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| Wednesday 27 May 2009 |
Nuns on the rum
The arrest of 17 British men dressed as nuns in Crete should remind us how unmenacing laddish tourists really are.
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| Monday 22 September 2008 |
A welcome break from
the doom-and-gloom
Despite the demise of holiday firm XL and money troubles at Alitalia, the desire to travel remains as strong as ever.
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| Wednesday 13 August 2008 |
Sun, sea, sand and snobbery
Ignore the shrill headlines about badly-behaved British tourists: the overwhelming majority have a great time overseas.
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| Thursday 23 August 2007 |
Ecotourism: holier-than-thou holidays
Ecotourist jaunts might make green-leaning holidaymakers feel warm and moist, but they do little to help Third World communities. In fact, ecotourism is a trap for the world’s poor.
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| Thursday 22 March 2007 |
Air travel: the skies, the limits
If poor people have less opportunity to fly, then surely the answer is to tackle poverty rather than to limit other people's travel.
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| Tuesday 13 February 2007 |
Massacring Valentine's Day
Now environmentalists are campaigning against 'flower miles', showing that even gifts between loved ones have been added to their killjoy hitlist.
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| Thursday 9 February 2006 |
Flight pledge: Grounding passengers
Who wants to sign an agreement to limit the number of flights we take a year?
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| Thursday 20 October 2005 |
Aftershock of the beach bombs
Western governments' response to attacks on tourists can make or break places like Bali.
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| Thursday 8 January 2004 |
Flying lows
The airline industry has been forced to the frontline in the 'war on terror'.
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| Thursday 28 August 2003 |
The latest resort
Why did the international media get so hot under the collar about the antics of drunk British teenagers in Faliraki?
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| Thursday 1 May 2003 |
Holiday plans
In a patronising new campaign, the UK Foreign Office warns young travellers off drinking and having sex.
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| Friday 11 April 2003 |
Mothballing ambition
The problem isn't Concorde's retirement, but the fact that nothing even as good has been born since.
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| Friday 7 March 2003 |
Scared out of the sky
The air industry's overreaction to terror threats is fuelling the post-9/11 fear of flying.
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| Friday 20 December 2002 |
Groundless fears
New airline security measures are unlikely to reassure passengers.
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