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Tourists forgot how to behave themselves in 2023
A gondola crashed in Venice. Bodily fluids on budget flights. Heritage sites destroyed. Fully released from pandemic restrictions, the world travelled en masse this year, and did so with fervour. Most destinations reported visitor numbers on a par with 2019 levels; the Middle East surpassed pre-pandemic numbers by 20 per cent. And yet this excitement for travel was not met with the deference one might expect.
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The French do Christmas holidays better than the British
The British Christmas, and its attributes, are terrific. They need embracing with gusto: baubles, high-res knitwear, unexpected cousins, trees, children, carols, Baileys at 10am, turkey for ever after, mince pies and an essential rendezvous with the monarch. I won’t hear a word against it. That said, I have – after decades of living among them – also grown to appreciate the way the French approach Yuletide.
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You can now recreate ‘The Beam’ photo above New York City
There are currently five skyscraper viewing platforms in New York City, each one promising the best views for your selfies. But a new experience from the Rockefeller Center’s Top of the Rock is usurping the competition, with a photo op inspired by one of the most famous images ever taken of New York.
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In numbers: How snowsure is your favourite ski resort?
We skiers are near-obsessed with snowfall – predicting, comparing, bemoaning it – especially as the ski season swings into action and we look to book our next trip to the slopes. But it’s unpredictable at best, especially in Europe, and “is so much more nuanced than just numbers”. With figures largely unregulated and subject to great artistic licence, “snow depth data is a minefield,” warns weather aficionado Fraser Wilkin from Snow-Wise.
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‘We wanted one more adventure’ – the Britons who retired to their favourite holiday destinations
Go on holiday, fall in love, scan the estate agents’ windows. Then go home and forget all about it. So goes the familiar pattern – unless you’re one of the brave few who make a permanent move.
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The timewarped villages French skiers try to keep secret from the British
It’s one thing gliding gracefully off a moving chairlift with skis on. It is quite another without. This was why I spent the ride up the mountain pondering how best to tackle the impending clumsy descent in ski boots with dignity, instead of drinking in the kaleidoscopic Alpine views – toy-size painted church framed by white pastures underfoot, the wild Chaîne de Fiz sawtooth ridge across a bluebird sky to the north and Mont Blanc peeping over Dômes du Miage in the east.
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The fall and rise of our regional airports
Queues at passport control, long waits for luggage, and overcrowded airport lounges. The UK’s largest terminals – Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester – might have the most routes, but their size can lead to a whole host of problems. Enter regional airports. These overlooked bases might not immediately spring to mind when booking a holiday, but they have, quietly, been revolutionising the way we travel. And now the major operators are taking note. Ryanair will begin offering flights from Norwich airpor
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