Foreign secretary Liz Truss, meanwhile, faces criticism for “wasting” £500,000 on private jet flights to Australia, while prime minister Boris Johnson is reportedly “wobbling” over whether to go ahead with the planned rise in national insurance.
Elsewhere, Barnard Castle in north-east England has seen a record number of visitors after featuring in the Dominic Cummings lockdown row.
Here are the headlines that the travel industry woke up to on Friday (28 January)
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