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It comes as no surprise to anyway in the travel industry that fake reviews exist. Just about Travel has mentioned in stories going back as far as 2011 that there were fake reviews and, in fairness to TripAdvisor, they have removed them once notified or when they have doubts.

Its Open House weekend in London where more than 800 buildings will open their doors to visitors. Unlike Venice and Moray which seem to want to curtail visitors!

City trips worldwide grew four times as fast as the total international holiday market over past 10 years and have overtaken “Sun & Beach” holidays in popularity.

France has no National Trust. It has no English Heritage, Cadw or Historic Scotland. What it does now have is the Loto du Patrimoine.

The opening of the V&A Dundee, APD in Wales, increasing visitor numbers from the UK to Qatar and the Barbadian Food & Rum Festival are some of the events capturing Adrian’s interest this week.

This coming weekend sees the Longleat Ski Safari where over 100 hot air balloons will ascend the skies over the Wiltshire countryside.

Last week the Glider began operating in Belfast.

Brazil’s heritage received a clout as many items were lost from its National Museum. Florence tries to regualte visitors and Kenya is said to be wooing low-cost airlines.

BA says that anyone affected will be reimbursed but it does leave a number of concerns that both companies and regulators have to address.

Will he encourage some new thinking over the current Australia” promotion? If he does, given his background it could be quite an interesting time to be part of Australia’s tourism ambitions.

As summer ends Adrian looks at new campaigns by Singapore, South Africa and Thailand to entice us to visit them for a winter sun break. But first there is the Last Night of the Proms and Proms in the Park

It just goes to show that travellers should not take these figures at face value or necessarily be influenced on whether to travel to them or not.

There are a spate of cruise stories this week as most of us settle down to enjoy the last bank holiday until Christmas.

Tomorrow the final Great Getaway of the year begins. That is until the Great Christmas one! (Have you noticed  that all bank holidays have “Great Getways” rather than just “getaways?” Motorways and other roads will start getting busy from lunchtime onwards as people get away for the bank holiday weekend and the chance to get a little sunshine before the nights start to draw in. Most of us will stay in the UK and that means,according to the RAC,about 14 million of us will be
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English Heritage says that its castles are facing a new threat – invasive weeds, penetrating damp and severe weather.

This major highlight of the annual sporting scene which ranges as important as the Olympic Games and Ashes tests against Australia would have saddened many people if it had been cancelled.

A poll commissioned by British Airways Holidays says that 20% had no idea Europe was a continent and – more shaming than anything – 3% think Great Britain is a continent!

As summer reaches it peak in August, coracle racing at a village festival, jousting at Arundel Castle and a holiday preference for Tenerife confirm its a typical summer!

Has there been an increase or is it better reporting? Or the fact that airlines are getting tougher on passengers?

Whatever the truth of where the origin of national Riller Coaster Day comes from, there are over fifty in the UK and Ireland

Balloons, books and bunce occupy some of Adrian’s thoughts this week

What rights do passengers who might be affected have?

It reminds me of the quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln – you can fool some of the people…

However you get your spending money this holiday it looks as though most of us will be getting less for our pound.

Despite a very wet winter and spring, there are some restrictions imposed by a lack of water in some of the canals due to the lack of rain in last few months.

With very hot temperatures in southern Europe holidaymakers are warned to make sure they wear protective creams and clothing if they venture out in the heat of the day and take plenty of water with them.

One Too Many is designed to remind us of the consequences of what will happen to passengers if they are disruptive. Not just gaol and fines are involved but being barred from flying could be a consequence.

A new scanning system at Heathrow, Great Bridlington and Doors Open attract Adrian’s attention this week.