Archive for August, 2008
Cruises in vogue with UK travellers
Aug 29th
Research by Holiday Which? magazine has shown that cruise holidays are no longer considered to be the holiday choice of the over-50s.
Millions of British holidaymakers are said to have opted for a holiday cruise this year with a further increase expected next year.
The widening cruise market is attracting families and younger travellers, with newly weds in particular choosing a holiday on board a cruise liner for their honeymoon.
Claire Lilley, from Holiday Which? explained: “If you look in the trade press, the number of new cruise ships being launched this year is phenomenal really. And these are massive ships being launched in the UK alone.”
British families turn to city breaks
Aug 29th
Recent research shows that family city breaks are experiencing a strong revival amongst UK travellers looking to spend more quality time with their loved ones.
Many holidaymakers are opting to take their families to more cultural destinations that offer something for both the adults and the children, rather than more traditional, child-focused family breaks such as theme park visits.
Some of the most popular city break destinations include France, the Channel Islands, Ireland and Holland.
Destinations such as New York and Amsterdam are reportedly very popular with UK travellers wishing to have a short city break as well as a main holiday each year.
While New York‚s popularity may be due to the current strength of the pound against the dollar, other popular, far-flung city destinations include Cairo and Sydney.
Spanish town painted red during annual tomato fight
Aug 29th
The normally quiet Spanish village of Bunol has literally been painted red during the town‚s annual Tomatina festival.
Thousands of people from all around the world arrived at the town for the festival during which around 100,000 kilograms of ripe tomatoes were thrown, leaving the revellers and town saturated in pulp and juice.
The festival, which reportedly dates back to a food fight between youths in the mid-1940s, traditionally concludes with the participants washing themselves clean in the nearby river while the local fire brigade hoses down the streets.
The festival is very popular with younger holidaymakers, particularly backpackers and gap-year travellers.