Sanbona Wildlife Reserve
By Chris Smyth and Sadie Gray
Eight British tourists are suing a South African safari park after they became trapped by a pride of wild lions when their tour vehicle overturned.
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Spain
The receptionist at the Top Molinos Park Hotel in the resort of Salou, south of Tarragona, alerted the emergency services at 1.36 am after friends said that Mack Porter, 29, and Michelle Clydesdale, 2
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Cruise News
One of the top players in the cruise vacation industry is playing with the idea of modifying its tipping policy because of the reluctance of passengers from Britain to offer gratuities on board their
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Samoa Travel Advisory Issued For British Tourists
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office website has been amended today to advise against all but essential travel to Samoa until further notice.
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Foreign Office Warns British Tourists
The Foreign Office said a video message - claimed to have been made by al Qaida - had been released urging Germans not to re-elect its government and to remove its troops from Afghanistan.
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Brits Behaving Badly
The reputation of Britons abroad suffered yet another setback this week, when 19-year-old Thomas Strong was expelled from Turkey for exposing himself and shouting obscenities at a statue of the nation
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British Tourists Sentenced
RIO DE JANEIRO — Two British tourists found guilty of attempted fraud for falsely declaring a robbery were given a community service sentence by a Rio de Janeiro judge on Wednesday.
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British Tourists' Trial In Brazil
Two British law graduates who spent six days in a notorious Rio jail after being accused of attempted fraud were due to go on trial in Brazil today.
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Latvia
RIGA — Latvia's capital Riga is fed up with unruly British tourists who head to the city for boozy holidays, damaging its reputation among other would-be visitors, its mayor said in an interview pub
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UK-Greece
Britain has launched a campaign to urge young British holidaymakers in Greece to stay out of alcohol-related trouble, a British foreign office minister said on Wednesday.
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North Korea
North Korea has suspended visas for tourists from Britain, a Beijing-based travel agency said, citing the state-run travel company.
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UK
Last month’s outbreak of the H1N1 virus, which led to the cancellation of thousands of flights and holidays, saw bookings plummet by around 80 per cent, while hotel occupancy reached a record low.
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Crete
HANIA, Greece — Seventeen British tourists were arrested on the island of Crete Sunday for insulting the Catholic church after they paraded themselves dressed "in nun attire and naughty lingerie", p
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Tourists Escape Pirates' Attack
By telegraph.co.uk
The tourist party had disembarked just hours before the luxury Indian Ocean Explorer and its seven-man crew, all from the Seychelles, were seized.
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French Alps
By guardian.co.uk
Two British tourists have plunged to their deaths down a French Alpine ravine that has claimed the lives of seven other holidaymakers in 10 years.
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UK
By timesofindia.indiatimes.com
British holidaymakers to the United Arab Emirates have been told not to have sex outside marriage or kiss in public in strong government warnings
over how to behave in Muslim countries.
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Spain
By in.reuters.com
Madrid - Arrivals of foreign tourists to Spain, the world's second biggest tourist destination, plummeted in November as top customers Britons and Germans stayed at home during the global economic slo
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France
By telegraph.co.uk
A coach packed with British pensioners was involved in a massive pile-up which left at least one person dead and 39 injured on a fog-covered French motorway.
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Do Not Panic After Costa Bombs
By Julia Reid, news.sky.com
British tourists travelling to Spain are being advised to go ahead with their holiday plans despite bombs on the Costa del Sol.
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Coming To US? US Wants To Know, 3 Days In Advance
British visitors to the United States will have to register their trip with the American government 72 hours before they leave under new plans.
All travellers from countries which do not currently require a visa will be forced to tell the Americans that they are coming.
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