For 2021, World Ocean Day is raising awareness and support for the global movement to protect at least 30% of the world's lands, waters, and ocean by 2030 (30x30). Safeguarding at least 30% through a network of highly protected areas can help ensure a healthy ocean and climate.
To establish marine protected areas, scientists, fisherman, and the public must work together with...
Going abroad is tricky to say the least this year, but who needs to go overseas for holidays and travel when we have staggering beaches, fascinating history, incredible wildlife, and diverse landscapes right here in the UK, in Northumberland?
Last week was English Tourism Week 2021, led by VisitEngland, so we celebrated by rounding up ten things to do in Northumberland that will make you...
Orkney, with its neolithic sites and panoramic views, has been named the best Scottish island, according to a survey from Which?
While Scotland’s waters are home to approximately 800 islands, Which? Travel readers rated only 14, highlighting how undiscovered and uninhabited many of them still are. And of the 14 that received enough visitors to be ranked in the survey, 10 received an...
Research by hotel booking platform, Hoo , has found that on average, 90% of holiday accommodation across the UK’s most popular holiday hotspots has already been booked ahead of another summer of staycations.
Despite travel restrictions being relaxed in recent weeks for holidays abroad, previous research by Hoo found that 86% of holiday makers will still refrain from heading abroad...
The latest research by Butter , the UK’s only Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) travel agency, has found that this is the case.
86% of people want amber & red lists travel ban as traffic light system adds to Covid travel confusion.
Currently, just a handful of countries sit on the government-approved green list, allowing holidaymakers the opportunity to travel without needing to...
Would spreading the cost of your holiday be of benefit?
Research by Butter , the UK’s only Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) travel agency, suggests the BNPL approach could help rejuvenate a pandemic-weary tourism sector, allowing holidaymakers to overcome the financial uncertainty caused by Covid by spreading the cost of their holiday via more manageable monthly instalments.
Holidaymakers will wait to see how travel goes before booking
Holidaymakers plan to wait and see how international travel will work over the next few months before booking a trip, according to new research by travel insurance provider Holidaysafe.
The research*, collected the same day as the government unveiled its “green list” of "safe" countries for travel, found that although keen...
A little over a year since the start of the pandemic and the desire to travel is not diminishing. If anything, it’s stronger than ever! The travel restrictions have always been unclear, and despite this, we continue to dream of holidays and look for our next destination.
In the past year, British staycations have been booming and this year will be no different. But where do people...