Travel news

The BBC has announced the results of an investigation it has made into the number of parents being fined for taking their children out of school in term time.

Whilst the state tourism minister wants to entice more flights from China how will he attract Britons? Or will he wait until sterling becomes more competitive and leave it at that?

So what can we learn from last week’s big travel trade show in Berlin? The show says that it saw a 5% increase in business volume and that about 110,000 trade visitors attended.

Its Las Fallas time in Valencia again this coming week. That’s just one of items Adrian covers this week.

You could be forgiven for concluding from this study that whilst the technology is there, people aren’t yet ready to either pay or feel safe using them!

Cruises from UK ports are important to attracting people with over half of all cruise passengers starting from a UK port rather than flying to meet a cruise ship.

New museum openings, mullet hair styles and the importance of British tourists to Nicaragua, Estonia and St Lucia occupy some of Adrian’s attention this week.

Norwegian and Wow Air have been providing cheaper flights to the USA for a while. Now BA, American, Iberia and Finnair are set to join in.

It is a fairly widespread belief that when you visit an overseas country taxi drivers may be prone to taking advantage of you.

In a week that saw International Tourist Guide Day, Adrian looks at the smaller tourist and travel stories such as a new helicopter link to the Scillies, price increases ar Disney and Universal and the cancellation of a project to have a zip wire in the Lake District

Fifty years ago, Inuit men, women and youth of North Baffin Island created a series of drawings about what life was like in this remote part of Canada.

This week is Eat Leeds Restaurant Week in the Yorkshire city, a reminder to people that the restaurant scene in the city is vibrant and attracts people from miles around.

The Civil Aviation Authority wants to hear your views about charging for allocated airline seating. And you have until March 2nd to complete their online survey.

AS Cinese New Year gets away Adrian highlights a few places to see the festivities in the UK and Ireland

The announcement over the weekend by Eurostar that it will start a direct rail service from London to Amsterdam from April 4th could herald the decline of the air links between the two cities.

The anniversary of HMS Belfast being launched, snow sculpting in Finland, free travel for local heroes on the Talyllyn Railway and development plans at George Best Belfast City Airport are some of the snippets Adrian has gathered together this week.

Today, 6 February 2018, marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, which allowed some women in Britain to vote for the first time.

This ad may well be very successful but it is too early to tell. If, in the next year, there is an increase in American visitors to Australia the government can claim success.

Ziplining in Ras Al Khaimah, passport price increases and learing that we are creatue of habit when travelling took Adrian’s attention this week.

The big news this morning is not about Donald Trump, Brexit or yet more rumours about internal Conservative party plots to oust Theresa May it is about holiday sunbeds.

The weather seems to have influenced Adrian this week. Floods in Paris, avalanches in Japan and Switzerland but, according to Travelzoo, we want to travel more but spend a little less.

The travel industry is relying on you and I to continue our love of travel in order that the boom continues.

The Venice Carnival and the Bayeux Tapestry are two of the news stories of the week that attracted Adrian’s attention.

According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, (WTO) Spain is expected to replace the USA as the world’s second-biggest tourism destination.

Adrian introduces you to the first consumer travel shows of the year.

Adrian celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first Buster Keaton film as well as record breaking passenger numbers at Heathrow, Cornwall Airport Newquay and Keflavik in Iceland

This year is the centenary of the founding of the RAF and there will be many events – at least thirty – throughout our countries celebrating the fact.

Adrian sums up some of the smaller stories of the week.