Discover Surfing at Anantara Tangalle, Sri Lanka
Famed for its golden shores, verdant interior teeming with wildlife, spicy cuisine and local smiles, Sri Lanka has also become somewhat of a surfer’s paradise. Year-round balmy Indian Ocean waters…
Visit Isle of Wight Launches New Victoria’s Island Trail
Visitors to the Isle of Wight can now follow a new ‘Victoria’s Island Trail’, and explore the former monarch’s summer home…
Hay Festival Winter Weekend: Extended Programme
Hay Festival announced on 19 September plans for the biggest ever Hay Festival Winter Weekend, 23 – 26 November 2017, including a new 400-seater venue and extended programming. …
Red Rocks Ramps up Community Development
The tagline at the Red Rocks Cultural Centre in Musanze district, northern Rwanda, summarizes it all: “Where intercultural exchange leads to community development.”…
Lymington Seafood Festival to Become Annual Event
The recently staged, inaugural Seafood Festival in Lymington, New Forest, saw over 15,000 tourists and locals head to Bath Road Park on the banks of the Lymington River, for the…
Autumn Is Coming Across England
September 22 is the Autumn Equinox and the first day of England’s most gloriously colourful – and some would say delicious – season. As the colours change, the apples turn…
School of Wok’s Alternative Festive Feast
Asian cuisine has never been so popular in the UK – especially eating out or opening an app to order a take-away – but when it comes to home dining…
Fly HCMC to Phnom Penh for Under $10
Vietjet has started selling tickets for the Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) – Phnom Penh (Cambodia) route with prices starting from only VND199,000 (USD8.8 excluding taxes and fees). The new…
Barbados Food And Rum Festival 2017
Savour the local and traditional flavours of Barbadian cuisine, at this years’ Barbados Food and Rum Festival, taking place from 16 to 19 November on the breathtaking island of Barbados…
Icelandair Connects Cleveland, Dallas to Europe
Icelandair recently announced two new gateways to the United States: Cleveland, Ohio and Dallas Fort Worth. The inaugural Cleveland flight will take place in May 2018, and will begin with…
Jamaica Launches Small Inns Programme
Travel trends have recently shown an increase in boutique hotels driven by travelers’ desires for more authentic, local experiences. Although Jamaica was previously known for its wide variety of all-inclusive resorts…
Antigua Re-Opens After Hurricane Irma
Antigua is back to offering world-class excursions and adventures across Antigua. Popular activities in Antigua, from Stingray City to zip-lining adventures to safari land tours to cruises, sea circumnavigation and…
Anti-tourist Riots Could Re-route Ryanair
The budget airline Ryanair might need to look for different routes and look for alternative holiday destinations after Europe was hit by mass anti-tourist riots by left-wing groups. This summer…
Operation Smile Thanks YAANA Bike Riders
Ahead of the event, Pavinee Kaewsai, five-year old recipient of a successful cleft palate operation also wishes the riders well…
Louvre Abu Dhabi to Open in November
Louvre Abu Dhabi has announced it will open its doors to the public on 11 November 2017. It is the first museum of its kind in the Arab world: a…
Brussels Greets Tourists
This weekend (September 16-17) the Global Greeter Network celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Greeters concept’s first introduction. It’s a great opportunity to examine the development of participative tourism in…
Conference to Promote Sustainable Tourism
A model for sustainable tourism destination development that can be implemented by destination managers across the world will be unveiled at a major international conference at the Falls Hotel &…
Tips to Get a 2018 Inca Trail Permit
Kandoo Adventures, the high-altitude trekking company, has reminded trekkers to get ready for the release of the 2018 Inca Trail permits and make sure they don’t miss out on a…
International Tourism Strongest Since 2010
Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the first six months of 2017, some 36 million more than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, growth was well…
WTO: Sustainable Tourism Campaign
The World Tourism Organization has announced about a fresh tourism campaign that would be solely focused on the concept of sustainability amidst rising anti-tourism protests all across Europe and the…
Anantara: Coral Protection in Maldives
In 2016, the longest global coral bleaching event in history impacted reefs in the crystal clear waters of the Maldives, as a result of the El Niño weather phenomenon. Understanding…
Melbourne: Most Liveable City for Seventh Year
Melbourne’s reign as the world’s most liveable city has been extended for an unprecedented seventh year by the prestigious Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) annual Liveability Index. The Index surveys 140 of…
Icelandair to Begin Flights to Tampa in September
Icelandair will begin flights from Reykjavik (KEF) to Tampa International (TPA) on Wednesday 6th September 2017. The new year-round service will operate twice a week departing on Wednesdays and Sundays and…
Palestine Fastest Growing Tourist Destination
UNWTO has released its latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer figures and it has come up with some interesting cross-border tourism stats…
