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In terms of selecting a destination, 44% said that they would select a destination based on its safety in terms of the pandemic.

This looks good and is the strongest and soundest evidence we have yet seen that people want to travel and are feeling confident.

The Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday that all adults over 18 could be vaccinated by the end of June which means summer holidays could be back on for all of us.

The suggestion by Qantas boss, Alan Joyce, that only those vaccinated will be able to fly on his airline touched a nerve with other airlines. Desperate to find any way to get us to get on planes again, there was criticism of this idea by people such as Michael O’Leary from Ryanair who wanted testing – like IATA and the WTTC – as the way forward. Now the Qantas suggestion has received backing from two of the best-known and innovative airline bosses. Both Tony Fernandes
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Visit Cornwall must be delighted to have get such multi-million publicity. Whether the locals are so pleased is another matter.

Vaccinations seem to be stimulating confidence about travelling again.

Whilst she has already brought a lot of publicity to Kenya, the tourist authority must be hoping that she will sing its praises over the next couple of years.

The more that are vaccinated the more countries are likely to open their borders to those vaccinated and the more quickly tourism and travel can return.

With the no-overseas travel rules in the UK and countries blocking British visitors because of the new strain, cruising seems on a backburner for another few months.

The boss of Heathrow said that he thought passenger numbers would increase through the summer and see higher numbers next Autumn.

That seems to be the attitude of Boeing to the terrible consequences of the quality control failures of the development of the 737-MAX.

From next week all passengers coming into the UK will be required to have had a negative COVID test taken within 72 hours of your arrival in the UK.

Therefore this poll answer is not what the industry or the public would want to hear. They want to know it will be safe to travel.

The industry seems to have decided that discounting will secure bookings. They are just hoping they don’t have to give refunds when the time comes!

Until vaccination uptake is widespread in countries it looks as though PCR testing is going to be the litmus test of whether you can travel or not.

With a goal of fourteen million people being vaccinated by February, will other countries allow us to travel without having had the booster jab?

I remember travelling on many grubby trains. I and many other regular train travellers would like to know how clean they really are

Now the islands, and particularly Menorca, offer more to entice us to visit.

When the time comes, the one thing that Just about Travel is convinced about is that travel won’t just surge but erupt.

May 2021 be as enjoyable – and as different as possible – from 2020.

Instead of traditional fare, we ate food that reminded us of where we had been in years’ past or had planned to go in 2020 or even later.

It is now just two days before there are new travel rules for British residents going to EU countries.

Just about Travel completes its survey of tips for travel and holidays in 2021.

Just about Travel continues its look at what is being tipped for the coming year.

As usual Just about Travel looks at some of those organisations involved in the industry to see what they are tipping for the coming year.

Boxing Day is traditionally the day that the tour operators and airlines press the buttons on their latest campaigns.

An Airbus A320 owned by Eurowings has been re-painted to say thanks to the “best team in the world” in both German and English.

If travel restrictions are removed for Easter it might be hard not to bump into an escaping Brit wherever you go in the world!