Caught on camera: Lucky seal escapes jaws of great white shark in frenzied attack that unfolded so close to holidaymakers they were splashed with water

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• Eating live maggots, drinking muddy river water and fending off swarms of bloodthirsty insects: How a Londoner became a 'real-life Bear Grylls' in the Bolivian Amazon
• Two flight attendants and a passenger taken to hospital after Washington-bound United Airlines flight rocked by severe turbulence
• In-town boutique or beach retreat? Two very different takes on Mexico's Playa del Carmen 
• Holidaymaker banned from morning flight and escorted out of Manchester Airport for being too drunk to fly
• Access all areas: The mindblowing 360-degree photographs of Britain's best-loved landscapes and historic attractions
• Love ALL: At the world's best hotels for playing tennis you can keep Wimbledon fever alive
• EasyJet plane carrying holidaymakers from Newcastle to Spain forced to make unscheduled landing in Paris because it almost ran out of WATER
• Barcelona residents say tourism is a bigger problem than poverty as new mayor ramps up efforts to introduce a cap on visitors
• 'Look out for secret cave parties': Kiss FM DJ Charlie Hedges' insider tips on the best places to drink, dine and unwind in Ibiza
• Noteworthy dedication: Man quits 9 to 5 job to travel the world with his dog, Brando, and his PIANO, which he plays for people along the way
• Wine and design: The quirky boutique vineyard in Chile that offers guests art among the vines
• Inside the Brooklyn Museum that documents the rise of the all-American sneaker from the original 1917 Converse All-stars to the latest Nikes
• King of the jungle is BACK! Lions are reintroduced into the wild in Rwanda following extinction during genocidal war 15 years ago
• BASE jumping into paradise and hanging from a helicopter! The best things to do on holiday (and there isn't a sunbed in sight)
• Is THIS the world's best hotel? Inside India's ultra-luxurious Oberoi Udaivilas palace which was voted as the ultimate place to stay
• Passenger's fury after being hit with travel website's 'hidden' £80 service fee that doubled price of return flights
• Finally! Minibar snacks and drinks in Chicago's new Virgin Hotel are the SAME PRICE as you pay at shops
• British Airways set to take over Aer Lingus after Ryanair accepted a £1billion offer for its stake in the airline 
• Say cheese! Japan's Mount Fuji gets Wi-Fi so hikers can check weather information and tourists can upload selfies faster
• Thought the Swiss were just good at clocks? Revealing the hidden military BUNKERS cleverly blended into Switzerland's landscapes
• Warning for British tourists as biker gangs in Barcelona target holidaymakers by slashing tyres, towing car to a garage and demanding £1,000 for repairs
• What happened to the spirit of exploration? UK adults have only visited 5% of the world's countries with the least visited places including Greenland, Chile and Fiji
• Caught on camera: Lucky seal escapes jaws of great white shark in frenzied attack that unfolded so close to holidaymakers they were splashed with water
• German drivers named the best in Europe by British holidaymakers... and Italian motorists are rated the worst
• The cat that got too close for comfort: Alarming moment tourist came face-to-face with a cheetah when it jumped in his jeep
• Do look down! Aerial photographer captures STUNNING ocean landscapes while leaning out of a helicopter with tiny harness
• Broadband that REALLY flies! Virgin America's new Wi-Fi will be fast enough to stream Netflix
• Return of the pier: Three of the UK's most iconic attractions have now been purchased... with Victorian landmark Llandudno fetching £4.5MILLION
• Revealed: The Bible, Game of Thrones and Grey are the books most frequently left behind on flights
• How typical! Incredible footage captures vulnerable crab moulting its shell... only for sting ray to swoop in and swallow it whole
• Actress Michelle Keegan voted dream celebrity travel partner... but holidaying Brits would rather leave Kanye behind
• Know the dress code, avoid quiet streets and join a walking tour or cooking class to make friends: Infographic reveals handy do's and don'ts for solo female travellers
• Thought economy class couldn't get any worse? The horrifying hexagonal seating that means you FACE other passengers
• Live like a Legend! Four Seasons launches $120,000 private jet tour that allows travellers to holiday like John Legend (but Chrissy Teigen is not your travel companion)
• How to save £20,000 on your wedding: Tying the knot abroad can mean big savings, reveals survey
• Four Seasons launches $120,000 tour that allows travellers to holiday like John Legend (but Chrissy Teigen is not your travel companion)
• From Mad March hares to leaping deer: British wildlife captured in spectacular style by winning entries in photography competition
• Extreme Catholic group urges beaches to be 'segregated by sex' in northern Spain so 'sins of the flesh' are avoided
• Whale of a time! Incredible video shows humpbacks in Alaska surface spectacularly by boat prompting man filming them to break out into uncontrollable laughter
• Foul-mouthed English tourist guide who called woman a 'Welsh c***' is handed suspended jail sentence and £500 fine
• Last-minute bookings to Greece plunge by 30% amid debt crisis as tour operators slash prices to get rid of unsold rooms
• He's no dumbo! Clever elephant picks up selfie stick dropped by tourist and hands it back to him... capturing a dizzying 'elphie'
• Bone-chilling: Inside the incredible 'Skull Church' decorated with the remains of 70,000 plague victims
• Passenger's fury after being charged £20 to retrieve his laptop from lost and found at Edinburgh Airport
• They really ARE paved with gold: From New York's Fifth Avenue to Nizami Street in Baku, these are the world's most expensive shopping streets
• Caught in the act! Australian couple arrested in Florence after they 'had sex on a bench' (prompting politician to plead for better quality tourists)
• Jersey MP heading for Bucharest finds himself 500 miles away in BUDAPEST after 'schoolboy error' with flight booking
• Don't go in the water! Tourist filming an Italian beach sunrise inadvertently captures footage of a SHARK stalking its prey
• Skinny dipping and celebrity haunts are the top fantasies for a dream holiday... and 25 per cent of people think about their holiday daily after booking
• Passenger's terrifying footage of SPARKS flying off plane engine on flight forced to turn back to Honolulu
• Mesmerising footage captures ghostly waterfall made entirely of FOG cascading down cliff and pouring into Icelandic bay
• Wading for take off! Siberian weather extremes strike at airport where passengers have to PADDLE to board their plane
• The rise of the silent airport: How cuts in noise pollution mean passengers can increasingly expect a 'calm, relaxed ambiance' before their flights
• Don't let the Tube strike derail your mood... The London hotel deals that'll transform your evening from hellish to heavenly
• Drone captures mesmerising footage of humpback whale spraying a RAINBOW from its blow hole
• Alcohol-fuelled air rage incidents are up 40% from last year... proving 'floozing' phenomenon is on the rise
• From Popeye's picturesque fishing village to the Star Wars desert planet of Tatooine: Movie sets that are still there for fans to visit
• 'I went to one of the most dangerous countries on earth... and had a great time': Intrepid female photographer's stunning images of Pakistan adventure 
• How to get the best seats without paying more: Experts reveal tricks of the trade from scoring cheap tickets to having a whole row to yourself
• Kyoto voted the world's best city... with Charleston, South Carolina and Siem Reap close behind (but London and New York are nowhere in sight)
• Unruly passenger who forced flight to divert is fined £5,000 and banned from flying on Jet2 for LIFE after airline launched 'zero tolerance' campaign
• Now Ryanair is to offer low-cost flights from ISRAEL with first tickets on sale tomorrow
• The stunning multi-coloured light show created by air traffic control boss that represents 3,000 planes flying over England from five major airports 
• Don't point with your finger, avoid physical contact and NEVER give them room number four: The customs hoteliers should learn to lure more Chinese tourists revealed
• Carnival's luxurious giant cruise ships to set sail for Cuba - but passengers will have to volunteer when they arrive there
• It's all about Location, Location, Location: Phil Spencer set to name Britain's beach hut of the year
• Forget crisps and a can of Coke: The world's most over-the-top hotel mini-bars offer everything from oxygen canisters to aged Japanese whisky
• Terrifying video captures planes tilting sideways and bouncing off the tarmac as pilots battle high winds while coming in to land at Birmingham Airport
• Five-figure payout for holidaymakers from Thomas Cook after they were ravaged by BED BUGS and suffered severe rashes and blisters
• Revealed: Londoners are the most adventurous tourists while the Welsh prefer a staycation (and Scots are lured by food)
• Flybee flight now boarding: Extraordinary pictures show massive swarm of BEES attacking passenger plane in Moscow
• No tasteless pasta here! The elite dining of Michelin-star first class airline cuisine revealed, menu by menu
• Ride of his life! Russian man spends over 52 HOURS on a Ferris wheel... without sleeping a wink
• Get him to the Greek! As bookings plummet, holiday boss reveals Brits could bag discounts of up to 30 per cent in the troubled country
• Don't put your gorilla in the backseat and carry a weapon if you're wearing a bikini while driving: The weirdest traffic laws revealed
• An emotional rollercoaster! Photographer's passionate portraits of British fairground art pay tribute to the iconic 'Waltzer'
• Angry passengers arrested after upgrading themselves to business class and refusing to move in protest at three-hour flight delay
• 'Scariest landing in my entire life': Panic of passengers on flight forced to return to Denver with a BLOWN TYRE
• My own private Idaho: A journey into one of the less-known American states in search of bison steaks, hot potatoes and wild vistas
• An Inspector Calls: Making a big Deal of Bear's Well - a family home turned pretty small hideaway on the east coast of Kent
• Mesmerising salt flats that look like abstract paintings: Shimmering Australian ponds pictured in stunning aerial photographs
• Frozen in time: Inside the space age TWA terminal at JFK built in 1962 that is soon to be turned into a boutique hotel
• A Mediterranean cruise with a twirl in every port: A fabulous European voyage to Ephesus, Nice, Sicily, Santorini and beyond
• The ultimate summer holiday packing hack: The secret to folding T-shirts to the size of a burrito revealed
• A spot on the red carpet at the Oscars and a round of golf at Augusta: The luxury concierge that can get you inside the world's most exclusive events
• We'll drink to that! In-flight 'Air Hook' gadget eliminates the need to put down a tray table to rest a cup on
• The science of why time DOES seem to fly on the way home from holiday
• The provocative images of 7/7 bombings and 9/11 it's hoped will prevent a Tunisia tourism boycott in wake of terror attack
• The tourist attractions you should be visiting (but probably aren't): Unesco reveals latest list of world heritage sites
• British tourists vote yes! Holidaymakers ignore financial crisis as searches for flights to Greece soar by 16%
• Incredible moment British safari guide was saved from leopard savaging his arm by tourists who threw BAGS at it - then rammed it with a car door 
• Tiger with medical condition has taken to SWIMMING as a way of strengthening its leg muscles
• The real-life James Bond: Incredible moment daredevil paraglider flies into a moving cable car in the French Alps
• Uber suspends its controversial UberPOP service in France after violent protests in Paris and attacks on drivers
• How all-inclusive holidays could cost you MORE: Tourists fork out over £200 at local restaurants and bars... because they get bored of resort food
• Drunk passenger seen 'screaming, kicking and spitting' charged with assaulting flight attendant after plane diverts
• 'Tuck me into bed', 'a painting of white tigers' and 'call me your highness': The bizarre guest requests made at UK hotels
• On a beach far, far away: Star Wars fan quits office job to travel the world with his girlfriend... as a surfing STORMTROOPER