As travel was abruptly put on hold earlier this year, recent signs of reopenings and restrictions lifting around the world have given sun chasers everywhere a sign of hope that lounging on a white sandy beach while looking out at shimmering turquoise water may not be too far off. Specifically, the Caribbean islands have laid […]
Global Agenda Aviation, Travel and Tourism COVID-19 Digital Identity Here’s what travelling could be like after COVID-19 We will travel again – but differently. Image: REUTERS/Michaela Rehle • Airlines, travel companies and the tourism sector as a whole face an unprecedented challenge from the coronavirus pandemic. • For the industry to recover, travellers will need […]
As the number of deaths caused by the Coronavirus pandemic nears 400 thousand, and the number of those infected already exceeds 6 million, member states of the Schengen Area and the European Union have started opening their borders for certain countries. While EU countries as Poland give no signs of a near reopening of the […]
Hemingway and Cervantes are among the great writers who traverse Spain in pursuit of thrills, spills, detective sagas and sagacity • More literary trips … to Italy and France I grew up in Montreal – and London owns a big piece of my heart – but my home is Barcelona, where I’ve lived for 20…
Last year Barcelona received 30 million visitors – now there are none. Emerging from Europe’s strictest coronavirus lockdown, how do its tourist-weary residents feel about getting their city back? For six weeks, the streets of Barcelona were deserted. Not a soul except the Deliveroo and Glovo riders and the occasional shopper, masked and gloved, making…
Public urged to ‘take long hard look at your conscience’ after PM relaxes travel rules in England Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Police in the Lake District have urged people to “take a long hard look at your own conscience” and stay away from the national park – despite the…
Junk shops have boxes of postcards, many from this island – a traditional holiday favourite. The author of Postcard from the Past is planning a pilgrimage One reason I spend so much time wading through boxes of old postcards in junk shops is to snoop on holidays I can never take. On one side are…
The playwright’s arduous journey to a Pacific island in Russia’s far east resulted in a non-fiction masterpiece Passport details Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, playwright, one of the greatest short-story writers in history and once-in-a-lifetime adventurer to Russia’s remote far east. Place and date of birthTaganrog, southern Russia, January 29, 1860. Continue reading…
We’ve said it before and we will say it again – TEFL (Teaching English as a foreign language) simply is THE best way to travel. Just in case you need convincing, here are our top reasons why a TEFL course is your passport to trips of a lifetime! You live in another country Teaching English abroad […]
There’s never a bad time to go travelling with kids, and spending quality family time together on holiday is always going to be a rewarding experience. However, travelling with kids over Christmas can throw up additional challenges. How will Santa know how to find you? How will you carry home all the toys he brings? […]
