At Screensavers.com(R), Virtual Vacationers Rank Top Travel Spots

NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- With the cost of gasoline 36% higher this summer compared to last according to AAA, families may be planning more vacations close to home, if at all. Rather than forgoing a trip to a distant destination completely, consumers can experience a virtual vacation with Screensavers.com(R) (http://www.screensavers.com/) by downloading wallpapers or screensavers of top travel spots from every continent. Screensavers offers a wide variety of visually-rich images, from frigid arctic scenes to idyllic waterfalls on sunny tropical isles, for your personal computer.

With more than 5 million people visiting the site every month, Screensavers, which has been dubbed the "pop culture pulse-taker" by The Los Angeles Times, acts as an informal barometer of "what's in, online." Screensavers.com offers this unique insight into consumers' favorite travel hot spots, ranked in order of popularity in downloads for a recent four week period ending in June 2006:

           Screensavers
             keyword                   Location description

  1     Caribbean Island          St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean
  2     Tropical Islands          Negril, Jamaica
  3     Arctic Scape              Greenland, Arctic
  4     Nisbeth Beach             Nevis, U.S. Virgin Islands
  5     Seine River               Paris, France
  6     Playa Grande              Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Dominican Republic
  7     Bermuda Waves             Hamilton, Bermuda
  8     Clear Blue Hawaii         Multiple locations in Hawaii, U.S.A.
  9     St. Kitts                 St. Kitts, U.S. Virgin Islands
  10    Dayton Skyline            Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.
  11    Flinders Caye             Coral Sea, Australia
  12    Indian Beach              Goa, India
  13    Half Moon Cay             Lighthouse Reef, Belize
  14    Aguada                    Aguada, Puerto Rico
  15    Mount Magazine            Arkansas, U.S.A.
  16    Eiffel Tower              Paris, France
  17    Greenwich                 Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A.
  18    Pakistan-Blue Waters      Karachi, Pakistan
  19    Images of Ireland         Multiple locations in Ireland
  20    Stonehenge                Wiltshire, England

To have your screensaver or wallpaper featured at Screensavers.com, contact AddContent@screensavers.com.

About Screensavers

Screensavers(R) (http://www.screensavers.com/) is the world's #1 web site for screensavers, wallpapers and affinity items. Screensavers enables consumers to personalize their computers and cell phones. Every month, more than 5 million people visit Screensavers.com to select from thousands of virus-free and spyware-free downloadable content items. Recognized as the premier online destination for affinity content, Screensavers.com reaches as many consumers monthly as People Magazine.

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