World Travel News
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| Prague Elite Fights 'vulgar' Invaders The historic city's intellectuals are mobilizing to halt a wave of consumerism and cuts to the arts |
New Look for Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower to be reshaped in time for the structure's 120th anniversary next year |
| Network Rail Warns of Further Delays Thousands of rail travelers facing chaos because of late-running engineering works will have to put up with at least one... |
Rail Chaos Could Last Until Weekend As Bosses Admit Engineering Work 'muddle' · Station fire adds to misery for thousands of travelers· Disruption fuels anger over increases in fares |
| Train Rage: Thousands Stranded But Fares Go Up Liverpool Street station in London fails to reopen for new year and Virgin passengers are forced on to buses, just as... |
Fare Increases of Up to 15% Anger Rail Passengers · New prices unjustified and unfair, says watchdog· Moves to reduce 70 ticket types to four categories |
| In the Spanish Desert, a Rival to Las Vegas · €17bn casino complex expects 25m visitors a year· Site should be a protected nature reserve, say critics |
Cruise of a Lifetime Ends With Passengers Adrift in Icy Waters Off Coast of Antarctica · Iceberg blamed for holing MV Explorer · All passengers - including 24 Britons - rescued |
| Chicago - the Emerald City? They dyed the river green this week here and the city was thronging with people pretending to be Irish to celebrate that... |
London and New York in Battle to Be ... Capital of Cool There used to be only one winner: but now, after closing the gap as the world's financial hub, London will go head to head... |
| Thunderstorms Mar Virgin America's Maiden Flights Virgin America got an early taste of the challenges facing the US aviation industry yesterday as a thunderstorm wreaked... |
Liner Returns to Uk After Legionnaires' Scare A cruise liner hit by a suspected outbreak of legionnaires' disease is due to return to Britain today. |
| Tourism Fears As Heatwave Sparks Fires Across Greece Greek firefighters were last night battling blazes that raged uncontrollably, threatening houses and hotels in Kefalonia,... |
Macau Beats Vegas at Its Own Game Chinese cash helps former Portuguese colony overtake US city's gaming revenues. |
| Moscow Decadence: Hotel With $16,000 a Night Suite Few Russians can afford the new Ritz-Carlton despite unprecedented wealth. |
EU Bans 'unsafe' Airlines From Flights to the Continent Carriers in Indonesia and Russia on no-fly list - Crackdown on 'flying coffins' hits African routes |
| Galapagos Islands Could Lose World Heritage Status Damage to the Galapagos Islands from mass tourism prompts UN committee's warning. |
Traveler Attempts to Make History Rosaleen McDonagh is aiming to be the first from her community to get elected to the Seanad Eireann. |
| US Beaches Ban Bucket-and-spade Brigade First it was killer sharks. Then it was killer bees. Now American holidaymakers heading for the beach this summer are being... |
Be Afraid: Sand Castles Can Kill First it was killer sharks. Then it was killer bees. Now American holidaymakers heading for the beach this summer are being... |
| China Plans Highway to Mount Everest for Olympics China is to start building a highway to Mount Everest as part of preparations for next year's Olympics, the state media... |
China Makes the High Road to Everest China is about to start building a highway to Mount Everest as part of its preparations for next year's Olympic Games, the... |
| Huge Project to Restore Italian Palace's Glory Gardens reopen in first stage of €200m project - Vast baroque estate had turned to wilderness |
US to Introduce Biometric Airport Checks By 2008 Millions of Britons leaving United States airports face mandatory fingerprinting under new security guidelines. |
| Nickelodean and Marriott to Open Themed Hotels Nickelodeon has joined forces with hotel group Marriott to create 20 themed hotels. By Tara Conlan. |
Tourism Threat to Earth's Last Great Wilderness UK moves to help thwart accidents and pollution from rise in Antarctic cruises. |
| Urban Beach Lets City's Poor Enjoy Taste of Acapulco Mexixo City's leftwing government is opening four "urban oases" around the city, modelled on the famous riverside... |
Falklands Lure New Breed of Tourists Almost two centuries after Charles Darwin pronounced them dreary and desolate, and 25 years ago tomorrow since the... |
| £6.5bn Boost for Tibet Includes Plan for World's Highest Airport China plans to build the world's highest airport as part of a 100bn yuan (£6.5bn) surge of investment in Tibet in the next... |
Locals Threaten to Ground Space Tourism Plans Plans for the world's first commercial space flights may be well advanced, but lift-off is facing an unexpected snag: the... |
| Iconic Casino Razed to the Ground The end of the Stardust was marked by as much razzmatazz as its beginning. The 32-storey tower, the last remaining bit of... |
Court Shuts Down Tenerife's All-night Fiestas Spain's famous fiesta culture, based on late night street festivals celebrated in towns and cities across the country,... |
| Champagne and Silence As the A380 Finally Takes Off Janny Staeck popped open bottle after bottle of champagne in the upper-deck galley of business class and passed round... |
No Room at the Plush Austrian Inn for Russians and Their Roubles Businesses vote to impose quota on country's tourists - Locals' anger fuelled by big rise in property prices |
| Fate of Rusting Queen Mary in the Balance The future of the 73-year-old former Cunard vessel will be decided this year after its 40 years moored to a California quay... |
Clean-up for World's Largest Cruise Ship As Virus Strikes Again The world's largest cruise ship was due to sail out of Miami yesterday after workers spent two days trying to scrub away... |
| City Plans Rival to Eiffel Tower Paris has unveiled plans for a vast glass-enveloped office block that will become its tallest commercial building and... |
Legal Limbo As Air Passenger Data Talks Fail Transatlantic air passengers face legal uncertainty after the European Union and the US failed to reach agreement on... |
| Darwin's Paradise in Peril Galapagos is under threat. But human intervention aims to save its exotic species. |
Tourist Hotspots at Risk of Closure Some of the world's most famous tourist attractions, such as Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Italy's Amalfi coast, could... |
| Holiday Business As Usual for Tourists in Thailand Thousands of British tourists in Thailand were continuing their holidays today largely unaffected by yesterday's military... |
Merkel Joins Battle Over Tempelhof Airport With construction under way on a new €2bn (£1.35bn) Berlin airport, capable of handling up to 25 million passengers a year,... |
| Goa Agrees to Big Growth in Casinos Goa, India's beach paradise, is set to become the country's gambling capital after local politicians said the state would... |
Brattleboro Faces a Naked Truth Brattleboro, Vermont, is a laid-back sort of town, chiefly known hitherto for its apples and maple syrup, but the limits of... |
| Behind the Facade, a City Left to Rot As cafe society blooms in the tourist areas of New Orleans, poor ex-residents struggle to survive |
Population Decline Set to Turn Venice Into Italy's Disneyland Venice is on course to become a city virtually without residents within the next 30 years, turning it into a sort of... |
| Moscow Blames Lonely Planet for Image Problems Moscow officials have launched an attack on Lonely Planet, saying the backpackers' guide presents an image of the city that... |
Sun, Sea and Sharia on Women-only Italian Beach An Italian seaside resort has taken speciality tourism into new territory in an effort to combine the delights of sun, sea... |
| Now is the Summer of Our Swish French Tents Wealthy thirtysomethings shun hotels as camping goes upmarket. |
St Paul to Lead Greek Tourist Drive Greece's stuttering economy appears to have found an ally in St Paul, with tourism officials poised to promote the... |
| Venice Canals Threatened By Algae First came the counterfeit designer handbags. Then, the cheap Chinese textiles that pose a threat to livelihoods throughout... |
Drug Wars Take Over Fading Resort Once a playground for presidents and stars, Acapulco is now the scene of a deadly power struggle. |
| Tokyo Feeds Addiction for Potter With Replica Farm Beatrix Potter's farm in the Lake District has been recreated in a Tokyo zoo, complete with a garden planted with identical... |
Maxim Gambles on a Lads Mag Hotel in Las Vegas · Casino and 2,300 rooms in publisher's $1.2bn venture · Uncharted region for 'girls, sport and jokes' brand |
| 'Send for Disney' to Save Venice The drowning city can only survive if it is run like a theme park, says a leading UK economist. |
Fears for Travel Industry After Damage to Famous Temple Likely to Keep Visitors Away One of Indonesia's most famous tourism attractions, the world-renowned Prambanan Hindu temple complex, is likely to be... |
| Luxury Resort to Open Up Himalayas to Skiers The peaks of the Himalayas are to get their first five-star skiing resort to rival those of Vail and Val d'Isère after... |
Europe's Biggest Railway Station to Open for World Cup It took eight years to build, cost €700m (£480m) and dominates the heart of Europe's most vibrant architectural capital. On... |
| Fears for Environment As China Plans 48 New Airports China plans to build 48 new airports over the next five years in an aviation spending splurge that will delight architects... |
Chinese Tourists Told to Mind Their Manners Chinese authorities are so concerned that vulgarities are ruining its international image that they have ordered travelling... |
| Shuttle Keeps High Flyers Airborne Till Wall Street The long, traffic-clogged trip from John F Kennedy airport into the centre of New York - often undertaken in a state of... |
Best Snow for a Decade Brings Death to the Alps French interior minister calls for clampdown on off-piste skiing as high winds and cold weather cause more than 80... |
| Oops, We Helped Ruin the Planet · Guide owners join to discourage 'casual flying' · Books to carry warnings on global warming |
Ibiza Rises Up Against Blight of Tourism A six-lane highway is the last straw for a holiday island threatened by runaway development. |
| Protests at World's Largest Terminal Last-minute preparations for the opening of the world's largest airport terminal in Madrid are being marred by protesters... |
Israeli Biblical Theme Park Plans in Doubt Plans to build a biblical theme park on the shores of the Sea of Galilee today appeared to have collapsed after Israel... |
| Spooked Tourists Admit Fear on 'magic' Island Bars and beaches crowded despite anxiety that British student's killer is at large. |
Cheek By Towel: Spain's Beaches Feel the Squeeze Two-thirds of Spanish beach resorts studied by the country's Exceltur hoteliers' organisation are no longer able to provide... |
| Vote for Seven Wonders The Acropolis in Athens made it, as did Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, China’s Great Wall, the Coliseum in Rome, the Inca... |
Castaway: the Price of Abusing Cabin Crew When a middle-aged man swore at airline staff after he was refused a drink on a flight from Manchester to Tenerife, he got... |
| Dubai Opens Ski Resort Temperatures never rise above freezing and there is a fresh sprinkling of snow every day, but step outside and you will... |
Paris Hotel Cartel Offers Room Disservice, Says Watchdog France's competition watchdog on Monday imposed fines ranging from €55,000 to €248,000 on the half-dozen obscenely opulent... |
| British Tourists Attacked on Inca Trail Eight British tourists were yesterday resting in the Peruvian city of Cuzco after armed men beat their porters and stole... |
Day Trippers Head for the South Pole Hundreds of Australians are set to swap crowded beaches and sunburn for the ice of Antarctica next month by taking part in... |
| Call to Restore Yosemite's Hidden Wonders Campaign is growing to remove national park's dam and return valley to its natural state. |
Tourists Face Mallorca Car Tax Tourists to the Spanish Balearic islands will have to pay a controversial new tax next year which, travel agents say, will... |
| Uphill Struggle for a Downhill Reputation Fans of once-fashionable ski resort fear corporations will ruin atmosphere after mountain's $365m sale. |
India Offers Tourists a Taste of Village Life India has always had an embarrassment of riches for the traveller and now the country has a new tourist attraction on... |
| Protests As France Plans Huge Cuts in Train Lines It is one of the most stunning train journeys in France, from the historic Normandy city of Caen, through Le Mans and on... |
Benidorm to Cash in With Plaza Coronation Street The Spanish resort of Benidorm, famous for cheap holidays, chips and the occasional lobster-red Englishman, has decided to... |
| Mouse Zedong? Disney Opens Its Gates in Hong Kong Communist cadres share centre stage with Mickey and Minnie as long-awaited £1bn theme park opens. |
British Experts Called in As Dubai Plans Animatronic Jurassic Park Two Arab businessmen are planning to create a real life Jurassic Park in Dubai, with more than 100 animatronic dinosaurs,... |
| Airlines Lose Lifevests to Fit Fat Flyers Federal aviation administration revises guidelines used by airlines to calculate how much weight they have on board to take... |
Fly Me to the Moon - and Let Me Pay Among the Stars Space tourism company to offer lunar holidays costing £55m for a two-week, 500,000-mile round trip. |
| Spain's Eco-golfers Aim to Drive the Brown As golfing tourists drive down freshly watered green fairways this summer, while the rest of Spain endures a devastating... |
Westerners Warned Over Threat to Saudi Arabia Britain has revised its travel advice for Saudi Arabia to highlight 'credible' reports that terrorists are planning attacks... |
| Loo With a View Plumbs the Heights Australia's highest mountain can't compete with the stature of Everest, K2 and Kilimanjaro. But Mount Kosciuszko in the New... |
Passengers Escape Death As Plane Crashes in Toronto Television cameras captured dramatic images of an Air France passenger jet in flames moments after the packed plane... |
| Russia's great leap for tourism - a $100m trip to the moon Russia's federal space agency took a giant leap in the field of cosmic tourism yesterday with the announcement it will... |
Tuscan Landscape Set to Be Blown Up for Marble The champions of two sorts of beauty are set to clash in Tuscany where a mining firm wants to destroy a mountain crest to... |
| Tourist industry braced for downturn Tourism organisations were yesterday urging overseas visitors not to cancel their trips to London as City analysts... |
The Left Bank's Well of Ideas Runs Dry A century after Sartre's birth, there is a lack of real intellectuals in French culture. |
| China's 270mph Flying Train Could Run on London to Glasgow Route If Plan Takes Off Study shows new £16bn line could relieve transport chaos. |
Shanghai Puts a Spin on Its Highroller Image Shanghai is to get a new symbol of its increasingly high-rolling lifestyle: a giant Ferris wheel that would overtake the... |
| Tourism Boom Fuels Big Rise in Duped Drug Decoys Held in Jails Abroad Hundreds of British travellers are incarcerated in foreign jails because they are increasingly being used by drug... |
The Hotel at Hitler's Hideaway Luke Harding samples five-star luxury in Berchtesgaden, a place that became famous for all the wrong reasons |
| Superjumbo Makes Maiden Flight The Airbus A380, the world's biggest airliner, flew for the first time today in the most eagerly awaited debut by an... |
Tourist Deaths in Natal an Accident Eight British tourists who died in a crash after a mentally ill man ran out in front of their minibus in a South African... |
| Crocodiles Move in As the Tourists Move on The deserted Kingdom Hotel at Zimbabwe's most spectacular attraction symbolises the crisis gripping the country. |
Higher and Higher: Ski Resorts in Fight to Survive Global Warming Critics fear loss of last wildernesses as industry seeks fresh pistes. |
| Why Michelin Stars May Not Shine in New York The Michelin Guide confirmed yesterday it is preparing to publish a book about New York, its first hotel and restaurant... |
Air Terminal Had 'weak' Design A government inquiry into last year's collapse of Terminal 2E at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport said there were... |
| Neighbours Want to Pay to Move Hemingway House Town where writer ended his life fears tourist invasion. Ernest Hemingway had a good grasp of the value of real estate. |
Battered Liner Heads for Port A cruise liner that spent five hours adrift in a severe Mediterranean storm with more than 700 passengers on board was last... |
| Striking Gondoliers Dent Romantic Hopes It should have been the most romantic weekend of the year, but star-crossed lovers hoping for a romantic glide down the... |
Paris to Get New Metro... on the River The river has inspired poets and writers of every generation. But the Seine may soon perform a more prosaic, if no less... |
| Taiwan Flight Opens New Era for China Airliners link divided cities 50 years after civil war. A mainland Chinese airliner will touch down in Taiwan today for the... |
Heavy Snow in Us Brings Airline Chaos Thousands of airline passengers faced disruption and long delays yesterday after heavy snowfalls in the US forced the... |
| Casinos, Gyms and Double Beds - But Will Enough Airlines Get on Board? Blair and Branson hail Airbus 'superjumbo'. But it needs more orders to break even. |
Airbus Unveils 'superjumbo' Airbus today unveiled Airbus 380 "superjumbo" jet, the world's largest aircraft. |
| Luxury Hotel Opens to Students As the sun flicked off the luxury hotel's pool, figures clustered together, heads bowed over books. |
Frequent Flyer Miles Soar Above Sterling The world has a new global currency - airline frequent flyer miles, which have a greater total value than dollars, euros,... |
| Families' Hope Fades for Holidaymakers Still Not Found "The family feels devastation because Dominic was a young man starting out in life ... but we are happy that we have... |
Rome Discovers a New Breed of Tourist The first "official Angels and Demons tour" will show visitors the Roman sites used by the author of The Da Vinci... |
| World's Highest Road Bridge Opens Soaring above a valley through the green hills of central France, a stunning British-designed bridge hailed as the tallest... |
Branson Flies Into Turbulence at Sydney Virgin Atlantic is embroiled in a furious row with airport bosses in Australia over Sir Richard Branson's celebratory... |
| Parisian Blot to Learn Its Fate The new face of Les Halles, arguably the ugliest scar to disfigure the world's most beautiful city, will finally be... |
Skating Rink Opens Halfway Up the Eiffel Tower Music, lights, a great view of Paris and a strange whiff of vanilla await those bold enough to take advantage of the... |
| A Beach and 900 Sunbeds - Germany's Tropical Heaven Entrepreneur hopes indoor theme park, which boasts a lagoon, beach and a forest, will attract Berliners seeking respite... |
Tropical Paradise Created in Zeppelin Warehouse Entrepreneur hopes indoor theme park, which boasts a lagoon, beach and a forest, will attract Berliners seeking respite... |
| Lens Puts New Angle on the Louvre Surprise in France at decision to choose slagheaps of former mining town as site for extension of famous museum. |
The South Pacific Island of Ambrym Stained red and yellow with sulphur rust, the vent of Mount Marum, one of the twin peaks of the volcanic south Pacific... |
| Hollywood's Gift Horse Brings Hordes Back to Troy Tourists descend on the sleepy Turkish town of Canakkale at all hours to gawp at the Hollywood star - a 12-tonne... |
Bondi Beach Bans Booze to Take the Heat Out of Christmas Australia's traditional celebration of sun, sand and surf will be alcohol-free this Christmas, thanks to a booze ban on... |
| Norman Foster's Breathtaking Bridge, the Grand Viaduc Du Millau Inspired by the Eiffel Tower, Norman Foster has created one of the world's most breathtaking bridges. By Jonathan Glancey. |
Time to Turn Back Tourist Tide in Valley of the Kings Scientists draw up plan to limit visitors and traffic and divert floods threatening Egypt's ancient tombs. |
| It's the World's Largest Golf Course - and You'll Definitely Need a Driver It might not boast the most well-watered greens in the world or the best standard of food and drink at the 19th hole. But... |
Hotel Plan Could Ruin Aeolian Islands A plan to build eight big hotel complexes on a sleepy outcrop of volcanic islands north of Sicily could lose the... |
| New Warning on Taj Mahal India's largest state has launched an investigation into whether the Taj Mahal, one of the wonders of the world, is sinking... |
Dublin May Trade Roots of Its History for a Modern View Plane trees that survived Easter rising may be cut down as city tries to create a cafe culture plaza. |
| £78m Tourism Plan for Indian Mangroves Mired in Protests A billionaire's plan to develop the world's biggest mangrove swamp for tourism is being opposed by campaigners who say it... |
Thai Policeman Admits Murders A Thai police detective yesterday confessed to murdering two British backpackers at a popular tourist destination last... |
| US-bound Britons Fly Into Security Revolution UK tourists to be photographed and fingerprinted as American authorities extend new airport arrivals procedures to all... |
Venice Plans to Ban Rush Hour Serenaders Venetians may no longer wake up to the dulcet tones of 'just one cornetto' as the mayor of Venice plans to ban serenaders... |
| Soweto is Put on Tourist Trail South Africa's vast township celebrates its centenary with heritage tours and a 'walk of fame' to honour its role in... |
British Backpacking Couple Shot Dead By Thai Policeman Armed police in Thailand are hunting one of their own officers who is suspected of murdering a British backpacking couple... |
| Spa Resorts in Hot Water As Springs Run Dry Soaking in a tub of piping-hot spring water is as much a part of Japanese life as karaoke, but several unscrupulous... |
Gondoliers row into action to unravel Venice traffic tangle John Hooper reports on growing anger over the dangers of jam-packed canals. Anyone who has ever visited Venice will know... |
| US Relaxes Policy on Visa Violations British travellers who overstay in the US by a few days will no longer be searched, handcuffed, detained and put on the... |
British Package Tourists Are Staying Away From Spain Cheaper rivals and holiday homes push costas into decline. Spain's 50-year-old bonanza of "sun, sea and sangria"... |
| Not the Track, Not the Pool - the Hilton Will Be the Heart of the Olympics The art of lobbying is being perfected this week in the modernist marble interior of the Hilton hotel in Athens. |
Tourists Tell of Mountain Crash Nightmare Fire chief says accident was worst he had seen in 23 years as police struggle to identify the dead. |
| Millionaire Buys Pinocchio Villa As Museum A self-made millionaire who drew inspiration from the story of Pinocchio has bought a vast, derelict villa in the Tuscan... |
Greeks Fear Olympic Rip-offs The Greek authorities are offering tourists price lists in a bid to stop unscrupulous local traders ripping them off. |
| Raid Strips Party Island of Ecstasy Ibiza's famed dance-till-dawn club nights will be lacking many of the drugs that fuel them this summer: the Spanish police... |
Alarm Over West Nile Virus Cases Warning to holidaymakers in Europe. Holidaymakers heading for Europe, the US and Canada were last night warned to protect... |
| Save the Planet - Don't Play Golf, Med Tourists Are Warned They attract millions of tourists seeking to improve their swing in the sun. But the rush to coastal golf courses around... |
Tourist Islands Fear Eco Damage Two French islands in the Mediterranean will introduce stringent new restrictions on tourism this week, limiting the number... |
| Greek Hotel Workers Throw Down Gauntlet Greek workers yesterday threatened to throw more than 800 hotels across Athens into chaos at next month's Olympics, vowing... |
European Paedophiles Flock to Gambian 'smiling Coast' Sex tourists turn to the Gambia as authorities in Thailand and the Philippines campaign to keep them off their soil. |
| The Future is Aubergine for Former Shady Haven Tiny Liechtenstein reinvents itself after financial criticism and row with prince. It is one of the world's smallest... |
Third Collapse in a Month for Crumbling Dolomites Hikers and trekkers planning a holiday in the Dolomites should keep their fingers as tightly crossed as their bootlaces.... |
| Australia's Latest Jobs Drive Evokes Spirit of £10 Poms Bungil Shire is one of Australia's almost-there places. Two-thirds the size of Wales and home to 1,951 people, it sits on... |
Record Longest Flight Flies in the Face of Its Critics A hardy group of 181 passengers boarded a jet at Singapore airport yesterday for the world's longest commercial flight - an... |
| Designers Challenged to Build 'city on Ice' Researchers will today launch the world's most demanding architectural challenge: to design a hotel and workshop on an... |
British Women 'drugged on Orgy' Cruise Claims that British women were drugged before they took part in one of a series of 'mass orgies' on Mediterranean cruise... |
| 'Spiked Drinks' on Orgy Cruise Britons on holiday may have been duped into taking part in mass orgies on a cruise ship by being served cocktails spiked... |
Marshmallow Fan Stuck in Jail A teaching assistant who forgot to put away her marshmallows and hot chocolate at Yellowstone National Park a year ago was... |
| Uproar in Italy Over Hoardings in Historic Vistas Holidaymakers arriving this weekend in Positano, on the Amalfi coast, are more likely to find their gaze captured by a vast... |
Shots of Cruise Ship Orgy Shock Cyprus An urgent inquiry was launched in Cyprus last night after an undercover police operation exposed a group of up to 100... |
| 'Vegas of the East' Cleans Up Image It is known as the Las Vegas of the east. A decadent neon playground, a city boasting the world's greatest number of... |
Hotel Workers Threaten to Strike During Olympics Even if all of Greece's problem-plagued preparations are resolved ahead of the Games' opening ceremony on August 13, the... |
| Skinny Trippers Set Off on Nude Cruise It has been billed as the first naked tour of the Mediterranean, a week-long cruise for 450 people with the wearing of... |
City Life: Johannesburg Zulu-style house warmings are becoming more common as affluent black people move into Johannesburg's formerly all-white... |
| Parisians Lap Up Their New Urban Paradise For the past two summers, locals and tourists have admired one of the world's finest cityscapes from a makeshift beach in... |
4x4s Into Paris Won't Go - If Suv Ban Works French threat to bar off-roaders from capital echoes London debate. Oversized, gas-guzzling 4x4s could be banned from the... |
| Arcadia - a Nice Place to Call Home My part of the Peak District is the best walking country in the world. It is my good fortune to spend half my life in one... |
Germans 'will Make Trains Run on Time' A little bit of German magic could be all it takes to make Britain's trains run on time, according to Chancellor Schröder's... |
| Antarctic Storm Freezes Couple's Passion A couple having a romantic getaway in an Antarctic chalet found their passion cooled when they were caught in the worst... |
Airline's New Fleet Includes a Cupboard for Corpses It is always inconvenient when a passenger dies on an aeroplane - not least for the person sitting in the next seat. So... |
| Bigger, Greener and With Room for a Sauna - the A380 Environmental claims for plane questioned by campaigners. Amid razzmatazz and Euro-pop, the world's largest aircraft was... |
Cemetery Staff Want to Show Rock Star the Door The fifth most popular attraction in Paris celebrates its 200th anniversary this month rather regretting the pulling power... |
| On board an intellectual voyage of discovery For years, every time one of the glossy little blue flyers fell out of the Sunday paper, I had thought, 'I want to go on a... |
Athens to Fine Litterbugs in Olympic Clean-up Litterbugs face on-the-spot fines under a Singaporean-style clean-up campaign launched in Athens ahead of the summer... |
| The Major and the Minor Miracle That Saved a Historic Town Wartime pact in Italian campaign put culture first. Major Richard Heseltine gestured with his walking stick at a cobbled... |
Sifting Through Sand Australia's Best Beach Named An Australian academic has just completed 17 years of painstaking work - finding the country's perfect beach. Andrew Short... |
| Check-in Times to Us May Hit Five Hours Transatlantic travellers may in future have to check in five hours early for their flights to answer detailed security... |
Ryanair to Keep Hub at Charleroi Ryanair has promised to explore basing additional aircraft at Belgium's Charleroi airport, under a deal to renegotiate its... |
| Campaign to Bring Back Trees to France's Rural Roads For tourists, they are part of the fabric of France - tree-lined avenues throwing dappled shade on to country lanes. For... |
The Atoll That Time Forgot: But Now Tourists Threaten Its Eco-system Campaigners fear for future of giant tortoises and crabs. For millennia the atoll known as Aldabra has bloomed in the... |
| Wartime Wrecks Threaten to Spill Slicks Into Tropical Idyll Oil leaking from hundreds of rusting, sunken wrecks threatens the Pacific. For the tourists who made 50,000 dives a year in... |
Ice Cinema So Cool, Say Norwegians Be sure to wrap up warm and take a good supply of dried reindeer meat if you fancy a night out in Kautokeino, in northern... |
| Fears for Brando's Eco-paradise As Developers Hover Marlon Brando bought Tetiaroa in the South Pacific in 1966. Now there are fears that he has run out of money and may... |
Take a Jet, See the Sea, Stay in Hitler's Hotel City life: In just over a month, the elegant spa of Soport outside Gdansk is to undergo a dramatic change: like the rest of... |
| The New South Africa in Black and White Get out of your tour bus, stroll around, spend money with the locals, even stay the night. Jeannette Hyde finds a township... |
Into the Red Centre The first railway to cross Australia's burning heart from north to south has now opened. Michael Holland jumps on board the... |
| Probably the Best Dive Site in the World It's got more types of fish than the Great Barrier Reef, and it's working hard to keep them. John Aglionby opens our Asia... |
US Lifts Libya Travel Ban The US lifted a long-standing ban on travel to Libya today after Tripoli reaffirmed that it was responsible for the... |
| Tourists Invited to Saudi Sea and Sun Saudi Arabia, normally a byword for stern and puritanical sobriety, is preparing to show the world its jollier side by... |
Pilot's Sermon Fails to Take Off American air travellers have become accustomed, in recent years, to taking off their shoes and spreadeagling themselves for... |
| Terror Plot Cancels Ba Flights British Airways was dramatically ordered to cancel three key flights yesterday following a specific intelligence warning of... |
Anger Over Crocodile Hunt Plan Tourists and safari hunters will be allowed to shoot wild crocodiles in the Northern Territory, prompting outrage from... |
| Only One Third of China's Great Wall Still Stands As Tourists Take Their Toll Vandalism, pigsties and natural erosion blamed for collapse. Two-thirds of the Great Wall of China has been destroyed by... |
Brooklyn Can't Bridge Cultural Divide As a borough of many ethnicities Brooklyn has many ways of bidding hello and goodbye to visitors. As you approach the... |
| Tourists Find Cape Town Price Rises Hard to Swallow It was recently ranked one of the top places to see before you die, but Cape Town now risks acquiring a new label as the... |
Britons Will Need Visas to Travel to Us In nine months' time, thousands of Britons travelling to the US will have to buy a visa and be fingerprinted upon entering... |
| Switch for Gay Resort in Doldrums One of the world's leading gay tourist destinations is going straight after the expected numbers of "pink-pound"... |
My Friend Bought a Hotel. Yup, I'm Jealous. In 2002, Spain overtook France as the country most visited by Britons. And we're not just hanging around on beaches going... |
| Britons Who See Australia and Die You may not be bitten by a snake or snapped up by a shark while visiting Australia but the country is fatal to nearly 400... |
How Briton's Baghdad Trip Turned Into a Nightmare Student tourist arrested as suspected terrorist speaks out for first time about 48-day ordeal. Urslaan Khan had not... |
| Starfish Enterprise Dea Birkett and family swap the grey skies of inner London for Christmas in Montego Bay. But does a fortnight's... |
Cor Blimey, 'ere's Santa! When Jeannette Hyde took her four-year-old daughter Hanna to Sweden to see the real Father Christmas, she had visions of a... |
| FO Reviews Advice to Travellers The Foreign Office responded to the growing threat of worldwide terrorism yesterday by launching a review of its travel... |
Tourists Held for Ransom in Iran Three European tourists have been kidnapped in a southeastern province of Iran plagued by rampant drug smuggling, western... |
| Japan Refuses to Fly Airbus Superjumbo Japan's two international airlines, which are the world's biggest carriers outside America, have snubbed the new A380... |
Cruise Liner Leaves Anglo-spanish Relations Sickly The accident-prone cruise liner Aurora sailed out of Gibraltar last night leaving in its wake a diplomatic spat not seen... |
| Spain Shuts Border to Virus Ship The arrival of a British cruise ship hit by a contagious stomach infection in Gibraltar today provoked a diplomatic row as... |
Air Travellers Given Right to Compensation Budget airlines predict higher fares after EU sets penalties for delays, cancellations and overbooking. Air travellers... |
| Dozens of tourists missing or murdered in former hippy paradise When western travellers arrived in Manali in the 1960s, the north-west Indian town was a Shangri-la, a place of ancient... |
Mallorca laments missing German tourists The Spanish holiday island of Mallorca is facing an unlikely economic crisis after it emerged that thousands of German... |
| Fasten your seatbelts KLM-Air France tie-up could lead to consolidation, but regulators will have their say. Air France and Dutch carrier KLM are... |
Trouble in Paradise: Riots and Arrests Rock the Maldives Three prisoners die and police stations set on fire as 25-year president seeks new term. |
| Lost Weekends? A key European commission ruling could spell the end of Ryanair's bargain flights to popular destinations in France. Andrew... |
Lesson of Canadian Airport in Terminal Decline Mirabel international airport in Montreal is Canada's most notorious white elephant. Built to handle 6.8 million people a... |
| US to fit airliners with anti-missile defences American airliners may be fitted with systems to combat terrorist-fired missiles under a plan to which the White House has... |
EU Cool on Ryanair Chief's Plea for Future of Airline Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary yesterday made an impassioned plea to the European commission not to rule his... |
| More Armed Guards on Us Flights Travellers to the US can expect further delays and heightened scrutiny under plans to put 5,000 more armed guards on US... |
French luxury hotels go to dogs Poached Queen's Hambone with spring vegetables and low-fat yoghurt sounds like a dish fit for the room service menu of any... |
| Airline Cuts Cost With Sandwich Flights Switzerland's struggling national airline has flung down the gauntlet to budget carriers by scrapping free food on short... |
$5,000 for a Trip to Neverland Michael Jackson this week announced that visitors will be able to spend a day at his California ranch, Neverland. |
| On the Beat in Faliraki's Bar Street Greeks get tough as cultures clash in Rhodes resort. The call to pluck Steven Jameson from the dance floor comes through at... |
Tour Firms Seek Greek Truce Holiday tour operators were setting up a meeting with local officials in Greece yesterday in an attempt to resolve the... |
| Record Heatwave Closes Mont Blanc to Tourists Dramatic proof of global warming as peaks begin to crumble in high temperatures and snowline retreats. It figured as a stop... |
Dubai plans latest epic destination, with 220 suites under the sea It already plans to build the tallest tower, artificial islands shaped like palm trees and like a map of the world; now the... |
| Tourist Admits Fatal Stabbing, Greek Police Claim Police at a Greek resort said yesterday that a 21-year-old British holidaymaker had admitted fatally stabbing a teenager... |
After the storm As the storm raged, our hydrofoil nudged gingerly towards the jetty and the crew in their yellow sou'westers tried to lower... |
| Tourist drought hits Disneyland Paris Iraq fallout, strikes and forest fires have kept Americans and Europeans away. Midday on the hottest August day recorded in... |
Italians Keep Face By Faking Holidays According to a survey published yesterday, some 3 million Italians fake their holidays. "So where are you going on... |
| Prestige Oil Disaster Resurfaces to Spoil Spanish Holidays The sunken oil tanker Prestige threatens to spoil the beach holidays of hundreds of thousands of tourists. Oil leaking from... |
Eta Bombing Shuts Spanish Airport Eta struck again yesterday in its summer campaign against tourism targets and the Spanish economy, exploding a car bomb... |
| Pusher Street Dealers Face Up to the Shove Denmark's new centre-right government has decided to clean up Christiania, for 30 years a hippy haven. Walking through the... |
Greeks and Tourists Choke on Europe's Priciest Coffee Amid a welter of rising prices, citizens of Greece and its tourist visitors are shocked and dismayed to find it is offering... |
| Fire breaks out at top of Eiffel Tower Fire broke out at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris yesterday, forcing what the fire brigade described as a "safe... |
Hip (hop) replacement Hitting 50 doesn't mean staying in with a mug of Ovaltine. A new clubbing venture for the young at heart finds Mark Tran... |
| New Visa Rules for Entry to Us Visitors to the United States, including those from the UK, will face new passport and visa requirements from October 1. |
Heathrow gets back to normal after walkouts Flights from London Heathrow were expected to return to normal today after a series of impromptu walkouts by British... |
| Tidal Wave of Tourism Threatens the Island Jewel of the Adriatic Fishermen in one of Europe's last paradises have seen off the threat of a tuna farm. But can they keep holidaymakers at bay? |
Safety Fears Over In-flight Movies As Pilots Report Electrical Fires It's as much a part of the flying experience as take-off and landing, but the in-flight movie - popular with the public and... |
| Heathrow walkout strands thousands Unofficial action by British Airways ground staff against change to working practices causes the cancellation of dozens of... |
Fire Sweeps Through French Holiday Area More than 8,000 tourists and residents were forced to leave camp sites and homes in the holiday region around Fréjus when... |