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With bookings down apart from cruise ships and some specialist holidays a surprisingly high number of people haven’t booked their summer holidays yet.

What she could also usefully do to reduce the number of vehicles is to promote a viable public transport system to get from the south of the airport.

Pow is a Somerset MP and, in a county where tourism is important, she might be expected to be more enthusiastic in the role than some of her predecessors

All-in-all, it isn’t too bad. But that is today. That isn’t the way the media is spinning it. Unfortunately, In a week’s time it could alter significantly.

Anybody using Luton airport from today until Monday evening on June 3rd should probably allow some extra time

Destinations have been tightening up on how long you can you can rent a property as well as introducing safety and maintenance measures.

To many the company needs a good skake-up. Management ineptitude must be part of the problem as it has for many years

Tonight is the very last episode of Game of Thrones. Maybe. Unless a million people who are demanding an alternative ending to the series get their way.

Just as tonight’s new BBC drama, Gentleman Jack, also portrays a woman who opted to dress in men’s clothes, so did Sand.

Is the day ahead where we won’t have landing cards to complete?

This year, in the latest figures released in The Revitalise Accessibility Tourism Report, the Museum of Liverpool has overtaken Tate Modern as most accessible UK visitor attraction.

It suggests that British holidaymakers are looking at cheaper destinations and destinations outside the Eurozone and that the big two have been wrong-footed.

From our largest tour operator, TUI, comes some intriguing research that they commissioned from University College London’s Affective Brain Lab.

The growth of Dublin seems to suggest that, in the future, there will be just three international airports in the Republic of Ireland. Is that what Irish people living outside Dublin want?

It seems that for world economic reasons we should continue to fly so what is the solution? Aircraft manufacturers have cut emissions but probably not enough.

Not on the Scenic Eclipse because it carries a small submarine for the use of passengers.

The Nullarbor Links was built “to complement and enhance the tourism industry…by providing travellers with an additional attraction and hence a reason to spend more time and money in the region.”

Abolishing the tax was the policy in 2016 yet climate change was on the agenda then just as it is now. It seems that the Scottish government’s view is that the emissions issue only became crucial this year!

Recently, a specialist tour operator, Responsible Travel, issued a manifesto which – among other things – called upon the UK government to increase APD to dissuade people from flying.

According to ABTA, Action Fraud and getsafeonline, over 5,000 people reported to Action Fraud that they had lost a total of just over £7 million to holiday and travel related fraud in 2018.

Sunday’s announcement is a real eye-opener and one that demands change.

Up until now Airbnb hasn’t had much competition. There have been some small rivals but now a big – indeed huge – player has announced that they will move into this market.

Have 55% of us been prompted to book a holiday after seeing photographs of it on Instagram and other social media sites.

Vivid Sydney, Black Sabbath and Machu Picco by rail are some of the thoughts of Adrian this week.

In fact, out of the top ten let-downs, Paris managed four

The ruling administration in Buenos Aires says that tourism is “a fundamental driver of the growth and development of Buenos Aires.

In truth, this isn’t really a return to scheduled steam journeys but a steam day out. But why shouldn’t steam trains journey on some of our lines?

Saudi Arabia is making a concerted effort to encourage us to holiday in the country.