Johanna Read Johanna Read is a Canadian freelance writer and photographer specializing in travel, food, and responsible tourism. She’s been to more than 60 countries and encourages travel that’s culturally, environmentally, and economically sustainable to help travelers make destinations better (or at least not worse) when they visit. Based in Vancouver, Johanna draws on her management consulting work, where she specializes in organizational culture, as well as her 20-year career as a government of Canada policy executive working on issues including refugee determination, leadership development, food safety, and pandemic influenza. Her bylines have appeared in Travel + Leisure, National Geographic, Fodor's, Lonely Planet, Forbes, USA Today, Reader’s Digest, Culture Trip, Insider, Time Out, and Canadian Traveller. About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process