Should Digital Travel Guides Reflect Current Events?

Lonely Planet released a new series of guide books in iBooks this month and as part of the launch, the company is giving away the title Best of Travel 2011, until June 14th.

I downloaded the book and was perusing it’s Top 10 Countries to Visit in 2011 and was struck when I saw Japan and Syria on the list. After all, Japan is still facing concerns of radiation from its post-earthquake nuclear problems and Syria is in the headlines for protests against it’s tyrannical regime.

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