Walkabout
A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.
Easy Come, Easy Go After yesterday’s Super Bowl, about 42,000 people are expected to board planes at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. With visitors arriving by Friday for festivities leading up to Fat Tuesday, Feb. 12, it’s a busy week for the Big Easy. (The Associated Press, via Huffington Post)
The Best of Hubs, the Worst of Hubs A new survey ranked Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — the world’s busiest — as the top airport for business travelers. Of note: the Atlanta airport also came in third in a separate poll of the worst business travel hubs. (The Los Angeles Times)
Trail View After dispatching a backpacker armed with a rosette of cameras to the Grand Canyon, Google released thousands of panoramic images that map its most popular trails. (Philly.com)
Tech-Savvy Sights Rio de Janeiro is embedding bar codes into the black and white mosaic sidewalks of popular sights so that tourists can scan them with their smart phones. (The Associated Press, via Huffington Post)
Tailspin Not everyone is a fan of American Airlines’ newly designed aircrafts. A look at other airlines’ attempts to give their planes a fresh look, some more successful than others. (Jaunted)
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