Travel destinations

The tax will be a topic of conversation this week but not as big a topic as how to entice more of us to holiday there.

Pre-dating the accession by the UK and Ireland to the EU, this agreement allows citizens of Great Britain and Ireland to freely travel between the two islands without a passport and without visa restrictions.

There are some who are travelling to Venice solely because they will see the city in a different light.

In search of a destination that is a little off-the-beaten-track and where the pound goes pretty far? Serbia’s spirited capital, Belgrade, fits the bill says Kaye Holland

But Australia is a huge country. Much is still open and waiting for your visit.

Last year there was an increase of more than 8% in Britons travelling to Israel over the previous year.

Some fire-fighters say that they sleep fitfully as they rest with one ear forever listening to their pagers and smart phones.

Should we avoid Cyprus as a holiday destination because of a questioned justice system or just Ayia Napa? Should we continue to holiday in Cyprus regardless?

Today Britons still make up the largest group of visitors and tourists to the island so the tourist authority will be working hard to persuade more of us to holiday there.

ABTA says that five million of us will be travelling abroad over the Christmas holiday period.

I am surprised at some of the names on this list. Some might be thought to be once in a lifetime breaks.

The Celtic Routes were developed to promote the natural, cultural and heritage assets common to each of the counties to increase visitor numbers

Legend has it in Lithuania that you can hear farm animals speak on the night before Christmas.

The collapse of Thomas Cook has hit Tunisia badly. It needs another airline to fly passengers into the country to fill the gap.

Will local authorities in the UK follow their Australian counterparts and set up free sites to attract caravanners?

With South America’s most impressive falls, a rich regional history and exceptional wildlife watching, Northeast Argentina should be on everyone’s list…

That his work is as important and influential as almost any other architect living or dead has recieved a stamp of approval.

Most readers could guess that the Taj Mahal might be one of the locations and that the fortified city of Jaipur and the Red Fort of Agra would be two others. What of the rest?

Travel guide Lonely Planet has hailed England as the second best country in the world in which to travel. Here’s why…

The rest of the Bahamas escaped largely unscathed and tourist continued to holiday there but media reports made some visitors wary.

As the Christmas market season draws closer, Sibiu in Transylvania is probably not one of those places to be found on your list of potential destinations.

For Turkey, the collapse of Thomas Cook was significant because the company was responsible for bringing over a million tourists to the country just from the UK but Germany as well.

Launched yesterday, this new strapline and theme is how the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and Tourism Ireland would like us to think of the province.

Chase champagne powder, ignite the night with high-octane après-ski parties, and live life on the vertical edge with North America’s best ski adventures.

Whereas twenty years ago it was lagging behind other African nations in attracting visitors now it is one of the leaders.

Rarely has Mid Wales been appreciated in tourism awards but that has now changed .

Oxford concludes its outlook for Tunisian tourism by suggesting that there is ample potential for growth.

Will birdwatching, looking at rock art and watching the sun come up over the monolith be enough to keep 400,000 people coming each year?