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Edinburgh’s proposed £1 fee deemed a ‘negative blow’ The planned airport drop-off fee that will be introduced at Scotland’s busiest airport has been deemed a treat to both business and tourism, according to a new poll. Three quarters of the people who responded to the poll decided that the planned £1 fee at Edinburgh airport [...]

Crocodile Dundee Grounded Actor Paul Hogan, aged 70, star of the hit Crocodile Dundee films has been prevented from leaving his native Australia due to a reported outstanding tax bill. Many of you will be left wondering why the former painter on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, would even consider leaving the land down under. Many [...]

Visitor Numbers Plummet after Hostage Carnage Visitor numbers to the Philippines are set to plummet after Monday’s hostage crisis that left right Hong Kong tourists dead. The devastating events have left the world shocked with blame being directed towards the poor handling of the SWAT team that conducted the assault. Due to the events of [...]

No Signs of Recession Despite still being in a recession it seems that nobody is willing to trim their expenses by losing out on a relaxing summer holiday. When you think about it, a holiday to the summer shores of the Mediterranean is the most logical expenditure to cut in an attempt to balance your [...]

Visitor Numbers Steadily Increasing Through Marketing Campaigns Despite the best efforts of the devastating oil spill that hit America’s gulf coast, tourism in Florida is still going strong. Since the spill, The Sunshine State has seen around 20.8 million visitors, a figure that is a 3.5% increase from the second half of 2009. The majority [...]

Heavy Rain In William Creek The small town of William Creek is located very much out of the way in the Australian outback where travellers have now found themselves trapped as a result of heavy rainfall. Around 80 tourists made their way to William Creek to witness the bronco branding competition held there on Saturday, [...]

Landing Gear Causes Problems for Virgin Galactic With the date of the first commercial space flight approaching, Virgin Galactic are pulling out all of the stops to ensure that the 300 passengers who have all paid £20,000 each for the trip will be able to experience this one in a lifetime opportunity. This morning however [...]

Kiss of Death! Last week saw a few thousand holidaymakers heartbroken, and this week there will be a few thousand more. Kiss Flights is the latest casualty in this summer of despair for all thing travel related. If another does actually bite the dust, then I fear there will be no more dust left to [...]

Visitors Flocking to Experience Strom Thrills A new brand of tourism has emerged in the American Midwest attracting thousands of people from all around the world. ‘Twister Tourism’ has emerged as the new number one extreme tourism activity with thrill seekers arriving in the Midwest in the hopes of getting close to one of the [...]

Updated: 11:50am – If you have a flight only (not booked as part of a holiday) booking made through Cheapholidays/Flightline where the flights were operated by Kiss Flights, please read the instructions for filling in a CAA claim form. We regret to advise that Kiss Flights (part of the Flight Options group of companies) has [...]

Sun4U Goes Bust! Birmingham based holiday company Sun4U has went the way of the Dodo in recent weeks leaving many people in limbo over their plans for the summer. Recently a few small travel companies have been bought out before meeting their financial demise, but many others haven’t been as fortunate and have went out [...]

New Film Increases Spiritual Tours of India The film industry has always had an effect on tourism with many people choosing to visit the locations used on their favourite cinematic releases. This year’s most popular location is India, influenced by the release of the new Ryan Murphy film ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ which has resulted in [...]

Wildfire Brings Health Warning The recent wildfire outbreak in Russia has caused a lot of stress, and currently keeps bringing more on the nation’s people. The smoke, or smog, which is the result of these wildfires, is now causing effects on the climate in places like the country’s capital city, Moscow. Increased temperatures along with [...]

Obama Enjoys Costa del Sol The wife of US president Barack Obama, Michelle, has been spotted around the popular Spanish holiday region known as the Costa del Sol this month. Taking a break from the hectic lifestyle back in the states, it seems that Michelle Obama was enjoying a touch of retail therapy in the [...]

Guidelines released to Help Britons Avoid Foreign Offence With the 2012 Olympics creeping steadily up on the UK, tourism chiefs has released a list of cultural differences in the hope that Briton’s do not offend any of the foreign visitors arriving in time for the games. The guidelines have been drawn up to help workers [...]

For 7 Nights Only The colossal Colosseum is one of Rome’s most iconic structure and one which alone is the reason why many tourists come to visit the eternal city. Though, it would seem that its attraction in terms of tourism just isn’t enough for the Colosseum’s officials. Since last Saturday (06/08/2010) the structure has [...]