The British Museum was the UK's most-visited attraction for the first time since before the Covid pandemic, according to a tourism industry body. Figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) showed there were 5,820,860 visits to the central London museum in 2023, a 42% increase on 2022.more
Clerkenwell in central London has been named as the best place to live in the capital.
North Berwick in East Lothian is the overall best place to live in the UK, according to an annual list published by the Sunday Times.
It described Clerkenwell as "all that's best" about life in the capital.more
Consumer rights’ group Which found that the cost of a day out to some of the capital’s most famous landmarks has soared exponentially since 1974, sometimes by several thousand percent.more
In the latest survey organized by Rough Guides, a British guidebook publisher, tourists considered Stonehenge - a mysterious stone circle that is a symbol of England - to be the most overrated attraction. The Eiffel Tower and New York's Central Park also left globetrotters very unsatisfied.more
The Scottish seaside town of North Berwick in East Lothian has been named the best place to live in an annual guide.
It topped a list of 72 locations chosen by The Sunday Times to represent the best of the UK in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide.more
World Travel Awards The World Travel Awards is one of the most prestigious awards of the travel industry. The poll takes into account airlines, hotels, attractions and destinations already appreciated by tourists. It also identifies destinations that will be drawing the attention of travellers in the coming months. This very accolade belongs to Braga, Portugal.more
Easter in Italy will be marked by a record number of tourists - such forecasts were presented three weeks before Easter. The most popular is the south of the country: Sicily, Sardinia and Puglia. Over a million people will come to Rome.more
Mallorca is one of the most popular holiday destinations, attracting both lovers of quiet relaxation and wild parties. The latter already seem to be a bit of a nuisance to the locals. This is why the mayor of Mallorca's capital, Palma, intends to punish troublesome visitors with heavy fines. Vandalism or drunkenness on the streets can cost visitors up to €3,000.more
There is a shortage of 4,000 lifeguards at Italian beaches ahead of the upcoming summer season, the daily newspaper La Repubblica reported. Young people are no longer interested in the job, admit representatives of the seaside tourist industry.more
64 per cent of Poles declared that they would go on holiday this year. This is 9 per cent more than last year, according to the latest CBOS survey.more
Every year, in the "Readers' Choice Awards" plebiscite, readers of "Traveller" magazine choose the most recommendable countries for tourism. Japan won this year's vote, which was attended by over half a million people.more
Norway is at the top of the list of European countries that can be safely traveled by car - this is the result of an analysis carried out by the Vignette Switzerland platform, taking into account data from the European Transport Safety Board. The criterion was not only the road infrastructure, but also the number of road accident victims per million inhabitants.more
For tourists, meeting a geisha in traditional costume is the quintessence of a trip to Japan. No wonder that visitors to the Gion district in Kyoto try at all costs to capture this phenomenal image in a photo. However, many of them do it in an intrusive way, which resulted in the introduction of a photography ban in 2019, which, however, is not respected.more
A town near London, named one of the UK's prettiest, shares its name with another that's often called one of the worst. The former has been hailed as one of the most beautiful in the UK, but its namesake is regularly dubbed one of the worst.more
Despite the heatwave and fires that hit Greece during the summer of 2023, the country recorded a record number of 32.7 million foreign tourists, according to data published yesterday by the Bank of Greece.more
If you are dreaming of a summer holiday, you can look no further than the list compiled by the European Best Destinations organisation. Using the votes of around one million people from 172 countries, the EBD has selected the 20 best European destinations for this year from among 500 places. The Spanish city of Marbella topped the list, ahead of Monaco and Malta in the race for the title.more
In 2023. Spain was visited by 1.9 million Polish tourists, reported the Office of the Tourism Counsellor at the Spanish Embassy in Warsaw. Never before have so many Poles paid a visit to the country of corrida.more
Foreign tourists must now pay a 150,000 rupiah (£7.60; $9.60) levy to enter Bali, one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.
Indonesian authorities say this is aimed at protecting the island's environment and culture.more
People voting on the ILiveHere website ranked 20 of the worst places to live in the UK, giving their verdict on the ‘most depressing locations’ in the land. Famed for quaint cobbled streets, the imposing Pendennis Castle and the world’s third largest natural harbour, voters said Falmouth was giving residents ‘a terminal case of ennui.’ more
An increased Garda presence in Dublin, a crackdown on youth offenders, more 24-hour public transport, and safe taxi hubs are among the proposals made to the government by DublinTown.more
The Treasury’s independent forecaster is to review the axeing of tax-free shopping for tourists, raising the possibility that a decision that leisure companies and retailers have blasted for deterring visitors and losing the UK billions in sales could be reversed.more
Italy is the queen of Europe in terms of tourist reputation - announced the Italian Opinion Research Institute Demoskopika in a report, citing the highest result in the ETR (European Tourism Reputation) classification. The next places were taken by Spain and Germany.
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The National Institute of Statistics (INE) in Madrid announced yesterday that in 2023, Spain was visited by a record number of foreign tourists - over 85 million. This is over 1 million more than the estimates of Pedro Sanchez's government.more
The introduction, from 25 April on selected days, of an entrance ticket to Venice for those who only come there for a few hours without staying overnight, does not mean that the city will be closed and inhospitable, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro assured on Thursday.more
EasyJet’s holiday wing is offering “grans go free” places on trips to Europe, after research found half of families had never holidayed abroad with their grandparents.more