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Travel: Tourism tax, Foreign Office warnings and airport delays
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07/05/2024
What should you be aware of when booking a holiday this year?
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When it comes to travelling abroad, how aware should you be of foreign office warnings and
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changes to things like tourism tax, which are starting to be implemented in certain
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parts of Spain?
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The head of the Gran Canaria local authority, Antonio Morales, said they wanted to control
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the area more effectively. He added it was part of a wider plan to protect the island's
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natural spaces from environmental damage, which included the Maspaloma Sands dune and
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Bandama caldera.
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According to the Independent, a poll of 1,330 adults who have travelled abroad in the last
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year found 71% have had a flight either delayed or cancelled. How do airport delays then impact
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the travel experience?
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There's lots of reasons why your plane can be delayed. Some of those fall within the
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airline's responsibility and in their control, and some outside. For instance, all the recent
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flight delays and cancellations I can think of were down to adverse weather conditions.
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Now, of course, airlines can't control the weather, but it's something that, as I've
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mentioned, has increased in prevalence and will only continue to do so as climate change
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continues to be a big problem. You see those two extremes of weather, the hot and the cold.
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You see the storms and the wind. We all like to tune in, don't we, to see the planes try
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and land. But it is a big, major problem.
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The increase on tourism tax comes after angry locals in Tenerife protested against mass
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tourism. The residents went on to claim that holidaymakers drive down wages, squeeze locals
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out of cheap affordable housing, reportedly consequently forcing dozens of locals to live
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in tents and cars instead.
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The Roc Nublo is a volcanic rock and is the third highest point on the island of Gran
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Canaria. Local authorities are considering imposing entry fees on places like this for
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example, in an attempt to control visitor numbers.
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