Travel tips & opinions

Many sites have been destroyed come by man and some the elements for all time leaving just photographs of what we once could enjoy.

No wonder the travel industry and us holiday makers don’t know if we are coming or going.

If you are affected most cruise lines are offering credits against future sailings of 125% which should be a sufficient cushion against price rises in the short term.

Unless the Bournemouth guinea pigs cause a second wave and the EU withdraws its air bridges agreement, there will be a summer holiday season after all.

I have talked myself around to saying there will be a summer international tourism season but It might exclude places such as those where the numbers are still increasing.

Of course all this advice is immaterial at the moment since we are advised not to fly! Unless the government is planning on letting us fly soon.

How does tourism develop after the virus yet not plunge the world into a second wave?

Making those returning volunteers feel safe and looking after their welfare will be something that organisations will have to carefully consider.

Four years ago, one of the measures Thailand was reported as discussing was to issue free travel insurance to all those visiting.

Whereas a few weeks ago I was pessimistic about whether there would be much overseas travel from the UK this year. Now I am beginning to waver

Having an October bank holiday and calling it NHS Day would be a worthy celebration of the achievements of key workers during the pandemic

Airlines seem to been on the same wavelength about how to get us to fly again. Deep-cleaning and deeply-discounted fares

Like the seventh cavalry in old western black and white films, the EU rode up to try and save the tourism industry from a summer of desolation.

With over 170 heritage rail groups in the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, the concern is that they might not survive coronavirus

At present cruising is as dead as the rest of the tourism and travel industry.

What it really means is that it indicates the airline bosses see a contraction in business for quite a period and not just a few months.

Supposing it takes another year or eighteen months to develop and effective vaccine, how can railways and tram networks survive?

How can they survive unless and until a successful vaccine is produced? Will holidaymakers want to travel in such a small space with other people?

Travel companies are between a rock and a hard place. To obey the law will cripple some. Not to obey will lose loyal customers from future bookings and possibly cause their collapse.

Airports have to confront the question of how they will deal with passengers when the lockdown is eased.

Airlines may not survive if they have to wait for an effective vaccine to be introduced before they can allow 180 to 500 people to sit in a metal tube for hours on end.

Yesterday easyJet announced that, as a temporary measure, they would leave the middle seat empty on the planes so that some form of social distancing was possible.

Airport owners will all be crystal-ball gazing at what the future will bring.

Many people, I suspect, will be cautious this year and that applies to wherever you live in the world.

The new advice is that any travel is advised against for an indeterminate time.

The closure of so many attractions and events will have a severe economic impact on destinations, local economies and people.

Could it be that Italy has seen the peak? If so ours might be just thirteen days away.

Whilst some of these places have open-air facilities, not all are open due to coronavirus so check if you are planning a visit in the next few weeks.