What could be the new Top holiday destinations this year?

October 25th, 2009 at 07:38pm Under General

It would appear that Asia is going to be the new place for tourists to venture next year for their holidays. Tour operators and searches online have reported that tourists are interested in heading to areas like the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Dubai. So why are people looking at these holidays in particular?

It has been argued that Maldives holidays are the new Caribbean holidays. The Maldives consists of around 1200 islands ad islets, and is famous for its calm and temperate atmosphere. The Maldives has a very warm climate, much like the Caribbean, and in most cases has extremely luxurious hotels and resorts. Most of the resorts that can be found are extremely high quality and luxury, much like the ones in the Caribbean. So why do people really want to come here? The prices for these holidays have now been lowered to attract more customers, and the searches on the internet have shown a dramatic increase in tourists looking for these holidays.

Sri Lanka holidays are for the Back Packer. If you like to go out and explore your surroundings, then Sri Lanka will provide you with endless fun. Recently search results have shown that Safari searches in Sri Lanka have increased, which is strange because many people believed that Africa was the only place to Safari. When you compare these costs to the Africa Safari, you will see the Sri Lankan one is much cheaper. Although you won’t be able to see Lions, the Sri Lankan surroundings offer a wide range of flora and fauna.

So why have Dubai holidays started to prosper from an influx of visitors? Now this is quite difficult to get your head around. Save the moon, these holidays are probably the most expensive on the planet. Dubai has on many occasions been referred to as the most luxurious place across all of the world. Now although prices have dropped, they haven’t fallen on a dramatic scale, could this maybe a sign that the recession around the world is starting to fade? The only way to tell is to wait until next year and see how many holidays abroad do get booked!

 

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Dad Dies After Trying to Help his Sons in a Bar Fight in Spain

August 27th, 2009 at 04:37pm Under General

A British dad was killed by a gang in a pub near his holiday home in Spain when he stepped in to defend his sons in a brawl. The 49-year-old father had taken his twin sons out to celebrate their birthdays when a bar fight got out of hand. The cause of the brawl is unclear but Mr Mallon was thrown from a 25ft balcony when he stepped in to help, putting him in hospital for 12 days before he eventually died.

It’s every family’s worst nightmare, and the ultimate worst case scenario. The possibility that everything could go so horribly wrong on holiday, particularly in a town they’d visited countless times in the past and liked enough to have bought a second home there. We like to think that a holiday is a getaway, a chance to relax and get away from the stress and trials of everyday life, but even in the most idyllic locations there is still a chance of something like this happening. According to friends of the family, the gang chose to attack the twins because they were English, although this is unproven and other witnesses believed it was a disagreement over a local girl where people got carried away. Regardless of the initial reason for a fight breaking out it is worrying to think this sort of incident could happen to anyone when they thought they were going to have a relaxing holiday.

But is this incident going to influence people’s decisions whether to visit Spain and other popular holiday destinations? Would you really want to buy a holiday home somewhere that has gangs who would do something like this? Well, in reality incidents like this are far more common in the UK than they are in Spain. A whole gang of youths attacking a man in a quiet Spanish town is virtually unheard of and the most likely scenario is that it was a simple argument which got tragically out of control due to alcohol.

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