The Daily Beast: Where To Go Next Year

It's "hot list" season once again, and predictions for next year's travel trends are wilder than ever. Check out The Daily Beast's definitive list of holiday superlatives for 2015, which includes amazing destinations from hidden Caribbean islands to the wilds of Central Asia.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/13/why-your-next-vacation-will-be-in-turkmenistan.html

The Daily Beast: Ebola's Wildlife Deathblow

Something important to consider: although the Ebola pandemic has been neatly contained in West Africa (at least as far as the spread in Africa itself is concerned), the entire continent has seen a large drop in tourism numbers which could mean dire things for the local wildlife population. In Africa, tourism dollars are directly used to fund massive conservancy projects and without these dollars, the efforts simply cannot move forward. This could mean a serious deathblow for several endangered species should tourism continue to plummet.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/03/ebola-could-deal-a-deathblow-to-africa-s-wildlife.html