If you have a travel related website you know how competetive the industry is, its very hard trying to get your site listed on the first page of Google. Submitting your site to a travel directory is one way that to get your site the all elusive backlinks that you need to get higher rankings. Writing travel articles is also another good way to generate backlinks to your site. Its a painstaking job I know, but if you want to get your Travel Blog on the 1st page of Google then its a job that needs to be done.