Zero 2 Infinity wants to send tourists to space using a giant hot air balloon for just $132,000

A number of space companies are developing rockets to be the first to send tourists into orbit, but the latest new comer to race plans to do so with a massive balloon. Spanish startup Zero 2 Infinity plans to float civilians some 130,000 feet above the surface using a helium balloon measuring 420 feet in … Read more

Gucci suffers sales slump as super-rich tourists stay home 

Gucci suffered a Christmas sales slump as super-rich tourists are forced to stay home By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:05 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 22:05 GMT, 17 February 2021 Gucci sales fell over Christmas as the collapse in super-rich tourists heading to London, Paris, Milan and New York hit business … Read more

M. Night Shyamalan unveils Super Bowl spot for Old a movie about a beach that rapidly ages tourists

Two-time Oscar nominee M. Night Shyamalan unveiled the first teaser for his mystery thriller Old during the Super Bowl LV telecast on Sunday. In the movie – shot in the Dominican Republic – a couple (Gael García Bernal and Vicky Krieps) bring their two children to a secluded beach, which causes rapid aging. Hours after … Read more

Bali’s pristine beaches have turned into garbage dumps as the island struggles without tourists

Bali’s iconic beaches have transformed into rubbish dumps with tonnes of filth piling higher than the deck chairs where Australian tourists once sunned themselves on holiday. The once-popular Kuta and Jimbaran beaches are now a deserted coastline that looks more like a tip than an idyllic tourist destination, strewn with washed-up bottles, bags and plastic. … Read more

Tourists watch on in amazement as a cheeky kangaroo breaks into their holiday house

Tourists watch on in amazement as a cheeky kangaroo breaks into their holiday house and helps himself to a jar of Vegemite and a packet of chips Bizarre footage has captured the moment kangaroo broke into a holiday home Marsupial was filmed making itself at home at a cabin on the NSW South Coast Holidaymakers … Read more

Burberry blasts decision to end of duty free shopping for tourists

Burberry blasts end of duty free for tourists: Fashion giant claims the decision could cost it hundreds of millions of pounds By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 20 January 2021 Fashion giant Burberry has told the Government that the decision to scrap duty-free shopping … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Thousands of British tourists scramble to get home before new test rule

Britons abroad face a race to get home before rules requiring international travellers to test negative for coronavirus before arriving in England come into force – and the UK Government has not yet released full guidance on which tests they will accept. From 4am this Friday, those arriving by boat, train or plane – including … Read more

Bemused tourists share their hilarious hotel fails

Are these the worst hotels ever? Disgruntled guests share snaps of VERY dubious facilities including a hairdryer in the shower and a pool filled with dirt Disappointed tourists from around the world have shared their worst hotel fails Hilarious gallery, collated by BoredPanda, shows some less than luxury hotels  Includes hot tub that had been … Read more

Hundreds of British tourists ESCAPE quarantine in Swiss ski resort and flee in the night

Hundreds of British tourists ESCAPE and flee in the night after being forced into quarantine at Swiss ski resort hotels despite fears they could have mutant virus strain Around 200 British tourists fled the luxury Verbier ski resort overnight A flight ban was put in place in response to the new Covid strain in England … Read more

Ski holidays are off after the Swiss government banned UK tourists in the New Year

Ski holidays are off after the Swiss government banned UK tourists in the New Year due to ‘high-risk’ Covid-19 infection rate Thousands of ski holidays have been abruptly cancelled after the announcement Switzerland had been open to British visitors until now thanks to travel rules But the UK will not be treated under the EU’s … Read more