Chris Moss

England, North West, Totnes

Journalist at Freelance

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How Britain lost its tourists

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Chris Moss

Globally, tourism is on the up. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), international visitor spending is forecast to reach an historic £1.57 trillion in 2025, surpassing 2019’s previous high by £123 billion. The WTTC also reported that people visiting the UK spent £40.3bn in 2024, down 5.3 per cent on 2019.
How Britain lost its tourists

2 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Chris Moss

People are spending more than ever on holiday - but not in the UK, where industry leaders believe the Government is failing tourismGlobally, tourism is on the up. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), international visitor spending is forecast to reach an historic £1.57 trillion in 2025, surpassing 2019's previous high by £123 billion. The WTTC also reported that people visiting the UK spent £40.3bn in 2024, down 5.3 per cent on 2019.
I returned to the Isle of Man for the first time in 40 years. This is what has changed

3 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Chris Moss

Douglas has become a cool capital, but 'Naples of the North' still delivers ancient sites, seaside nostalgia and a quirky transport networkPerhaps because I hadn't visited in 40 years, I was sporting my finest nostalgia-tinted spectacles for a return trip to the Isle of Man.
Bloody hell - I do all the work!

1 week ago | morningstaronline.co.uk | Chris Moss

IT’s never been easy for non-London painters to gain recognition. The art world, like that of publishing, music, performing arts, and the media, is headquartered in the capital, and is as insular and class-bound as it is geographically lazy. As Raymond Williams observed in Keywords, “regional... can be used to indicate a ‘subordinate’ or ‘inferior’ form”; as, he notes, can “provincial”. That book was published in 1976. It’s still depressingly true.
How to tackle Britain's greatest walking route

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Chris Moss

Whether you're a completist or a fair-weather weekender, you can tackle the Pennine Way, the UK's longest, oldest and best national trailThe Pennine Way, a national trail, is Britain's oldest long-distance footpath. Opened on April 24 1965 with a ceremony on Malham Moor, it paved the way for public access to some of England's wildest landscapes.
Britain's 10 best value cities to visit, ranked

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Chris Moss

Get the most for your money with our expert's pick of the cities offering quality accommodation, efficient transport links and things to doAnyone who has taken a city break in the past 12 months knows that domestic travel has become expensive. Not that it was ever a real bargain - hence the rise of the Costas, cheap flights, chain hotels. As Which?
Britain’s most boring towns (and reasons to love them)

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Chris Moss

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Britain's most boring towns (and reasons to love them)

4 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Chris Moss

We think of a boring town as somewhere with nothing to see or do. The historian Nikolaus Pevsner, obsessed with heritage, found dozens of urban centres uselessly devoid of distracting architecture during his perambulations. A pub fiend is disappointed when a town has only a Spoons and a dodgy wine bar. A culture vulture requires galleries, theatres and cinemas. A gourmand wants a Michelin-starred tasting menu. Everyone's boredom is different. But mass tourism is built around selling experiences.
a bird safari in the Forest of Bowland

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Chris Moss

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Raptors delight: a bird safari in the Forest of Bowland

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Chris Moss

A grey male drifts slowly across the moorland. No, not me, but a big, beautiful hen harrier, scouting for love, or breakfast. I’ve only been here 10 minutes, and I’m in a mild state of shock. Aren’t these precious, threatened birds of prey so vanishingly rare that seeing one is hugely improbable? I’m walking with Sonja Ludwig, RSPB species and habitats officer for the Forest of Bowland, and she knows these harriers. “They’re ‘traditional’ birds,” she says.