Insights

If you enjoyed reading as a child, you’ll recognize Prince Edward Island as the backdrop of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved Anne of Green Gables. If you gravitate toward romances as an adult, however, you may also know the island as the dreamy setting of Carley Fortune’s This Summer Will Be Different.

How history, religion, urban life and local customs shape pet culture around the world—and what travelers should know before bringing pets abroad.

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.