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Tthe four announcements that were made yesterday might also affect domestic tourism.

TUI says, “we see strong customer intention to travel, with many customers wanting to secure their summer holidays well ahead of time.”

“Both Boeing and the FAA gambled with the public’s safety.” says the report.

The more destinations that insist on a PCR test, the more strain that is placed on the NHS to test and laboratories to respond.

Now that I have told you that it has been a week of heritage days, how many readers actually knew that it was happening?

If you fancy starting your own cruise company now seems a great time to buy – providing you can dock somewhere and passengers feel confident enough to travel!

Seven countries have been added to the list to which Irish reidents can visit. The UK has added teo but taken another two off.

Starting this Saturday, (20th of September) the Laugh Out London club will re-open as a new socially distanced venue.

Only the next few months will show whether the public is willing to trust the Thomas Cook name again.

That was the colourful language used by Ryanair to describe the Irish government’s attitude to opening up the travel and tourism industry.

Politicians have to find a way to marry the movement of people at the same time as protecting them from the pandemic.

Usually this sort of accommodation would have an appeal limited to railway fans but not now.

Experts are touting micro-tourism as the best answer to the current tourism malaise.

Do you remember the good old days when you booked a trip and an hour after landing you had your feet up on a sun lounger?

The good news is that Sweden has been taken off the quarantine list so you can now travel there without the need to self-isolate

Although more than 680,000 people have volunteered, these and the local bodies that have been set up would always welcome a few more volunteers

For all those people who have less than six months validity as at January 1st, the advice is to renew you passport now.

There is confusion as all four nations now have different rules for Greece.

So far British holidaymakers have really only been considering the rules imposed by the UK and the devolved nations. We need to start watching the reactions of other countries to what is happening in the UK.

All politicians have claimed that they are acting on medical advice yet the interpretation was so different.

What are airlines and airports doing to make people feel safe. Masks and distancing seem to be it.

If you thought that quarantine restrictions were confused last week, then this week they are mired in disagreement between the four nations.

The problem is that there are more than one test so make sure you get the correct one otherwise you might be placed in quarantine

The Scottish government has imposed a 14 day quarantine period for any Scots resident that had holidayed in Greece.

Passenger confidence is at a low ebb and this incident is going to do nothing to persuade those waverers that it is safe to fly.

We’ve had questions about the rules for travelling to Portugal and its islands so here is a summary.

Mixing with other humans seems to be the cause of many of the increases in COVID -19 cases that are being seen around the world.

If this interview that Shapps gave is good for anything it is to remind all holidaymakers that they have a duty to their fellow citizens.