Dubious Deserts (Desert Week 2012)

Each year during Desert Week, we take you around the world to show you the best sights from the world’s most arid spots. We’ve also noticed over the years the large number of regions that don’t actually have hot deserts but are still quick to label any sandy or arid place a ‘desert’ and turn it into a tourist attraction, as we saw during our looks at the Desert of Maine back in 2008, or British Columbia’s Osoyoos Desert during Desert Week 2009. With that in mind, we feel this week is the best time to inform you,…

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