IT'S BEEN 13 months and seven days since I last travelled.

IF YOU’RE looking for an alternative to the Costas, Iraq has relaxed its visa rules.

THE pandemic has triggered a rise in staycations for the first time across Africa.

KENYA has warned the UK government about the dangers of putting African countries on its travel ban “red list”.

WESTERN Australia is blessed with natural treasures from beaches, the world’s largest fringing reef plus cute quokka.

AMERICAN tourists will travel to other countries this summer if Europe doesn't reopen soon.

THE top visitor attractions of 2020 have been announced today - revealing a significant shuffle in some of the UK’s most iconic sights.

FOR foreign holidays to go ahead this year, travel corridors could come to the rescue.

THE BARBADIAN government is planning to extend its Work from Paradise scheme into 2021.

HOW FAR can we go? That brings us to our top travel tips: shake up your travel plans and have an adventure.

THE UK is considered one of the most unsafe countries by Chinese travellers to visit.

THE GREAT West Way route has been officially unpacked from its suitcase by Tourism Minister Nigel Huddleston.

IF YOU had to postpone your wedding last year, Barnes Coaches is allowing couples to tie the knot onboard.

BE WARNED: it’s stunning up here. The first glimpse of Rila National Park is unbeatable.

AFTER the discovery of the UK covid-19 variant, Visit Britain estimated it would put off 5.2 million visitors, costing £2.4bn.

PRESS pause. February's newsletter is a panic-free zone.

PASSENGERS trapped on cruise ships and tourists stuck inside hotel rooms were the image of travel in 2020.

SHORTLY after the news that a jab could end the coronavirus pandemic, “vaccine tourism” was trending on Google.

A TOUR operator warns it'd be devastating for holidaymakers if the Spanish government keeps its borders closed this summer.

THE CANARY Island becomes the only marine hub in Europe recognised for its responsible whale watching.

WHEW 2020 is history. Welcome to 2021. Where do we go from here?

TRAVEL and tourism in the UK and Germany are set to outpace the rest of Europe this summer.

WHILE European destinations remain deserted this winter, how has Dubai managed to attract thousands of visitors?

GOOD news for the travel industry has been hard to find but figures out today show that big events are driving demand for hotel bookings in the UK.

THE World Health Organisation’s Special Envoy for COVID 19 warned many more would die because of fake news.

DESPITE Brexit, the UK moved up one place in the passport global rankings to 7th place today.

2020 when more people went to Barnard Castle than made it to an airport!

SINGAPORE’S hawker culture has been added to the Unesco list of global "cultural treasures".

LISBON has been named the No.1 holiday destination for Europeans in 2021 with Dubai the most searched for city.

“EVERYTHING'S been cancelled until the end of January,” says tour director Tim Smith from Acklams Coaches.

BRITISH travellers face a ban on bringing home cheese and meat from their Continental holidays next summer.

IRELAND is expecting a “big whoosh” of British travellers in the New Year, post-Brexit and post-pandemic.

BRITS have long been known for their love of sun, sea and sand holidays while also enjoying a drink or two.

WILL UK holidaymakers remain loyal to their favourite destinations next year or look outside the EU?

THE World Travel Market where every country in the world Zoomed in to the largest gathering of the travel industry since the pandemic began!

I THOUGHT I’d come to Angkor Wat to see the sun rise, what I realised was that I went there to hear its story.

WHERE do you start if you don’t know Central America? Nature and history are its DNA.

FLEET Street’s famous pubs could be “lost forever” due to Covid restriction, warns CAMRA.

AS EUROPE shuts down again, Latin America is opening up!

THE travel industry has got it wrong. The message needs to change from save travel to safe travel.

CRUISING through the jet stream at 650mph, the Boeing 747 has been the iconic Queen of the Skies for the last 50 years.

ALMOST all of Britain’s top 20 tourist attractions have reopened following months of lockdown.

LONDON is one of the most popular capital cities on the planet yet it's a national hobby to dislike it.

NEWLYWEDS whose big day was curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic splurge on expensive “double honeymoons”.

CUE the drum roll! Yes. It's success for Chalkmarks in the #BecauseImALondoner photo competition.

WITH staycations the most reliable holiday this year, this the perfect time to visit London.

THE TRAVEL industry will take at least two years to get back to 2019 levels experts warn today.

FINNAIR says it was hit by an unprecedented 300,000 refunds – the equivalent of three years requests in three months.

EVERYONE wants a holiday right now and the tourism industry is desperate for the financial boost.

THINK gin and tonic yoga! Times are changing. No longer do we want just massages, facials and nail treatments.

WELLNESS retreats are tempting luxury travellers as the coronavirus lockdown eases this summer.

BEDS are the biggest concern for travellers when it comes to hotels reopening this summer.

SO MUCH for getting back to nature. The real holiday winners are Las Vegas and cruise companies.

LUXURY holidays will be the first to get booked up as they already offer socially distancing and exclusivity.

SO WOW: this is egg coffee. I’d dropped into the legendary Café Giang in Hanoi to try this iconic brew from where it was born.

PEOPLE shouldn’t count on a coronavirus vaccine any time soon - despite what politicians say - a top scientist warns.

DESPITE growing criticism of the Government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, trust in it is as a record 20 year high.

YOUNG couple perform hip thrusts and arm dips oblivious to the fact their makeshift gym is a national war graves memorial.

YOU’D think we would’ve stepped off the bus in silence. But we didn’t. People were asking for the toilets. They wanted coffee.

THIS is the largest island in the Mediterranean and the biggest region in Italy. It's also home to many of Europe’s volcanoes!