A French couple who were caught with 40kg of Sardinian sand in their car could face up to six years in jail.

They say they … Read more

Ten European cities have demanded more help from the EU in their battle against Airbnb and other holiday rental websites, which they argue are locking … Read more

Travellers have been delayed at several major US airports due to a technical issue affecting customs checks.

US authorities said computers are coming slowly back … Read more

Directly employed Ryanair pilots based in Ireland, who are members of the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA), are to strike for 48 hours from … Read more

Portugal’s Airport Authority (ANA)has complained that the pace of resupplying Lisbon Airport with fuel is “insufficient and is at levels well below those stipulated for … Read more

Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios said that 2019 is a difficult year for tourism, but stressed that there is no need for panic, … Read more

Passengers in transit at El Prat airport in Barcelona, Spain, 11 August 2019, on the third day of an indefinite strike of workers of … Read more

Hundreds of people have been forced to flee a huge mountain fire on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria.

The Spanish military has now … Read more

Portugal’s fuel-tanker drivers voted to strike from Monday for an indefinite period, raising fears about the impact on the country’s tourism-dependent economy during the busy … Read more

Italian authorities and environmental experts have teamed up with Olbia Airport in Sardinia to return sand, pebbles and shells confiscated from tourists’ luggage to beaches … Read more

Barcelona city council is to start taking decisive action against catering establishments that put tables on public spaces.

The city council claims many are illegal … Read more

Ryanair passengers are facing the prospect of five days of disruption in late August and early September after talks to avert strike action by UK-based … Read more

The Italian government has announced that large cruise ships will be banned from entering Venice’s historic centre.

Ships weighing more than 1,000 tonnes will be … Read more

British Airways travellers have been warned of possible further delays to flights, despite fixing an earlier IT glitch that crashed online check-ins.

The airline cancelled … Read more

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd is facing a decline in forward bookings for travel to Hong Kong “in the region of double digits” due to widespread … Read more

Sitting on Rome’s famous Spanish Steps is no longer allowed as the local police have decided to apply the rules in a more stringent way.… Read more

Venice has appealed to the main European cruise ship destinations, from Amsterdam to Barcelona, Dubrovnik and Marseille, to unite in tackling the dangers and environmental … Read more

Heathrow Airport will cancel 172 flights on Monday and Tuesday after thousands of workers overwhelmingly rejected a revised pay offer.

Unite said 88% of its … Read more

Booking website LateRooms.com and York-based holiday agent Superbreak – both owned by the Malvern Group – folded on Thursday.

Between them, they had some 53,000 … Read more

Life size replicas of dinosaurs stand in the city centre of Bochum, Germany.

Bochum’s city centre is transformed into a ‘dinosaur city’ during the summer … Read more

A 24-hour strike by Alitalia pilots and flight attendants has been put off from Friday until September 6, unions announced.

The unions took the decision … Read more

At least 30 Polish citizens were injured, including three seriously, after a bus crashed down a wooded slope near the southern Turkish resort of Kemer, … Read more

Rome’s is enforcing it’s new ‘zero tolerance’ policy meaning among other things that anyone caught taking a dip in the fountains may be fined up … Read more

Craftsmen prepare for the upcoming Oktoberfest on the Theresienwiese fair ground in Munich, Germany.

The famous traditional Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival that annually … Read more

Hundreds of suitcases are left in the check-in area of the international airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, 17 July 2019.

A technical malfunction in baggage … Read more

The British Public Health England (PHE)  is issuing advice to people travelling to Egypt after a number of people, including children, have returned with a … Read more

Dutch Justice Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus has said that the government needs to ‘think critically’ about whether the Netherlands should continue to hold 1100 festivals … Read more