There is no place like home as staycation bookings soar for 2022.
The surge for next year is both a reflection of holidaymakers enjoying themselves in Britain this year and worries the pandemic may still be an obstacle to travelling abroad.
Cornwall, the Lake District, Scottish Highlands and Pembrokeshire in Wales are attracting tourists who might otherwise have flown abroad – and that is great for local jobs, businesses and the country in general.
At the Daily Mirror we’ve long focused on the delights of our seaside resorts and beauty spots, as this is a land with so much to offer.
Let’s hope that staycations remain popular because households want to enjoy the best of Britain, rather than because we’re frightened of seeing other countries.
But if the terrible Covid nightmare is to
have a silver lining, holidaying at home might be part of it.
Striking fear
The killing of 10 members in one family, including six children, in a US drone strike near Kabul airport, is why the war on terror has created more wars and terror.
After the American military asserted it was preventing an IS attack and officials insisted there were no civilian casualties, investigators will hopefully uncover the truth.
When countries such as the US and UK rightly condemn murders by Islamist terror groups and the Taliban, we cannot brush under the carpet the awful slaughter by Nato forces’ own bombs.
Conflicts are littered with costly, bloody mistakes by US drone strikes and every one undermines support for the West and is welcomed by those we denounce as brutal.
Taste test
Marmite flavoured beer will refresh
only some of the parts other beers
cannot reach.
That’s because half the nation’s drinkers will love it... and the other half would not touch it with a barge pole.
