Our travel trends predictions for 2025 - from astro-tourism to the Fens
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Travelling at home and abroad had its challenges in 2024 to say the least. But we are staying positive on the travel desk and looking forward to 12 months of trips that offer something for everyone. Here are the travel desk's picks for destinations and experiences to try this year. Safe travels and have a wonderful time wherever you go...
The world’s greatest open-air museum and a very strong chance of wall-to-wall sunshine awaits on a Nile river cruise. Luxor, home of the spectacular tombs of the Valley of the Kings, Karnak temple, the mortuary temple of queen Hatshepsut and more, will be your joining point for a memorable week which will include fascinating and likeable Aswan – the most southerly city in Egypt – and the bird-rich waters of the First Nile Cataract plus the Agatha Christie Death on the Nile hotel.
And it’s even easier in 2025 with both TUI and easyJet Holidays offering seven-night sailings on five-star ships. Options for extending your stay with a Red Sea beach break are also available and bookings are strong for both brands, with TUI adding an extra ship next winter.
In the north of Egypt, we are hoping the vast Grand Egyptian Museum, by the Pyramids of Giza near Cairo, will finally fully open to the public. NT. . Travellers are getting starry-eyed for astro-tourism in 2025, with UK Google searches for stargazing rising by 74% throughout 2024.
More than half of Brits (57%) are considering visiting darker sky destinations with star-bathing experiences (61%), star guides (52%), once-in-a-lifetime cosmic events (59%) and constellation tracking (49%) topping the stellar adventure list, according to booking.com data.
