Yesterday saw Chancellor George Osbourne bring some good news for the travel industry in this year’s budget. It was announced that Air Passenger Duty (APD) will not be increasing this year. Osbourne told how he will be delaying the increase until next year due to the heavy rises in tax last year.

It was also confirmed that talks will be starting today regarding the system of distance banding used for the tax. These talks will review the “rather arbitrary nature of the banding system which appears to consider the Caribbean to be further away than parts of the US and Hawaii,” he commented.

APD will now be extended to private jets too so that APD taxation does not have to be increased. He said “the wealthiest should not escape the tax the ordinary holidaymaker has to pay.” The hefty rise in last year’s duty and the increasing cost pressures on families was the reason behind the delay in the APD rise.

Osbourne further added that he wanted to replace APD with a per plane duty. However current international laws permit this, and so the UK government will now be working to change this law.

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As the enthusiasm continues for programmes in which celebrities dance their way across our screens every week, it seems people are keen to practice what they see on a Saturday night on their holidays.

The consumer group Which? has reported piqued interest in dancing holidays, with enquires about places such as Latin America and European dance hotspots on the up.

A spokesperson from the organisation said that similar enthusiasm has not been seen since the dancehall era of the 1940s, when people would get together to jitterbug with the GIs – although nowadays, people are keen to do it in more far-flung places.

“People are taking to the floor for a variety of reasons. There are dance holidays out there to suit everyone’s preference and abilities,” he commented.

The source added that people need not be put off if they are single, since workshops are available in most countries for dances that do not require a partner, such as flamenco.

Tangoing remains a popular pastime – the sensual dance is thought to have evolved in Argentina in the 18th and 19th centuries, when immigrants performed for the money to bring their families to join them, Kwintessential attests.

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