1837: A 19th century traveller to Norway shares his experience with Guardian readers. Slightly patronising in tone, he finds the Norwegian gentry old-fashioned, but still recommends spending an hour with a local family.
1875: A Frenchman offers round the world cruises for £800 - but no women will be allowed on board.
1929: France requires all British travellers to be vaccinated against smallpox following an outbreak of the disease in Britain.
1957: Imogen Thomas grew so fond of a reptile she bought in Florida that she sailed back to the UK with it.
1969: Concorde takes to the air. The Anglo-French aircraft flies from London to New York in three and a half hours. Concorde retired in 2003, a few years after a fatal crash in Paris.
1977: The pioneer of ‘no-frills’ air travel, Freddie Laker, talks about the Skytrain, which eventually debuted in September of that year.
1999: The British Tourist Authority chases the pink dollar by promoting the UK to gay American tourists.
2007: Hanif Kureishi travels to Lake Garda in Italy and finds it the perfect place to unwind.
2009: Britain’s top ten spooky places to scare yourself come Halloween.
July 2013: The Royal Geographical Society’s archives provide some fascinating historical images for an exhibition of pioneering travel photography.
September 2013: With the accessibility of affordable long distance travel, environmentally conscious tourists are faced with a dilemma.
October 2013: There is an increasing demand for ‘dark tourism’, or visiting the locations of some of the world’s most horrific events.
