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- From Corrie to Canada: A whirlwind Ontario tour
- Simon Reeve: 'Guidebooks aren't bibles'
- Checking In with Nadia Sawalha
- Piers Morgan takes his boys Down Under
- Sesame treat! Michelle Heaton goes to Jamaica
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- Thailand set to lose £1.6bn in tourism revenue
- 14% of Brits abroad refuse to speak local dialect
- Egypt bombing: New FCO advice to UK tourists
- India to cut red tape and issue visas on arrival
- Qatar Airways' new all-business class flights
- Rise in British travellers visiting Germany
- Brits rate cuisine as essential part of holiday
- London to Glasgow train to host comedy gig
- British sounds in £2.5m tourism advert
- Two-fifths of parents would risk term-time trip
TOP STORIES IN TRAVEL
- My night in the billion dollar hotel: From revolving beds to chauffeur-driven Rolls Royces, is Dubai's seven-star Burj Al Arab all it's cracked up to be?
- We're all going on a winter holiday! Why it's more than just the year-long sun that makes the island of Fuerteventura the perfect place for a LATE escape
- Break-up playlists, no PDAs in sight and turtles released to represent letting your old relationship go: Inside the Thai resort designed to help you fall OUT of love
- Picture perfect: The celebrity photographer's bohemian retreat for poets, writers and artists on the Isle of Wight
- Other earth: A close encounter of the blubbery kind while cruising New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands
- Fancy seeing lions and swimming around a reef? A surf and turf safari offers the best of both worlds
- The revitalisation of Marseilles: Gone are the days of crumbling shops and the tired harbour front as French port gets a new lease of life
- From the cycling county of Yorkshire to the football hotbed of London: Six of England's sporting bests revealed
- Mature traveller seeking anarchy and excitement: Intrepid Lady Sorrel Bentinck takes a solo trip across India in search of her own Best Exotic Marigold Hotel .
- An Inspector Calls: Golf, grouse and gourmet dinner at a Baronial pile in the Scottish Borders
- Lederhosen, low-cut blouses and LOTS of beer! Six million people expected to pack out Munich as Germany celebrates 182nd Oktoberfest
- Drunk passengers could be BANNED from flying after a spike in rowdy airborne incidents including brawls, sabotage and fliers setting each other's hair on fire
- An Inspector Calls: Golf, grouse and gourmet dinner at a Baronial pile in the Scottish Borders
- Tourist dies after falling down steps at the Taj Mahal 'while trying to take a selfie'
- A boozy break in the Lakes? That's the spirit as new distillery creates chance to enjoy home-grown English tipple
- 'Stay away from row 24, we're going to be sick everywhere': Six women flying to Barcelona on a hen party kicked off easyJet plane at Gatwick for being 'too drunk to fly'
- American beauty: A journey by tall ship exploring the presidential playground along New England's glitzy coastline
- From Walter White's meth-cooking café in Istanbul to Batman burgers in Malaysia: The world's weirdest TV inspired tourist spots
- Now THAT'S a first impression: The world's most spectacular hotel lobbies that feature a sea of fountains, brightly coloured forests and stunning chandeliers
- Diving into shark-infested waters: What swimming with the fearsome predators 60ft below the waves in Tahiti is REALLY like... and no, you don't get a safety cage
- The secret to a great holiday in Ibiza? Go in September, avoid one resort in particular like the plague and leave late-night clubs to those who are too young to know better
- Perth, the unlikely hipster hotspot: A guide to the coolest boho bars and hot hotels in Western Australia's capital city
- Offerings to the god Osiris found hidden beneath ancient Sudanese pyramids: 2,000-year-old structures marked Kushite graves
- EasyJet makes holidaymaker pay excess baggage to take his mother's belongings home after she suffered a stroke in Spain
- Rare snubfin dolphin spotted 'smiling' and playing in the water off the coast in Queensland
- The experts' survival guide to flying with children: How to cope with your seat being kicked, in-flight tantrums and whether you should intervene if you hear a baby crying
- Want a holiday that's good for your conscience? The countries that need money from tourists the most include Spain, Iceland and the Maldives
- Concorde set to return to the skies: Supersonic jet may be used for charter flights by 2019
- Take a lifetime's worth of holidays... in one year: For £220,000 you can tick off all four corners of the globe on luxury private jets including visits to Easter Island and Hawaii
- Inside the Rugby World cup teams' luxury hotels - where the only things they'll need to tackle are 'pillow menus' and spa options
- Bogs can be beautiful too: Incredible pictures of mystical 8,000-year-old Latvian swamp in the morning mist
- A 24-carat gold facial, cryotherapy chambers and a snow room on a cruise ship: Inside the luxurious spas voted best in the world
- Is this the best job in the world? Travel writer lands role reviewing glamorous parties in locations including LA, Amsterdam and New York
- Tug-of-war on the deck, glamorous balls and the first gymnasium at sea (with men working out in suits): Fascinating photos reveal life on board early cruise ships
- Revealed: What happens to your physical and mental health if you don't take enough holiday (take note the 56% of Americans who didn't go on vacation last year)
- Skulls in saucepans, pigeons down trousers and a pet chicken: The strangest things passengers have tried to sneak through airport security revealed
- Helipads, hot tubs and en-suite staterooms: Inside the most expensive superyachts for sale at the Monaco Yacht Show where asking prices reach £51MILLION
- The rise of churchyard tourism: New guide promotes Britain's 30,000 cemeteries as perfect places to get in touch with nature
- Every little helps! Baggage fees and other extra charges made airlines £21BILLION last year
- The call of the wild: Man takes his part-wolf best friend, Loki, on incredible outdoor adventures (gaining the Wolfdog over 378k Instagram followers)
- Daredevil model dices with death in extraordinary underwater face-to-face photo shoot with CROCODILE
- Say goodbye to boring holiday photos! New camera scours the internet for images of famous landmarks - and locks down the shutter to stop tourists adding to the pile
- Why you should open your luggage on the bathroom floor and put paper over the peephole in the door: The hotel secrets EVERY guest should know
- Now that's a walkabout! Meet the man who travelled 75,500km around the world on FOOT during an epic 11-year odyssey crossing six continents (using 54 pairs of shoes)
- The moment oxygen masks dropped down on Ryanair flight from Greece to the Netherlands that saw plane with 160 passengers on board divert to Germany
- Posing naked by a landmark, using a selfie-stick and making glaring factual errors on social media: The most annoying tourist habits revealed
- Forget sleeping pills or hypnosis! SEX may be the best way to cure a fear of flying, says therapist
- Incredibly bizarre CCTV footage catches a DEER smashing through a glass window of a hotel and running wild in the laundry room
- Ruff and ready: Cute Instagram pictures show dogs enjoying the great outdoors on camping trips with their owners
- BREAKING NEWS: At least five climbers killed and two missing after avalanche in the French Alps
- Photographer films heart-stopping moment he balances on ledge 60 storeys above New York's Times Square
- Inside the 'Zoo from Hell': A schoolboy kicks a frightened monkey's tiny metal cage as a crocodile languishes in a concrete pool of its own urine, fed on dead dogs
- That's a high-wire act! Amazing drone footage shows Chinese engineers converting a 980ft wooden bridge into a terrifying GLASS walkway above a 590ft canyon
- Amazing moment a humpback whale breaches the water and leaps over kayakers - narrowly avoiding crushing them
- Pictured: The £9.9million superyacht that ran aground as a violent storm battered an idyllic Greek island with high winds and massive waves
- There's no time to laze by lovely lake Geneva - so get your skates on! Skiers tend to roar past in their 4x4s in winter, missing out on one of Switzerland's prized assets - Lausanne.
- See them before they're gone: The stunning photos of glistening icebergs in glacial lake threatened by climate change
- How safe is YOUR holiday destination from these animals? From deadly spiders to venomous snakes, the lethal creatures that could be lurking near your hotel (and what to do if they attack)
- Mob of 'irresponsible' tourists slammed for preventing endangered sea turtles from laying their eggs at wildlife refuge
- Exotic life of the kings of Benin: The land where subjects believe royals have superpowers and become invisible at night
- From ghost town to tourism hot spot: Inside the rebirth of Mexico's 'Puebla Magico,' where The Mask of Zorro was filmed
- How to beat the autumn blues: 25 events guaranteed to make you forget summer is over
- Photographer launches search for mystery mystery couple he pictured kissing at the top of waterfall after 'proposal' at Mount Rainier National Park
- Melbourne man Jonathan Crowden, 21, 'killed by lightning' in the Grand Canyon while hiking alone
- Adorable newborn rhino rolls around in hay and bonds with her mother Umqali... as poachers threaten to wipe out her species
- Could you shoot the cover for National Geographic? Iconic magazine calls for talented photographers to accept the challenge (and here are the STUNNING entries so far)
- 'Moongate' entrances and stunning views of Canada's most famous landmark: Inside the five-star hotel where George Clooney and Johnny Depp hang out at the Toronto film festival
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Pictured: Windscreen of car smashed by metal pieces of plane's jet engine that rained down as aircraft declared an emergency
- Inside Eurostar's newly refurbished trains that feature illuminated drink holders, free WiFi and seatback mirrors
- Only the adventurous need apply: Hunt is on to fill polar explorer vacancy with perks of the job including diving beneath icy lakes, scaling frozen waterfalls and chasing the Northern Lights
- Dozens of tourists evacuated after Japan's Mount Aso erupts, sending huge plume of volcanic ash one MILE into the sky
- Here comes autumn! Torrential rain, gale force winds and even FLOODS set to sweep Britain - toppling trees and causing road chaos
- Incredible photographs show abandoned shopping mall covered in snow, rain and overgrown weeds as it succumbs to the changing seasons
- Leap of faith: Tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take holy dip at India's Kumbh Mela royal bath festival
- Would you CHOOSE to spend a night jail? Ohio prison converted into a B&B offers guests a stay behind bars
- World's biggest man-made wave is created by Dutch scientists hoping to help save the low-lying country from devastating floods
- The heartwarming moment a rescue team save the life of a baby humpback whale after it was trapped in fishing lines
- Britain faces an invasion of venomous false widow spiders as warm conditions herald a population boom
- Small wonder: Ultimate relaxation in the lovingly restored Palazzo Radomiri on the beguiling coastline of Montenegro
- Bubble trouble: Foam machine malfunction at Toronto Pearson International Airport spills 'two football fields' worth of suds
- Inside the bizarre Bangkok aircraft graveyard where families live among the decaying passenger jets and survive by collecting and selling scrap metal
- Wipe out! GoPro captures the incredible moment a clumsy DOLPHIN body slams a paddle boarder sharing his wave
- Painted lady, 23, attacked by crazed woman in Times Square who called her a 'nasty wh**e' before punching her in the face
- 'It feels like you are on the edge of the world': The Pub Landlord comedian Al Murray finds an oasis of calm and lives like a Sultan on a Marrakech city break
- Wild West wandering: How a road trip in the heart of America is spellbinding (if you can avoid the bison along the way)
- Live and let Thai: Travel to Thailand to have a Bond style journey sailing past 007's iconic island, made famous by Roger Moore
- From Amazon adventures to a safari in West Africa: The top fly-cruises on offer for travellers short on time
- The Crafty Traveller: The web pioneers who are making the world accessible to everyone, regardless of any disability
- From soaking up the luxury to souking up the sights: A tale of two Moroccos
- Horse-lover's haven: Riding high with the dashing gauchos of Golega in Portugal at their annual 10-day equine festival
- Meow we're talking! Instagram account from cat lover proves that outdoor adventures are not just for dogs...and you CAN take your feline friend along as well!
- Students who lost their GoPro when using a balloon to send it 98,000ft high get camera back TWO YEARS later after hiker hands in footage - revealing breathtaking views of the Grand Canyon
- From model aeroplanes and shimmering chandeliers, to life-size wooden animals: A regal stay in a quirky French chateau
- Take a whistle-stop tour of the golden era of train travel: Pictures aboard the Orient-Express reveal the nostalgic glamour of 1950s journey
- An Inspector Calls: The Wellington is impeccable, with resident chickens and a lawn like Centre Court
- Iconic Tower Of London poppies inspire a new audience as they are installed at a disused Northumberland colliery
- Feel the force: Star Wars invasion at Disney World pulls plug on Osborne family dancing lights after 20 year reign as iconic attraction
- Celebrity central: Why Marylebone has become one of the world's hottest new playgrounds with A-listers flocking to its boutique hotel, bars and restaurants
- Up close and personal: TV presenter Raul de Molina encounters the endangered mountain gorillas of Uganda and explores the country's remote villages
- So THIS is what they get up to when you've gone: The cabin crew craze to clamber into overhead bins for Instagram pictures
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