Holiday News - Direct

The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2009 Awards have been announced and for the second year running El Bulli in Spain is named as the best restaurant in the world.
There are 4 British restaurants named in the top 50, three of them in London.
Unsurprisingly Spain, France and Italy were all prominent in the list. […]

According to the French government the amount of foreign tourists visiting the country this year has kept its position as the number one destination for international visitors, after the decline of 2008.
According to Herve Novelli, the Tourism Secretary of State, “France is still the world’s first tourist destination.”
The government is planning on modernizing the tourism […]

The European Travel Commission has come up with a list of ‘free’ attractions to visit across Europe in order to lure tourists to city break, and travel to popular holiday destinations:
• France – enjoy the summer solstice with free music and events in Paris. From professional to amateur musicians, as well as artistic forms, the […]

Many families will be heading off to holiday in half term week, whether it’s a sun holiday or a ski holiday. Ski holidays are very popular this time of year as its half way through the season, although prices sometimes rise as demand increases.
The most popular ski destinations at half term are Austria, France […]

A record 3.14million holidaymakers visited the Philippines in 2008, despite the economic downturn; the rise was 1.5 percent higher than previous years.
The increase in visitors mainly came from Europe, Russia, which was up 34% and France was up just under 19%.
Chartered flights from Shanghai and China to name but a few were introduced, […]

New traffic figures show that the port of Dover had its busiest December in 4years in 2008, and an increase of 118,000 passengers went through the popular port either to France and Europe or to the UK.
In comparison to 2007, 2008 saw an increase of almost 30,000 more vehicles throughout December, and 10,000 more HGV’s. […]

A new ski pass has been launched, allowing access to 10 ski resorts run by “’La Compagnie des Alpes Domaines Skiables”.

The best beaches in Europe can be found by the Mediterranean, in Spain, France, Portugal and Italy, according to an expert study of Europe’s beaches.

19 new cultural sites have been added to the world heritage list, along with eight natural sites. Some of these are sites often visited while on holiday – or should at least now be added to your holiday itinerary.

Holidays in Costa Brava are very popular among the British holidaymakers, but four out of five Brits cannot pinpoint Costa Brava on a map. A new survey into Brits’ skills to locating countries on the map shows that while holidays in the sun are very popular, many don’t know where these places are.