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Amy Virshup

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Travel Editor at The New York Times

Travel editor of @nytimes. @nytimestravel I've traded Metro for the world. Follow me!

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Articles

  • How A.I. Tools Helped the Travel Team Study Its 'Places to Go' Lists

    Jan 19, 2025 | nytimes.com | Amy Virshup

    This year is the 20th anniversary of New York Times Travel's signature piece of journalism: the "52 Places to Go" list, which we publish each January. Through old-fashioned reporting, Tariro Mzezewa, a Times Travel alumna, found that the list was born almost by chance: Toward the end of 2004, Stuart Emmrich, the Travel editor at the time, said that he and his staff members had noticed that many New Yorkers were going to Bhutan, and wondered what other destinations could become popular.

  • Oh, the Places We Went!

    Dec 16, 2024 | nytimes.com | Amy Virshup

    Clockwise from top left: a total solar eclipse; Morocco; Grenada; Dominica; Whitehorse, Yukon; Maui. Credit... Clockwise from top left, Alyn Wallace, Shutterstock, Jason deCaires Taylor, Roff Smith, Shutterstock, Michelle Mishina Kunz for The New York Times Each January, the Travel section offers a list of "52 Places to Go" in the coming year, filled with recommendations for destinations that we think are prime to be visited.

  • The Biggest Travel Debate: Check In or Carry On?

    Nov 27, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Amy Virshup |Gabriel Blanco |Karen Hanley

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  • Check In or Carry On?

    Nov 27, 2024 | nytimes.com | Amy Virshup |Gabriel Blanco |Karen Hanley |Laura Salaberry |Farah Otero-Amad

  • Bob Eckstein Has the Perfect Museum for You

    Jun 18, 2024 | flipboard.com | Amy Virshup

    Japan has an excess sushi problem. These food waste activists put it in numbersThe country's ubiquitous convenience stores throw out huge amounts of edible food. In Tokyo, Rachel Nuwer meets the campaigners trying to change that. Riko Morinaga, a recent high school graduate in Tokyo, normally spends her weekend nights hanging with friends. But 3 February was different. That …

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Amy Virshup
Amy Virshup @amyvirshup
13 May 24

So happy to announce the promotion for @taceyrychter the talented editor of "36 Hours" for @nytimestravel https://t.co/84plvvTwbm

Amy Virshup
Amy Virshup @amyvirshup
29 Mar 24

We are behind the scenes at Powder Mountain with @reedhastings. Today the mountain announced big terrain expansion to go along with public/private plan. @gordymegroz talked to him. https://t.co/KLDbq9prRZ

Amy Virshup
Amy Virshup @amyvirshup
31 Jan 24

RT @RyanNewYork: This week on the travel pod, Kiernan interviews @nytimestravel Editor @amyvirshup on the newly released "52 Places To Go…