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Reports circulating in Thailand and confirmed by the Ministry of Tourism suggest that there is a proposal being considered cash is given to tourists so that they visit less well-known places.

The nominees this year are the new V&A in Dundee, St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff, HMS Caroline in Belfast, the Nottingham Contemporary and the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.

The headline grabbing proposal Virgin makes that every seat must be bookable on long distance services has some benefits.

In essence that is the advice from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It doesn’t actually say “don’t go” that but dresses it up.

Who would have thought that a skeleton of a prehistoric monster would be such a big visitor attraction?

If so little interest is being paid to the day maybe we should question whether we need a patron saint’s day for England at all?

Whatever organisation is behind this outrage needs to be told that visitors will still holiday in Sri Lanka.

The company says that the survey found that only 8% are booking their holidays through the same package holiday company every time and that this, demonstrated a distinct lack of brand loyalty.

Istanbul must be hoping that there is still a future for big hubs despite current aviation trends.

If you lost something – after checking you had been in the last couple of hours – what would you do? Report it to the police?

According to James Villas which has commissioned some independent research, a good, local restaurant is our top priority

Whilst a lot of us will be flying abroad this Easter, it might be the Easter of the staycation if figures from Visit England’s “Trip Tracker” survey are to be believed.

This time it is Spanish airport and rail staff staff that are striking.

Popular destinations closer to home include Majorca, Turkey, mainland Spain, Egypt, Tunisia, Cyprus, Malta, Madeira and that perennial favourite – the Canary Islands.

This exhibition by Dale Chihuly, called Reflections on Nature, features a number of works some of which are new and some which are technically very difficult to create.

Notre Dame will be rebuilt. And it will still remain an iconic site and a tourist attraction.

Rest assured, readers, I am not going to give away any plot or character details largely because I didn’t stay up, preferring to sleep the night through.

Apparently, according to the local tourist board, it only takes 1,969 steps to take in the main sightseeing attractions of the old town in Vilnius!

At the time of my writing this, everything looks fine for overseas Easter breaks and, if there is no exiting the EU until October 31st, summer holidays should be unaffected.

The question is whether there many women artists of stature to attract huge crowds?

This was the phrase used by the president of JetBlue to describe the premium-priced airline ticket prices between London and the US cities of New York and Boston.

Visitors will head to the national parks on both sunny and inclement days for the walking, the scenery, the enjoyment and the opportunity to just clear the mind’s cobwebs!

Over €216 million has been raised which has been channelled into 156 projects in the Balearic isles.

Portugal has a website reminding Britons that there will be a welcome for them in Portugal entitled Brelcome.

All we might say to our British clients is: ‘Keep calm and ski on!’

This year marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, a person whose name – if not all his achievements – is known by people around the world.

This Saturday, Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens, the biggest UK garden restoration project since Heligan opens to the public.

It looks as though San Francisco is seeing fewer British holidaymakers but that may not be the case for the USA as a whole.