Japan has been at the top of many travelers' must-visit lists for the last several years, and impressively, the momentum still continues to grow, with 42.7 million international visitors in 2025 alone. Just this February alone, visitor numbers rose 6.4% from last year, totaling nearly 3.5 million. Although there are plenty of over-touristed areas in
Most travel is extractive and passive. You show up somewhere, take photos of the same landmarks everyone else takes photos of, eat at a restaurant the guidebook recommended, and hit up some bars. You take some tours to learn about the place and, if you’re lucky, get to meet some locals on your trip. You
Long an eponym for all short-term rentals, Airbnb is one of the most popular vacation rental platforms in the world. In more recent years, it’s expanded to include Airbnb Experiences and Airbnb Services, combining access to unique activities and experts around the world with excellent places to stay—for example, you can book a food tour
Most travel is extractive and passive. You show up somewhere, take photos of the same landmarks everyone else takes photos of, eat at a restaurant the guidebook recommended, and hit up some bars. You take some tours to learn about the place and, if you’re lucky, get to meet some locals on your trip. You
You could set aside every weekend of the year to explore London, and you still wouldn’t begin to scratch the surface. Despite considering myself a Londoner (does 18 years count?), it’s a city that constantly surprises me, revealing more of itself with each passing year of living here. While we proudly shout about London's big-hitting
Most travel is extractive and passive. You show up somewhere, take photos of the same landmarks everyone else takes photos of, eat at a restaurant the guidebook recommended, and hit up some bars. You take some tours to learn about the place and, if you’re lucky, get to meet some locals on your trip. You
Alice Moireau is the co-founder of the tableware purveyor TABLE I’ve long been immersed in the world of food, growing up in a family where the art of the table played a central role. This early exposure shaped my passion for storytelling, with a strong focus on craftsmanship and savoir-faire. I studied design and communication
In 2018, my mother and I were watching Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities while I curled her hair. I knew she had attended Southern University, an HBCU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. But as the memories bubbled up, she mentioned how she’d spent the summer after her freshman year
Most travel is extractive and passive. You show up somewhere, take photos of the same landmarks everyone else takes photos of, eat at a restaurant the guidebook recommended, and hit up some bars. You take some tours to learn about the place and, if you’re lucky, get to meet some locals on your trip. You
Running through a new place is one of the best ways to get a feel for a destination—you get the lay of the land, see how locals live, and notice things you might not see from a car or public transportation. And as destination races grow in popularity, the courses offered are getting even more
Most travel is extractive and passive. You show up somewhere, take photos of the same landmarks everyone else takes photos of, eat at a restaurant the guidebook recommended, and hit up some bars. You take some tours to learn about the place and, if you’re lucky, get to meet some locals on your trip. You
For all its royal history and picturesque location at the confluence of the mighty Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers, Phnom Penh is most often associated with its dark past—a city defined by what happened to it, rather than what’s happening in it. Travelers routinely skip over the capital in favor of the Angkor Wat gateway