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The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has updated travel advice to Turkey and Bulgaria with an inclusion relating to personal injury claims.  The advice warns that people making…

Kenya’s tourism industry has welcomed the removal of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) travel advisory for Lamu Island and Manda Island by the UK Government.  Both areas are now…

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has updated the travel advice for Spain to advise British travellers regarding balcony falls and balconing. ABTA is renewing calls for…

The UK government has banned all flights between Britain and Sharm el-Sheikh after revealing last weekend’s crash of a Russian Metrojet flight may possibly have been brought down by a bomb.…

With recent data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) revealing that the average travel insurance medical claim rose by nearly 10% last year, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office…

 The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has revealed some of the most unusual enquiries Brits have made while abroad.  Last year the FCO’s contact centres received more than…

Avoidable mishaps are costing Brits GBP5 million a year in replacing lost or damaged passports, new statistics have revealed. Data from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has…

A campaign to promote safety on hotel balconies has been reintroduced for the summer following a recent balcony death in Bulgaria. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and ABTA…

Tourists can still safely head to Turkey’s most popular holiday resorts and cities while restrictions have been placed in other areas due to unrest. The Foreign & Commonwealth…

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has warned British travellers Turkey’s visa regulations are to become stricter in the new year. From 1 January travellers will be refused entry…

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and ABTA have launched a new campaign to help prevent balcony incidents in popular holiday resorts. The campaign comes after the number of cases…

Ten Brits are hospitalised every day while abroad with nearly half unaware of what medical expenses are covered while on holiday, according to new figures from the Foreign and Commonwealth…

More tourists are getting arrested while overseas, new figures from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) have revealed. Arrests between April 2011 and March 2012 have gone up 6% to…