Australia is Welcoming Back Travellers from 21 February 2022
Tourism Australia is excited to be welcoming back travellers from Ireland to Australia, following today’s announcement that Australia is reopening its borders to quarantine-free travel for fully vaccinated travellers from 21 February 2022. The announcement is part of Australia’s planned re-opening of international travel and builds on quarantine-free travel arrangements with Singapore, which came into […]
Welcome Back To Lanzarote
There are few better escapes from COVID woes than letting loose among Lanzarote’s weird and wonderful lunar-like landscape warmed by balmy winter sunshine and wowed by the contrasting golden sandy beaches of the south. Little wonder that the sunniest and strangest island of the far-flung archipelago of volcanic islands, that rose out of the sea […]
Green shoots at last for travel?
By Isabel ConwayTravel off the island may still be off the table but the roll out of vaccines and availability of COVID testing at airports looks like being a game changer. After the most bruising year in history for the industry Travel Times talks to travel professionals. The award winning online Travel Agent “It has […]
Millennials Paint the Town Green and Gold
In the midst of a global pandemic, the luxury of travel is about to be completely redefined, Co. Cork born Clara Murphy believes. We asked the 24 year old experienced traveller who is an English and Psychology graduate and our newest contributor to Travel Times, to tell us how Millennials like herself will choose to […]
Tourism Recovery in Europe?
People in Glasshouses…… by Ed Finn Stir crazy europeans have been promised safe and clean summer travels this year as borders reopen for tourism. The EU has this week unveiled a blueprint for travel to return across the continent. The Italian government announced this Friday that they will allow travel both in and out of […]
Watch: ‘Appreciation’, a poem on film
Watch TravelTimes.ie’s recording of Tadhg Peavoy’s poem Appreciation, about the Covid-19 crisis, filmed during the pandemic in locations in and around the historic Liberties and Christchurch areas of Dublin.
Portugal – Douze Points
Portugal Douze Points Portugal is no stranger to winning the Eurovision Song Contest but in its latest initiative travel journalist Ed Finn awards Visit Portugal a BIG Douze Points! Portugal Tourism has created a “Clean & Safe” stamp of approval which will be awarded to tourist companies that are compliant with hygiene and cleaning requirements […]
Appreciation: a poem by Tadhg Peavoy
By Tadhg Peavoy In a career spanning over a decade, my work as a writer has taken me through many different genres and spheres, and as a travel writer, across continents, oceans, deserts, mountains and cities. During this period of global pandemic, lockdown, shut-in and health and financial instability, a 2km travel limit has been […]