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The new advice is that any travel is advised against for an indeterminate time.

Have these bookers second sight and know when this outbreak will cease or they are among life’s optimists?

The closure of so many attractions and events will have a severe economic impact on destinations, local economies and people.

Could it be that Italy has seen the peak? If so ours might be just thirteen days away.

For the foreseeable future – however long that is – we are suspending our events’ column.

Mass media is carrying pictures this morning of busy beaches at Bournemouth and people in groups walking up Snowden.

One opportunity widely available to us is to venture into our parks, (although some are closed) open-air spaces and gardens whcih are beginning to burst with new growth.

Whilst some of these places have open-air facilities, not all are open due to coronavirus so check if you are planning a visit in the next few weeks.

Here is the whole letter, rather plaintive but beautifully written that sums up what tourism is and means and how we are all hurting since we cannot be tourists today.

What this means is that if you do travel, your insurance policy will almost certainly be invalid and you will not be able to claim on it.

Whilst today is St Patrick’s Day it will be quite like any other St Patrick’s Day I have ever known.

Walking holidays in the UK, camping, caravanning or taking a mobile home and seeing parts that you’ve not seen before would appear to be the answer for a break.

It isn’t easy to travel overseas at the moment because all of the popular places have restrictions either on travelling there or because, museums, attractions and galleries have been temporarily closed.

As from June 23rd, Atlantic Airways, the Faroese national carrier, will fly direct from Gatwick to Vágar Airport.

Matt’s cartoon on the front page of today’s Telegraph, as one might expect of a master of comic commentary, juxtaposes the current coronavirus crisis with the other crisis of our times – climate change.

It appears only direct flights from UK and Irish airports will be allowed.

For travellers and holidaymakers there isn’t a lot of good news at the moment so when any comes our way it behoves us to pass it on.

Because of the coronavirus, governments are responding almost on a daily basis so travellers and holidaymakers about to depart need to look daily at what the FCO

With ships almost idle, some cruise companies have built up goodwill by offering free cruises to volunteer firefighters in Australia to thank them for their recent efforts.

The problem is that few airlines have planes small enough to fly some of the routes on which Flybe operated.

Today is World Book Day and one of our most-well-known travel writers, Jan Morris, has a new book out

The archaeological park of Kato Paphos welcomed the most visitors in 2019 while the Tombs of the Kings nearby was the second most popular.

Air New Zealand’s idea is not to adapt a seat but to create almost a train- sleeping car bunk system where passengers can shut themselves off from the rest of the passengers and get a good rest.

Market research by onepoll suggests to me that some nervousness is creeping into the public’s mind of the coronavirus outbreak.

As from today it is a blue passport that you will receive instead of the burgundy coloured EU passport that we have had for the last thirty-two years

All in all, it isn’t a good time if you are in the travel industry. But it isn’t a good time for holidaymakers and travellers

For us lesser mortals, each of us needs to decide whether it is hyped or not. And the answer to that will only be known after the virus disappears!

This morning the Court of Appeal ruled against the third runway plan that Heathrow Airport wants to develop.