Readers' travel tips: the best of coastal Italy

Atrani, on Italy's Amalfi coast. Photograph: Alamy

WINNING TIP: Atrani, Campania

The town of Atrani is approached on a viaduct wide enough to be a small park. From the balustrade at the back of it you can see straight down to the piazza. Around the square the houses cram, piled on each other, a dense mass threaded by passages and arches and many flights of steps – but only one street. Walk through the nearby tunnel and you'll emerge in another town, the larger, and more famous, Amalfi.amalficoastweb.com 
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Foreign shores beckon

It's the holiday season and most travellers have packed their bags to head to Europe, US, or UK; at least that's where folks from Delhi and Mumbai are headed. In Bangalore, thanks to the runway which is under repair, travel agents' bookings are down by 50 per cent.

On average, people spend around Rs 1.5 lakh per head for a foreign tour or Rs 25,000 per head for a South East Asian or domestic tour. Popular destinations during the summer in India are hill stations like Manali, Ooty, etc. Jammu & Kashmir has seen a spurt in domestic demand too. Prices are up by 20 per cent this year thanks to the increase in the dollar rate. Apart from that, the increase in service tax is also expected to put a dampener on this holiday season.

29 percent surge in Oz tourists to India

Melbourne: India is fast emerging as a favourite travel destination for Australians with a 29 per cent surge in tourists from Australia to the country, according to official figures.

According to 'Herald Sun' report, the latest radical reshaping of Australian tourist and business travel has put India at 10th most visited destination with 17,400 visits a month which was mere 4,000 tourists ten years ago.

Country's Bureau of Statistics figures have disclosed that in February this year more Australians visited China or India than the conventional UK.

India, Thailand and China are by far our fastest growing destinations with annual growth rates of 15, 14 and 13 per cent respectively.

Australia has 47,000 visitors a month from China (and a further 15,000 from Hong Kong), well in excess of the 40,000 that come from the US and close to the 49,000 who come from Britain. China was on track to replace the UK as the...

Shanghai Travel

The bustling economic centre of China, Shanghai is a teeming city with a colourful history. Fearless innovation keeps Shanghai at the forefront of the business world, and its people enjoy contemporary urban lifestyles with a high standard of living. Truly cosmopolitan, Shanghai attracts millions of visitors a year from all over China and the world on business tours as well as on holidays that are mostly dedicated to the shopping, nightlife, and culture of the city. One of China?s world travel destinations, Shanghai has many tour packages and travel deals that are readily available, and visitors can also take advantage of the variety of cheap holiday packages on offer.

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