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Make the most of your hard-earned cash with Stephen Baker’s 25 top holiday moneysaving tips
Dundee is transforming its waterfront, to draw visitors in. Adrian looks at what there is for the short break tripper
One of the big tips for tourism this year was going to be space exploration. No, not joining Virgin’s space flights but watching the heavens. African countries and the outback of Australia where light pollution is minimal compared to almost any British suburb are promoting these opportunities. But you don’t have to necessarily go so far. Even the BBC has got into the act by running a series called Stargazing Live which is bound to excite interest.
The Brecon Beacons in South Wales are running events from March onwards where you can be guided by people who know what they are talking about.
Last week, Visit Chester & Cheshire held their annual tourism awards. There were 15 categories and Tatton Park won the award for best visitor attraction of the year. It isn’t the first time it has been successful, this being the third time this century. Receiving over 750,000 visitors each year, some of the reasons for its likely success are that it combines 50 acres of gardens, (out of 1,000 in all) a mansion, a park and it is easy to get to from two motorways. They also have a large number of events operating throughout the year and you can see those by looking at CD-Traveller’s event pages.
Of course, they weren’t the only winners. The award for the best tourism experience went to the shark dive at the Blue Planet Aquarium near Ellesmere Port. Sharks have never been one of my favourite things so I am one of the exceptions since the Aquarium even gets large numbers voting in its favourite shark category. (Bella the Black Tip Reef Shark won last years with 3,000 plus votes!)
Walking in London’s west end last night, I couldn’t help but notice that Christmas lights and decorations have already been installed!
Unless you have spent the past year living on another planet, you’ll know that times are tough and money is tight. Happily, however, you can still get some winter sun without having to remortage your house.
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