Malta has been a firm favourite for British tourists who spent some time on the island while serving in the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy or British army. But Malta is now trying to reach out to a younger market to show them the Mediterranean island is an ideal holiday destination.

Property owners in Majorca are seeing the values of their apartments and villas drop, as elsewhere. But low cost airlines and cheap fares are stopping the drop becoming a rout.

There's a mood of optimism on Tenerife that with all the island can offer, the tourists will still come and the holidays industry will survive the European recession.

Davos, still a winter sports Mecca, has also earned a reputation as a seat of thinkers, movers and shakers. Its many sides have given it a permanent position in the public eye and the world map.

There's a host of ski regions to choose from in Europe for this year's ski holiday season - but few can match the atmosphere generated by Innsbruck in Austria.

Malta's slow pace of life might have contributed to the late introduction of low cost flights compared to her competitors, or it could have been politicians and the tourist authorities more interested in protecting the island's national airline with attitudes that the rest of Europe began to shrug off in the 80's, but whatever the reason, now that Malta has allowed the low cost airlines, they can't get enough of them.

Who would have thought that the British economy could be in trouble? The British love their holidays, and it's one of the last things to be cut it seems...

Skiing holidays are enjoyed my millions in Europe, the USA and Canada - but few countries offer better skiing than Switzerland. But more skiers are going faster thanks to better equipment - and the Swiss have a plan to slow them down...

It is very difficult to establish what to see first when traveling in America. The place is so vast that it would be practically impossible to visit everything that the magnificent country has to offer.

Tourist destinations can be boosted significantly when they appear in a film, with potentially millions of people around the world being introduced to an otherwise unknown location. The island of Malta is leading the field in the Mediterranean for film making...