Luxury travel firm to offer UK trips

A LUXURY travel brand has started selling holidays to destinations in the UK and Ireland to capitalise on the anticipated growth in staycations.

Kuoni, which is known for offering long-haul breaks to locations such as the Maldives, entered the domestic travel market for the first time today

There is expected to be huge demand for staycations once the coronavirus lockdown is eased, with some people concerned about movement restrictions and the risk of being infected by the virus if they travel abroad.

Among the new locations being offered by Kuoni are the Isles of Scilly, the Gower Peninsular in South

Wales and Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way.

Activities include visiting locations from James Bond films in Scotland while driving an Aston Martin, and stargazing in rural Northumberland.

Chief executive Derek Jones said: “We’re famed for planning special trips to beautiful places around the world but we think there are many equally stunning places to discover closer to home.”