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One year on, a waking world
On March 13, 2020, I was in Musandam, the northern peninsula of Oman which pokes up into the Strait of Homuz. Iran was about 40km away.
More Australians taking out travel insurance
Survey reveals travel insurance an increasing priority for Australian travellers
In praise of escapism
A long-time contributor to Travel’s pages, writer JOHN BORTHWICK recently won the 2020 Pacific Area Travel Association’s (PATA) Gold Award for Best Destination Story.
Here, he takes a light-hearted look at travel and writing, exploring Thailand and the greatly under-rated virtues of escapism.
Boost your immunity
STEPHEN SCOURFIELD looks at how to keep viral infections at bay
The Pod Well Travelled Episode 2
In West Travel Club's latest podcast, Will Yeoman talks to Travel Editor Stephen Scourfield and cruise specialist Michael Ferrante about what the current US/Iran tensions might mean for tourism in the region, as well as the year that was in ocean and river cruising
The Pod Well Travelled Episode 1
In their first podcast for 2020, Travel Editor Stephen Scourfield and his team look ahead to a New Year packed with stories, tours, events, workshops and more
The Pod Well Travelled Episode 1: Stephen Scourfield & 2019 in review
STEPHEN SCOURFIELD says travelling in 2019 was more fun than he could possibly have imagined
Travel 2020
STEPHEN SCOURFIELD casts a wide net as he previews the next decade's top trends and experiences
Qatar Airways big winners in 2019 World Airline Awards
Qatar, Singapore and AirAsia airlines were the big winners at this year's World Airline Awards.