Thor Pedersen News Today

Hit and run tourism is at pre-pandemic levels but there is some consensus around what it means to visit a country and sites can take action to reduce this phenomena.

A record 50 new entries joined the list of people who’ve traveled to all 195 UN-recognized countries and territories in 2023. Not everyone’s happy about it.

Bed bugs and Jet2 are crowned ‘winners’, while it was a year to forget for Luton Airport and Randox

Torbjørn 'Thor' Pedersen took a bold step in 2013 by leaving behind his job and family to embark on an extraordinary journey.

Ric Gazarian  announces Bangkok, Thailand as the host city for the second  Extraordinary Travel Festival (ETF).

Thor Pedersen, a former UN soldier originally from Denmark, went on a decade-long adventure that took him to every country in the world. The trick — he never took an airplane. By train, bus, boat and other forms of transport he covered over 220,000 miles. He spoke with host Carol Hills this summer when he returned home to Copenhagen. (Originally aired Aug. 4, 2023.)

At 34, Torbjørn Pedersen embarked on a seemingly impossible journey that would take 10 years – and involve cerebral malaria and being held up at gunpoint. He reflects on the highs, the lows and the joy of getting married en route

Thor Pedersen left his wife at home for a decade to embark on the adventure of a lifetime and visit every single country in the world - but he says it has 'come at a cost'

The Danish-born “Thor” Pedersen traveled for years to magnify the goodness of people all around the world.

Taking container ships, buses, trains and rickshaws, the Danish adventurer visited 203 countries and territories without flying