News Archive: travel and tourism: 2010

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23, 2010 December:

Thailand enjoys tourism boom despite troubles

Red Shirts and violent uprisings may have dominated the news from Thailand in the first half of 2010, but it seems it will take more than two months of bloody protests to put tourists off visiting...

Great British food enticing tourists

Britain has had a reputation for poor food for as long as it has rained on these shores, but it would appear that tourists have finally realised the cuisine here is now some of the best in the world...

Southampton unveils new cruise terminal

The future of the UK cruise industry looks bright after Southampton announced it is to splash out £30m on a new terminal to support the growing industry...

21, 2010 December:

Moonwalking - Aussie style

Sydney may know how to put on a light show over Christmas and New Year, but a little further south some adventurers are experiencing a summer light show of their own...

20, 2010 December:

Luxury hotel to open at famed Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles is to transform one of its satellite buildings into a luxury hotel, paving the way for a series of French projects aimed at exploiting the economic potential of listed buildings while securing their renovation...

Tourist marijuana ban gets the OK

The Dutch government moved a step closer to barring tourists from Holland's signature marijuana bars with a ruling by the European Court of Justice on Thursday that the ban would not violate European laws...

19, 2010 December:

A tourist push of biblical proportions

America - not known for doing things by halves - has really pushed the boat out this time - in a bid to attract greater numbers of tourists, it has announced plans for a full-scale Noah's Ark theme park in Kentucky...

17, 2010 December:

Jetstar launches controversial Singapore hub

Jetstar today begins flights on the international service that has drawn the ire of a pilots union and has cost one of the airline's pilots his job - the direct Melbourne-Singapore run...

15, 2010 December:

Back on the straight and narrow

One of the most famous tourist attractions in the world - the Leaning Tower of Pisa - has been restored and partially straightened as an eight-year restoration project comes to an end...

Probe into standards at Melbourne hotels

If you've stayed in certain luxury Melbourne hotels lately, you may well have lain on a mattress littered with pubic hair and dead skin cells...

Chernobyl's sealed zone open to tourists

Want a better understanding of the world's worst nuclear disaster? Come and tour the Chernobyl nuclear power plant...

A seat of one's own

The organisation responsible for promoting safety and investigating accidents in the US, the National Transportation Safety Board, has long argued that children under two should be strapped into a seat of their own on planes...

13, 2010 December:

Budget fares don't compare

Budget air fares have become too confusing for passengers to compare prices, with different standards and fees for everything from infants to sports equipment and luggage, consumer advocate Choice has said...

12, 2010 December:

Diving restrictions relaxed in Sharm El Sheikh

Diving restrictions have been relaxed around Sharm El Sheikh following a series of shark attacks, which have left one woman dead and several others seriously injured...

10, 2010 December:

The Vatican prepares for christmas

St Peter's Square has witnessed the arrival of a 110-foot, 94-year-old Christmas tree cut from a forest near Luson in Trentino-Alto Adige...

07, 2010 December:

Aussies take record number of overseas trips

The number of overseas trips taken by Australians has hit record levels, topping seven million in the year to the end of October...

Airport liquid ban could be phased out by 2013

The ban on carrying liquids in hand luggage at UK airports is to be eased and could be phased out completely by 2013...

Safe to go back in water, says Egypt Minister

The Egyptian tourism minister says it is safe to swim in shallow waters in the Red Sea, just one day after a German woman was mauled to death while snorkelling close to shore...

06, 2010 December:

Shark attacks injure Egypt tourism

A German woman tourist was killed in a shark attack while snorkelling off Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday, in the third shark attack in the Egyptian Red Sea resort in a week, a local official said...

Brothel becomes museum on island

A one-time military brothel on a former flashpoint island is set to welcome guests of a different kind after Taiwanese tourist bosses re-opened it as a museum...

03, 2010 December:

Unesco inspectors to visit Pompeii

Experts from UNESCO are to visit the ancient city of Pompeii today to inspect recent damage to the site involving the collapse of four structures...

Invest in the Colosseum

Italy's archaeological heritage has recently hit the news for various disasters and lack of preservation efforts, and the Colosseum is no exception...

01, 2010 December:

World Cup venues to boost host countries

Next week the two hosts of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups will be named, with a number of nations, including England, hoping that their bids have been successful...

30, 2010 November:

£250m ski-resort planned for Chechnya

The southern Russian republic of Chechnya may not seem like the most obvious place to head to for your winter ski break, but one Russian tycoon is set to change all that, with an ambitious Kremlin plan aimed at putting the volatile Caucasus region on the winter sports map...

29, 2010 November:

British tourism pins hopes on royal wedding

The royal wedding in April is expected to boost tourism at home and abroad...

Oz tourism hits rock bottom?

Tourism in Australia is flagging but the industry has grand plans for a revival...

Lufthansa slims seats

Lufthansa, Europe's second-biggest airline, said it will add almost 2000 more seats to its single-aisle fleet by the end of next year by switching to berths with slimmer backrests...

26, 2010 November:

Makeover for Trevi Fountain

Who has been to Rome and not visited the Trevi Fountain? And who has not thrown a coin into this most romantic of fountains in the hope of returning to the Eternal City?..

24, 2010 November:

Homeowners view Tube repairs as essential

London residents are calling for improvement to the Tube before any other alterations to London's public transport, according to research carried out by London estate agent Marsh & Parsons...

Good times are over on cheap travel?

Airfares and hotel prices could rise by as much as 10 per cent next year, according to annual forecast figures compiled by American Express Business Travel...

22, 2010 November:

Cash injection for Stone Henge

A £27 million project to build a new visitor centre at Stonehenge received a boost today when the Heritage Lottery Fund confirmed it was contributing £10 million to the scheme...

Golden moment for Greyhound Australia

Greyhound Australia has pipped all the major airlines to win the Golden Backpack Award for best transport operator in the country...

21, 2010 November:

Philippines pulls latest online ad

The Philippines says it pulled its latest online tourism campaign after critics panned the rebrand and warned that unwary surfers could easily end up at a porn site instead...

Most Americans back 'naked' airport scanners

Americans overwhelmingly back the full-body scanners that produce graphic images of the body, which are being deployed in airports around the country, a poll published this week shows...

19, 2010 November:

Turkish airport given green light

Buy-to-let investors in Turkey have been given a boost after it was revealed that the country's largest airport has been given the green light...

Britain's beaches improving water quality

Staycations have been given a boost following the news that a record number of beaches and bathing spots in England and Wales have reached the highest European standards for water quality this year...

17, 2010 November:

Airline ticketing scam 'superior' to all others

An airline ticketing scam duping major airlines and passengers is so sophisticated it's "unlike anything" fraud police have ever encountered...

16, 2010 November:

Iraq to become tourism hotspot?

It is unlikely to be high up on your list of holiday destinations for summer 2011, but Iraq is poised to become a tourism hotspot, according to a travel industry report...

National Trust's top 10 Christmas markets

From stable yards to ancient abbeys, the National Trust has Christmas markets taking place all over the country, perfect for picking up last minute gifts and stocking fillers...

Oprah's Oz visit 'hard act to follow'

Oprah Winfrey's trip Down Under will be a hard act to follow, federal Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson concedes...

Who loves the UK the most?

More than three-quarters of overseas tourists to Britain are return visitors and our most loyal fans are from Luxembourg...

15, 2010 November:

'Veniceland' residents up in arms

Residents of Venice in northern Italy held an ironic protest on Sunday against rising prices and tourist traffic, saying their picturesque city had become a Disney-like "Veniceland"...

Rome's biggest temple reopens to tourists

The biggest temple of ancient Rome reopened to the public on Thursday after nearly 30 years amid heavy criticism of Italy's management of its artistic heritage after the collapse of a house in Pompeii...

12, 2010 November:

Burma: tourist destination once more?

For 15 years, it has been deemed off-limits to foreign visitors, and hidden behind a veil of secrecy. But one of the world's most inaccessible destinations has taken a small step towards restoring its position on the travel map this week - with the news that Burma's main opposition party has relaxed its ‘ban' on tourists heading to this troubled Far Eastern state...

10, 2010 November:

New York to Sydney in 3 hours?

New York to Sydney in under three hours: Nasa to develop 'hypersonic' passenger jets...

1,000 new ski resorts for France

More than a thousand new ski resort properties are to be built the French Alps in a bid to keep pace with growing demand...

Tourists banned from Big Ben over terrorism fears

Tourists from overseas are no longer allowed to take tours around Big Ben because of concerns over security...

Airports deliberately keeping queues long?

A whistleblower security guard has claimed that there is a deliberate policy to let queues grow at Luton Airport's security gates to encourage people to pay for the express lane...

09, 2010 November:

Outrage following loss of Pompeii treasure

The celebrated archaeological site of Pompeii has lost one of its most important treasures - an ancient training centre for gladiators is now little more than a pile of rubble - and archaeologists are claiming the collapse is due to negligence...