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Fortnum & Mason boss hits out over tourist tax

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Fortnum & Mason boss hits out over tourist tax that could cost businesses at least £2bn By Adam Luck For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 22:57 GMT, 26 December 2020 Threat: Fortnum’s chief Ewan Venters says the move shows the Government’s ‘lack of nous Government plans for a … Read more

How long-stay tourist visas will help you make the most of trips to exotic lands 

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Your ticket to sun, safaris and surfing: How long-stay tourist visas will help you make the most of trips to exotic lands Dubai has extended tourist visas that can last up to 90 days for about £150 Thailand is doubling the former 30-day maximum stay for just £30 South Africa’s long-stay tourist visa now gives … Read more

Sunak’s tourist tax could cost 2,000 Heathrow jobs

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Sunak’s tourist tax could cost 2,000 Heathrow jobs: Anger mounts over decision to axe VAT refunds for foreign travellers By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 11 December 2020 Heathrow could lose 2,000 retail jobs because of Rishi Sunak’s ‘tourist tax’. The airport made the … Read more

Learn a new language in lockdown – and you’ll never be a tongue-tied tourist again

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We all have our own holiday stories where our lack of nous with the native lingo has landed us in tricky situations. From struggles with deciphering road signs in St Petersburg to inadvertently ordering an ashtray instead of dessert from your waiter in Shanghai, the pitfalls are endless. But there’s nothing to make you feel … Read more

Burberry warns scrapping duty-free sales will trigger tourist exodus and damage UK economy

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Burberry has warned that the government’s plan to end duty-free shopping will trigger a tourist exodus and damage UK economy as the brand announced its profits plunged by two thirds during lockdown.  Chancellor Rishi Sunak is ending refunds for international visitors to British shops from January 1. The luxury clothing brand, which currently has 10 … Read more

Aussie expats stuck in Bali say the former tourist mecca has turned into a ghost town

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Australian expats who have stayed in Bali during the COVID-19 pandemic have told how the once bustling tourist mecca is now a deserted ghost town.  Footage of the island shows busy markets completely empty and rows of scooters and tuk-tuks that would have once noisily battled for a place on the road parked silently to … Read more

Tourist, 27, home after being held in Greek jail for three months after caught with cannabis grinder

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Tourist, 27, held in Greek jail for three months after being stopped in Qatar with cannabis grinder says it’s ‘fantastic’ to be back home Conor Howard, 27, was stopped with a cannabis grinder in Qatar last October The engineer from Scotland went home but was later arrested in Corfu in August He won a legal battle against extradition … Read more

British tourist, 25, faces four years in a Bali jail after going on the run over a hotel bill

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British tourist, 25, faces four years in a Bali jail after ‘refusing to pay a hotel bill he claimed to have already settled and then going on the run’ Scott James Deakin, 25, is in police custody in Kuta, Bali on fraud charges He was arrested after going on the run over an unpaid £197 … Read more

US tourist, 25, shot dead after stealing a gun and going on a shooting spree in Thailand 

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US tourist, 25, shot dead after stealing a gun and going on a shooting spree in Thailand Michael Giavasis, 25, stole a Glock 9mm from a shooting range in Pattaya  He went on a gun rampage, injuring a TV reporter and attacking a passerby  He barricaded himself in his room and was found dead with … Read more