- The NYT asks “Is Qatar the Next Dubai?”- they’ve got man-made resort islands too! It seems like mere weeks ago, Dubai was the next Dubai. And the cannibalizing cycle of the “Next Big Thing” spirals on…

- The LA Times takes a stab at IDing a hot new place with an article on Brooklyn, and manages to cover only Downtown Brooklyn, the Heights and DUMBO. Yup, in a borough that also includes Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Coney Island, and the recently anointed next-big-neighborhood, Red Hook, the thrills of Borough Hall and Fulton Street are clearly the best things on offer.

– Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald thinks that the next “hot” travel trend is global-warming disaster tourism, exhorting readers to “see them now before they melt”. Cause, of course, the extra body heat and exhaust gases that surplus visitors bring to these sensitive places won’t hasten their decline at all.

– With the kickoff only days away, the SF Chronicle tries to make their World Cup travel special look like less of a cheap attention-grab by declaring that the best time to visit the host cities will be after the stampeding hordes have left. No way!


Previously:
- “Blame the Tourists? Nah.”
- “Weekend Travel Section Roundup – World Cup Travel”
- “Berlin by Bahn“