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Evacuation flight carrying 32 British and European tourists on its way to UK

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An evacuation flight carrying 32 British and European passengers who were on the coronavirus-riddled Diamond Princess is due to land in Britain later this morning.  A fleet of coaches is poised and ready to transport the passengers to their two-week quarantine stint in the Wirral.  The amount of people flying back to Britain is less … Read more

Tourists quit dreadful Catalonia Punta Del Rey Tenerife Tui hotel just two hours into their stay

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An outraged tourist decided to check out of his ‘dreadful’ Tui hotel just two hours into his stay, disgusted at finding exposed wiring and cracked tiling in his ‘filthy’ bedroom. Lee Parker, from Beccles, Suffolk, checked into the Catalonia Punta Del Rey in Las Caletillas, Tenerife, expecting a four-star hotel. However, he claims that when … Read more

Tourists draw famous landmarks from memory with some VERY mixed results

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UK and U.S tourists were asked to draw some of the world’s most famous landmarks from memory and the results range from the amazingly good to the shockingly bad. And overall, it seems that it’s Americans who are the better artists with higher accuracy scores than the Brits. In total, 132 people aged 18 to … Read more

Chilean ‘burglary tourists’ that broke into Marcus Wareing’s London £5million home wanted in Chile

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Four Chilean ‘burglary tourists’ who broke into TV chef Marcus Wareing’s £5million London home were wanted for a catalogue of crimes.  The Michelin-starred restaurateur, 49, was staying at his second home in Kent with his wife Jane when Danko Carvajal-Donaire, 20, Claudio Donoso, 20, Nicolas Portilla Astorga, 27, and Jorge Rojas, 22, smashed their way into … Read more

Chilean ‘burglary tourists’ that broke into Marcus Wareing’s London £5million home wanted in Chile

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Four Chilean ‘burglary tourists’ who broke into TV chef Marcus Wareing’s £5million London home were wanted for a catalogue of crimes.  The Michelin-starred restaurateur, 49, was staying at his second home in Kent with his wife Jane when Danko Carvajal-Donaire, 20, Claudio Donoso, 20, Nicolas Portilla Astorga, 27, and Jorge Rojas, 22, smashed their way into … Read more

French tourist’s Valentine’s with his girlfriend ends with him getting his throat slit in Harlem 

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A French photographer who flew into New York to take his girlfriend on a surprise Valentine’s date is recovering in the hospital after having his throat slit in Harlem. Gabriel Bascou, 28, was slashed in a random attack in the street as he left an IHOP with his 23-year-old girlfriend Manon Duma on Friday. Gruesome … Read more

Why a red-light street in Germany’s Hamburg, remains forbidden for women and hidden from tourists

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Written by Sonia Sarkar | Updated: February 18, 2020 8:01:53 am A panoramic view of Hamburg. (Source: Getty Images) When 35-year-old Joanna Soriano Garcia was taking a stroll in the district of St. Pauli at Hamburg in Germany this August, a woman suddenly splashed water on her and asked her to leave. Garcia was perplexed … Read more

Fascinating vintage images show Rome in 1956 – before it was bombarded with tourists 

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Around 10million self-taking tourists cram into Rome’s streets and around its ancient sites each year. But it wasn’t always so. These fascinating vintage pictures taken in 1956 show a far less hectic Eternal City. The black-and-white snaps were captured by photographer Allan Hailstone, from Coventry, on a trip to Rome as a schoolboy in August … Read more

Puerto Rico is back on its feet after being wrecked by Hurricane Maria and tourists are returning

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In late September 2017, a category five 175mph hurricane hit the island of Puerto Rico. It was the island’s worst natural disaster in recorded history. Two years on from Hurricane Maria, luxury hotels are finally returning to the island after lengthy renovation and refurbishment programs. Among the finest of properties on the island, situated in … Read more