With the right technology tweaks, it is much easier these days to keep up on current travel news. If you set up a RSS reader of some kind (through MyYahoo, Google Reader, Bloglines, Firefox, or others), you can pick your travel news sources and have the headlines show up in one place. The ones below all support this function, as do most travel blogs.
The key is to get a rounded picture and pull from a variety of sources. The best places for background depth are magazines that truly cover international news: The Economist, The Week, The Far Eastern Economic Review, etc. Here are some good travel web sites for advice and current updates.
Travel News Sources
The BBC, The Economist, and The Week all provide international news and travel coverage that is more than simplistic sound bites.
The following make most or all of their travel content available without registration on the Internet and the info ranges from "quite useful" to "Isn't this an ad?" Pick and choose what you can use.
To find out about events and festivals, check on WhatsOnWhen. To ease the pain of traveling in Europe, see Free in Europe for no-cost activities and attractions.
