Laos
– “The Centuries-Old Allure of Laos’s Relaxed Capital” (NYT)

Colorado Skiing
– “Out of Bounds, Within Limits in Silverton, Colo.” (NYT)

Venezuela
– “In Angel Falls, Venezuela, a Forest of Islands” (NYT)

New Mexico
– “Albuquerque rising” (LA Times)

Tokyo for Cheap
– “Stretching your yen in Tokyo” (LA Times)

Iran
– “Intrigued By Iran” (SF Chronicle)

2007 Travel Forecast
– “The fabulous 50 for 2007” (Guardian)

Atomic Tourism in the Southwest
– “Strange Love” (NYT)

Australian Rail
– “A trip to the Red Center of Oz” (LA Times)

Guatemala: Apocalypto Tourism
– “Atop the world of the Maya” (LA Times)

India
– “Kochi, Kerala’s Friendly Gateway, Is No Backwater” (NYT)

Morocco
– “From Spain to Marrakech” (Chicago Tribune)

Mozambique
– “Save me a slice of paradise” (Guardian)

Patagonia
– “Cruising With Penguins” (SF Chronicle)

The Peruvian Andes
– “Winging It in the Andes of Peru” (Washington Post)

Uruguay
– “The Frugal Traveler: Feeling at Home Among the Elite in Uruguay’s Punta del Este” (NYT)

The NYT went on a veritable shopping spree of travel coverage this weekend, with a T Style Magazine issue devoted to tasteful globetrotting, in addition to their regular Sunday section. The T cover went to a feature tied to Sofia Coppola’s upcoming Marie Antoinette biopic, with the director’s musts for shopping in the couture capital. Other articles sized up showplace architecture in second cities as a lure for tourists, focusing on the American Midwest, and Fukuoka in Japan. Also on offer: a feature on design in Bangkok, a style survival guide to LA for New Yorkers, and a review of design darling Ron Arad’s new hotel in Rimini (verdict: not really worth the wait, or the $13 million price tag.)

The other American papers took a decidedly less cosmopolitan stance, with lots of stories about quintessentially American travel, e.g. exploring the Great Basin, luxe camping in the Sierras, the Texas State Fair, and special section on New Mexico from the SF Chronicle.