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Will all this plus city breaks in the capital, Kuala Lumpur and other cities plus that fast-growing tourism offering – medical tourism – be enough to find the extra millions the minister wants?

I will “continue with tourism promotion, not only of my beloved Mexico…”

Given that the airline industry records that anything under fifteen minutes is considered to be on time, some twenty-four of the fifty-one airlines would have been considered on time, all the time!

Comparethemarket.com has been casting its analytical eyes over 26 British airports and has concluded that Stansted has more delays than any of them.

Promoting “Visit Europe” as an idea seems a waste of €300 million that could be better spent by individual countries or areas.

As mentioned in last week’s snippets, I have been in Tunisia for much of the week, courtesy of the Tunisian National Tourist Board. Today’s column is a bit of hotchpotch of things seen and reminders to people who haven’t visited the country since the FCO ban in 2015 came into force. To start with, you don’t need a visa to visit the country for a holiday. When you arrive at the airport of arrival – which will probably be Tunis, Djerba or Enfidah – you
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Let these coffee buffs stop the problems they are causing and settle for just a simple coffee.

What is about designers? Don’t they live in the real world?

The life-size creatures, including mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers and giant sloths have moving body parts, wide opening jaws and realistic sound effects to really bring the experience to life.

Without the airline frequency, many visitors won’t have time to visit Alice Springs unless that is specifically a place they want to visit.

From a complete start until now, the tourist authority has laboured to put the place on the map. And hasn’t it succeeded!

A jumbo jet arruves at a hotel near Amsterdam, Ryanair starts a loyalty club and BA begins its centenary celebrations

Smaller aircraft like the Dreamliner and the A-350 can now fly the routes that used to be the preserve of the jumbos.

It is very unlikely that some of the items on display will be seen in the UK again for decades if not hundreds of years.

My forecast would be that if it is devolved and abolished in Wales, the tax will shortly disappear entirely.

Once Airbnb was a way for home owners to make some extra cash by renting out their unused rooms. Now it is developing its own accommodation. Is it planning something else?

Just because one destination is cheaper doesn’t mean that the whole country is

A while ago I wrote that the travel industry hasn’t said a lot about the possible effects of Brexit. It has been left to others. That’s changed.

The Times says this morning that there is “turmoil” in the travel industry. It makes a good line but is it true?

The CMA has smacked their hands and told them not to be bad boys. The companies have said they won’t do it again and the CMA has settled for that

UPDATE: 7th Feb 2019.
Turkmenistan Airlines has found a way around the suspension of its flights into EU countries. Using Spanish airline, Wamos Air, UK flights from Birmingham and Heathrow seem to have been restored but check with the airline.

Making a hotel stand out takes a little effort and there aren’t many that I can think of that achieve this feat.

The museum work isn’t completed. More monetary donations are needed to complete the next stage of work and more “everyday” items are always welcome.

As was expected and despite all the brouhaha between British and EU politicians, it was announced on Friday that the EU would prepare legislation allowing Britons to visit Europe for up to ninety days without the need for a visa.

The kindness of the Jamaica Inn in Cornwall, uninformative tourism debates in parliament, exercise bikes on planes and the loss of thousands of lilos capture some of Adrian’s attention this week.

Morgan Stanley contend that Thomas Cook and TUI are losing market share to newer entrants.

This advice suggests what travellers might experience and what they should prepare for after March 29th this year.

If there is so much dissatisfaction why are the majority of rail passengers saying that they are satisfied?