Travel destinations

It looks like travellers can’t win at the moment.

The rest of us will have a brand-new airport to lead us into the delights of Berlin.

November is traditionally the month that Caribbean nations and islands celebrate tourism. That’s because it is also the beginning of their main holiday season. The hurricane season should be over and tourists from North American begin to leave the colder temperatures and head south. Europeans also head over to avoid the cold but in nowhere near the numbers that come from neighbours to the north. But this season could be very different from others in the past although that hasn’t stopped the Caribbean from launching
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Parma’s stint as Italian Capital of Culture 2021 will also highlight other cultural activities in the region of Emilia Romagna.

Some destinations have offered free testing during the pandemic but none have yet gone as far as Jamaica in trying to attarct us to visit

No date has been provided by the Canary Islands on when these new rules will come into place although it will probably be in the next 10-14 days.

The travel industry got a real dose of adrenalin yesterday when the Canary Islands were removed from the list of places that we couldn’t visit.

Although Mexico remains on the Irish and British government’s “don’t visit” list which effectively stops visiting travelling there, the state of Yucatán has re-opened to visitors.

The UK has 2.6 deaths per 100,000 of population and Ireland 2.9. Only Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden have lower figures.

The rest of us will have more confidence that the Venice that has attracted tens of millions of us to visit will be around a bit longer.

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

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

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

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

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

In many ways, Portugal could turn out to be a winner for tourism over the next few months.

Barbados could be expecting a bumper crop of Britons anxious to have a safe and sunny holiday this year?

In England they have given thanks to those tourism organisations with Visit England hosting the annual Awards for Excellence

The holiday rental search company, Holidu, has put together a list of what it says are the best places to visit in the UK and the top three include two cities and a town.

Unlike most museums this is one is underwater and, unless you are proficient in scuba or diving, you will be unable to visit it.

Visitors to our major metropolitan areas are way down, even in London and Edinburgh, places that at this time of the year ought to be very busy.

Why is Portugal not on our travel list when countries seemingly in a more toxic position remain.

Whether you travel to mainland Spain or any of its islands you will have to self-isolate for fourteen days upon your return.

Scots can travel to the Canaries and enjoy Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote and La Gomera again.

Thinking about it being at the bottom of such a list could be best. It means that it is unlikely that it would attract hordes of visitors.

On the traditional and most well-known names in British holiday life – Butlins – has announced that it will re-open as from July 24.

Now that Britons are free to travel to Greece what might we expect?