Peak Travel
Travel can do amazing things: broaden horizons, build relationships, and rejuvenate the soul. But often, those experiences come at a cost.
This is Peak Travel, a new podcast from WHYY about how travel shapes communities in hot-spots around the world. We’ll share the wonder that comes with exploring new places, as well as the harm that our worst travel habits can cause. And we’ll try to figure out how we can do it better.
Each episode transports you to a new destination. You’ll meet the people who call that place home, hear their stories, and come to understand how tourism has changed their everyday lives. Supported by rich, on-location sound from around the world, Peak Travel unpacks the $1.9 trillion travel industry and its impact on people and the planet.
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Previous Episodes
- Why Petra Needs Its People 01.04.2025
- How a Destination Goes Viral 25.03.2025
- Salem and the Small-Town Tourism Trap 18.03.2025
- Bhutan’s Radical Approach to Overtourism 11.03.2025
- Alaska’s Risky Bet on Cruises 04.03.2025
- How Rwanda Reinvented Itself 25.02.2025
- Rick Steves: America’s Favorite Tour Guide 18.02.2025
- The Tourism ‘Crisis’ in San Andrés 11.02.2025
- The Fine Art of Tailgating 04.02.2025
- Peak Travel Season 2 Trailer 28.01.2025
- Bali, Under The Influence 24.09.2024
- The Nashville Bachelorette Party Industrial Complex 17.09.2024
- The Disneyfication of Barcelona 10.09.2024
- The High Cost of Cheap Rentals in Mexico City 03.09.2024
- Why Can’t Africans Travel in Africa? 27.08.2024
- The Missed Opportunity of Trains in the U.S. 20.08.2024
- You Don’t Want to End Up Like Venice 13.08.2024
- The Porters of Machu Picchu 06.08.2024
- The Paris Olympics: What Happens When The Circus Leaves Town? 30.07.2024
- Hawaii: Please Don’t Come Here 23.07.2024
