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Croatia reports tourist numbers for first half of 2025
Croatia Week
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July 2, 2025
Dubrovnik Croatia has reported a promising start to the 2025 tourist season, with data from the eVisitor system showing a 4 percent increase in both arrivals and overnight stays in the first six months of the year compared to the same period in...
Rail ticket gives unlimited travel in 24 countries from £34 — but you need to be quick
Metro
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July 2, 2025
Planning your next adventure? (Picture: Getty Images) For 52 years, Interrail has been offering travellers a cheap way to explore Europe — and now they’re selling train tickets for 20% off. The One-Country pass allows for unlimited train travel...
Brits warned about Brexit rule that could see travellers banned for 3 years
The Bolton News
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Going away is exciting, but before setting off, it's important for anyone planning to visit certain countries to be well-informed. This is especially true in the post-Brexit era, which has seen the introduction of new regulations in recent years....
Travelogue: A short two months in Greece, part 3
Lynnwood Today - Washington State
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July 2, 2025
The Altis, ruins of the palestra, or training ground. (All photos by Nathaniel Brown unless otherwise noted.) This is the third installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here....
Slovenia to Launch Digital Nomad Visa in November 2025 — A New Opportunity for Remote Workers
Rus Tourism News
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July 1, 2025
Slovenia is set to attract remote workers worldwide with the launch of its new digital nomad visa, expected to go live on November 21, 2025. This initiative aims to boost the country’s appeal as a vibrant destination for foreigners seeking a...
Underrated Travel Spots to See Now, Before They’re Everywhere
AOL
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Big names in travel draw big crowds. If you’d rather skip the long lines and elbow-to-elbow sightseeing, there are places that haven’t been picked over yet. These are cities and towns where the pace feels right, the scenery’s real, and you don’t...
Slovenia: New visa lets you work remotely for a year
Gulf News
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Work a year — but not more The visa is valid for one year, and unlike some other programmes, it’s non-renewable back-to-back. That means if you want to stay on, you’ll need to spend six months outside the country before reapplying. But one year is...
Travelogue: A short two months in Greece, part 2
Lynnwood Today - Washington State
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July 1, 2025
Crossing over the gulph of Patras to Patras and the Peloponnese. (Photos by Nathaniel Brown unless otherwise noted) This is the second installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here. Patra My...
Slovenia Is Launching a Digital Nomad Visa This Fall
Conde Nast Traveler
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June 30, 2025
Remote workers interested in living among Central Europe's glacial lakes, pristine mountains, and scenic medieval towns can soon do so using a new digital nomad visa. Slovenia has just announced that this fall, it will be launching a digital nomad...
Taking popular pill on holiday with you could see you jailed
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 1, 2025
A pharmacist has issued a warning to the millions of people in the UK who regularly take an over-the-counter pill. Co-codamol is a common medication here, but it is either banned or heavily regulated in several countries, including Greece and...
Slovenia to Launch Digital Nomad Visa in November 2025
Schengen Visa Info
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June 30, 2025
In an attempt to attract new talent and make the country a more sought-after destination for foreigners, Slovenia is set to launch a digital nomad visa in the last quarter of this year. As explained, the Slovenian authorities are getting ready to...
Checking In, Zoning Out: How wellness tourism is transforming the way we travel
Business Traveller
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The modern world can often feel quite overstimulating. Notifications tend to ping at us nonstop from our phones and our tablets, plus our chat messengers and our email inboxes – not to mention the brightly-lit advertisements popping up almost...
Spain Makes Booking Scrap 4,000 Tourist Rental Ads
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) AFP Madrid: Online hotel booking giant Booking on Friday said it had taken down thousands of advertisements in Spain in the leftist government's latest crackdown on illegal short-term tourist rentals. A tourism boom has...
UK Travel Firm Great Little Escapes Collapses: What Customers Need to Know and When Refunds Open
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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June 30, 2025
Thousands of British holidaymakers have been left reeling after one of the UK's leading travel firms, Great Little Escapes (GLE), abruptly ceased trading, cancelling summer plans and raising urgent questions about consumer protection. As of 13...
Travelogue: A short two months in Greece
Mount Lake Terrace - Washington State
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June 29, 2025
View of Naxos, Greece in a snapshot: deep shadows, whitewashed buildings, blue sky – only the sea is missing, the “wine-dark” sea. Wine-dark sea is a traditional English translation of oînops póntos (οἶνοψ πόντος, IPA: /ôi̯.nops pón.tos/), from...
The 10 best places to travel in August
The Points Guy
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June 30, 2025
Most travelers want to go somewhere to keep cool at the sweaty end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Maybe you want to think beyond the basic beach vacation and head to the mountains or even the Southern Hemisphere, where it's winter. Or...
All Aboard for Rijeka! First Direct Train from Warsaw Arrives, Boosting Summer Tourism
The Dubrovnik Times
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The first direct summer train connecting Warsaw and Rijeka arrived at Rijeka’s railway station on Saturday, carrying 166 passengers and officially launching a seasonal rail link between Croatia and Poland. As part of efforts to promote Croatian...
UK tourists could be 'banned' from Europe for three years as Foreign Office issues warning
Daily Star
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June 30, 2025
The Foreign Office has cautioned UK holidaymakers that they risk being barred from European getaways for up to three years. Following the UK's departure from the EU, UK citizens' unrestricted travel within the European Union came to a halt....
Foreign Office warns UK tourists risk being 'banned' from Europe holidays 'for three years'
Birmingham Live
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June 30, 2025
The Foreign Office has warned UK tourists risk being "banned" from European holidays for THREE YEARS. With the UK’s exit from the EU, UK nationals’ freedom of movement within the European Union came to an end as well. However, they are still able...
Incredible £40 sleeper train that travels through 5 pretty European countries now running
Daily Express
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June 29, 2025
A new sleeper train that travels through five European countries has completed its first journey. The new rail route, dubbed the ‘Adriatic Express’, connects the Polish capital of Warsaw to the city of Rijeka on Croatia's stunning Adriatic coast....