Imagine being given $500 and a free flight for a visit back to your homeland to cast your vote in a parliamentary election. Welcome to the closely watched, high-stakes election campaign in Lebanon leading up to tomorrow’s vote. Through churches, mosques and social clubs, party mandarins are offering free plane tickets and $500 in pocket [...]

Brunei’s appearance once again at this year’s Arabian Travel Market underlines the country’s vision to promote itself as a unique tourist destination in South East Asia.BRUNEI Darussalam (literally: Brunei, Abode of Peace) owes its prosperity to its abundant oil and gas resources which account for 94 per cent of government revenue; and many worry [...]

A HEST BANK man who works as Coronation Street’s head scriptwriter says his job is the best in the world. Peter Whalley spoke to The Visitor just days after collecting a Special Achievement Award at the UK Soap Awards ceremony shown on ITV last Wednesday night. Peter, who has worked on the nation’s favourite show [...]