You don't have to travel far to experience one of the best trips in the world for 2019. No further than the City of Tribes, in fact. Galway has been named among 28 best trips to take next year by National Geographic Traveler, one of the best-known travel magazines in the US.more
The Great Britain Day Visits Survey (GBDVS) found that the public took 1.79 billion day trips in England, Scotland and Wales last year and spent £62.4bn, down from 1.83 billion trips and £63.9bn in 2016.more
Fresh snow, endless festive eats, and time spent with family and friends… There really is a lot to love about Christmas. Why not make your festive countdown even more exciting by escaping the UK and heading to one of these winter-wonderland cities?more
Britannia Hotels has been named the worst UK hotel chain for the sixth consecutive year. The firm's hotels were described as "old", "shabby" and "outdated" by guests who responded to a survey for magazine Which? Travel.more
One in 10 UK adults have already booked their summer getaway for 2019, with just under half having plumped for European holidays, despite the uncertainty around Brexit.more
Premier Inn is about to get even more luxurious, with 'pod'-type rooms less than half the size of their standard ones. The rooms starts from £19 a night, and measure 8.5 square metres including a bathroom.more
This could be the best way to ensure no one robs your pint. The Guinness Storehouse has this week introduced the STOUTie - an Instagrammable pint of G with your selfie showcased on the creamy top.more
The UK is ranked as the world's fifth most powerful country for travel and tourism in new research. China is top followed by the US, India and Mexico with the UK above Spain, Turkey, Canada, Indonesia, Australia and the UAE.more
Lonely Planet has named Dublin's forthcoming Roe & Co Distillery among the 10 best new openings in the world for 2019. The €25 million distillery and visitor centre, backed by Diageo and named after legendary Irish distiller, George Roe, will open next April at the former Guinness Power Station on James's Street.more
Central Statistical Office: More touristsThe number of tourists in Poland who used overnight stays from January to the end of August increased by over 6%, to 23.1 million from 21.8 million a year earlier in the same period - according to the data of the Central Statistical Office (CSO). more
It is the "great glass elevator" that will whisk visitors to the top of a chimney at Battersea Power Station where sulphurous fumes once belched out over London.
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Phibsborough in Dublin has been named one of the 'coolest neighbourhoods in the world'. Time Out ranked the northside area 27th - ahead of neighbourhoods in the likes of San Francisco. Montreal, Shanghai and Boston.more
A quirky Haringey house, a Stirling Prize-nominated apartment block with wicker balconies and the new home of New Scotland Yard are among the buildings that open up their doors to the public next month, as part of Open House London.more
After the first half of 2018, the tourism industry's debt increased to over PLN 66 million compared to the same period last year. Currently, 730 companies offering tourist services, ie every fourteenth company, are currently in debt - according to BIG InfoMonitor.more
To the untrained eye, it may just be a 70-metre long Perspex tunnel. However those in the know have described it as 'stunning', 'a must-see' and a 'significant piece of modern vernacular architecture.'more
Devon and neighbouring county Dorset were liked by 92 per cent of people asked in a survey by international market research and data analytics company YouGov .more
The party is in full swing as we walk into Plac Nowy (New Square) in the centre of Kazimierz, a little after 10pm on a hot August Saturday. Tables and chairs from cafes and bars that surround the scruffy but buzzing concrete market area, spill onto the pavements.more
It was a very good season for owners of accommodation facilities in Poland - the Nocleg.pl portal summarizes the passing holidays. The weather was good and the Poles willingly paid record high prices in July. Last vacationers have not yet returned home, and hoteliers already have profits.more
Great popularity of Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia - this is how you can sum up this year's trips of Poles. "Holidays in these countries are usually reserved in the highest standard" - said Radosław Damasiewicz, an expert in the tourist industry.more