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As promised, here is a list of destinations, in order, where ITN readers went in year 2008. We mailed out 1,000 surveys and had an 87.7% response. Of those, 81.2% traveled overseas last year.

The point of this exercise is so you may run your finger down the list and say something like, “Look at all the people who have been to_________, and we haven’t! Let’s think about that one.” Hope this inspires new plans.

The list shows the ranking of each destination and the percentage of responders who went there. Destinations that received the same number of votes have been listed in...

From the mailbag — “The magazine is the best on the market, in my opinion. The others are comic books by comparison.”

“I read each issue of ITN cover to cover more than once and find the articles valuable and sometimes amusing. Thanks for having a publication such as this to keep us informed and help readers be better travelers.”

“You could charge twice as much and it would still be worth it.”

Thanks, folks.

What we see, here, as the big difference between this travel magazine and others is that ours is NOT written by a number of self-appointed travel “...

One of the things that charms me about traveling through Europe is its ethnic variety. Hop on a train and two hours later you step into a different culture, different language and different heritage.

As Europe united, I feared its ethnic diversity would be threatened, but I find just the opposite is happening. In Europe there are three loyalties: to your region, to your nation and to Europe.

Ask a person from Munich where he’s from and he’ll say, “I’m Bavarian” or “I’m German” or “I’m European,” depending on...