Pink Flamingo Travel

17/04/2025

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TUI cancels more Lanzarote bookings

06/04/2025

Went on the open top bus, took us to the Peace Wall, etc. very interesting. Great atmosphere in the Dirty Onion Bar, met some lovely people

06/04/2025

Just returned from a lovely 3 night stay in Belfast. If we went back though we would only do 2 nights. Lovely people, bars, restaurants and shops! Went to the Grand Central Building for cocktails (£17 each….what the hell..had 2!). Flights were only 40-50 minutes too.

28/03/2025

Let’s hope everyone is safe ###

Earthquake rocks Thailand and Myanmar, state of emergency declared

23/02/2025

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Multiple strikes likely to hit European flights from Monday

04/02/2025

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Thousands flee Santorini on 'rescue' flights as earthquakes intensify

04/02/2025

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Dangerous smog causes flight diversions in Bangkok

23/01/2025

Anyone cruising in the future, France may be off limits:

Thousands of cruise passengers could be banned from French Riviera

23/01/2025

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Airline warns of possible disruption when Storm Eowyn hits UK

05/12/2024

Cruise passengers will be charged from €5 to €20 to visit the Greek islands from 2025.

The Greek Parliament has approved a Bill that will also increase the daily tax on holiday lets from €1.5 to €8 from April to October and from €0.5 to €2 during the winter. The tax on hotel accommodation will increase up to €15 in the summer, depending on the hotel rating.

Greece is hoping the taxes will raise an additional €400m a year, double the amount it raised in 2023.

Cruise ship passengers calling at Santorini and Mykonos will be charged €20 a day, while passengers will pay €5 a day to visit other Greek islands, including Corfu, Crete and Rhodes.

Greece expects to have hosted more than eight million cruise passengers this year, 20% more than last year.

Officials first proposed the introduction of a cruise tax in June, after reports that up to eight ships a day were calling at Mykonos, disgorging 20,000 passengers onto the island that has a population of just 12,000 and limited tourism resources. Santorini was visited by almost 17,000 on some days this summer, outnumbering the 15,500 residents.

At the time the passenger tax was first mooted, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis indicated it would be slapped first on Santorini - the most overcrowded of the islands - followed by Mykonos.

There was also a suggestion earlier this year that there would be a cap on the number of cruise ships visiting Mykonos and Santorini, but this is not included in the Bill.

Mexico is also planning to introduce a tax on cruise passengers, charging $42 per person from 2026.

Greece confirms tourist tax hike, cruise passengers to pay up to €20

28/11/2024

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Spain to press ahead with ‘Big Brother’ security checks on tourists from Monday