10 good news stories for UK travel and tourism in 2021

From cleaner rivers to greener cities and community projects, there are signs the industry will come out of lockdown travelling in the right direction

Amid all the challenges, last year’s forced pause sent some hopeful ripples across the travel industry. Talk of renewed purpose, going slow and regenerative travel – the kind that does good, rather than merely less harm – spread among tour operators and across destinations. Although travel has ground to a halt once more, with Britons currently banned from entering many countries - and even other counties - these ripples will help us to travel better once we can.