. Yet for those drawn to places imbued with history, belief and meaning, Uluru, once known as Ayers Rock, is far more than just a rock. It is a living cultural landscape.

Following her appearance on The Marissa Mitchell Show, Tonya Fitzpatrick reflects on completing a 38-mile trek through Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains just eight months after total knee replacement and explores how travel, purpose and intention can shape a new chapter.

A packed itinerary, an overfilled suitcase and constant work messages can make a vacation exhausting. These practical travel tips can help you plan ahead, slow down and enjoy a less stressful trip.

Tonya Fitzpatrick shares the creative and personal writing journey behind Destination Stewardship, a tourism business book shaped by storytelling, family artwork, legal discipline, global interviews, and the urgent need for stewardship as an antidote to overtourism.

I almost deleted the email that led to Destination Stewardship. Looking back, it wasn’t just about writing a book—it was about something I had been noticing in destinations for years.

The best way to travel with the intent of exploring diversity is to ditch the touristy places. Sometimes, tourist attractions bring people from all over the world — the Grand Canyon or Disneyland, for example.

Over four years in the early 1970s, Cambodia, a Southeast Asian country now frequented by backpacking tourists, faced one of the worst human atrocities imaginable-- a state-sponsored genocide wiping out one-third of the nation’s population.

There are few countries in the world whose very name evokes both ancient civilizations and modern geopolitical fault lines. Iran, cradle of the Achaemenid Empire and home to Persepolis, Golestan Palace, and the Silk Road’s eastern reaches, has long intrigued travelers including me. Cultural heritage exhibitions from the National Museum of Iran have drawn crowds abroad — like the 2024 “Glory of Ancient Persia” tour that attracted tens of millions of visitors in China — and locals often speak proudly of these legacies. Yet today, the idea of visiting Iran sits in limbo because of a war that has reshaped regional mobility and frozen tourism ambitions in the dust of airspace closures and safety warnings.

During February, there is an influx of travel stories for the “Best Places to Celebrate Black History Month”. It’s great and there are so many places I want to visit! However, the same list almost disappears into the ether as soon as March 1st arrives.