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Move over Rome and Barcelona – Athens and Jersey top short-break searches for British Airways Holidays
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Move over Rome and Barcelona – Athens and Jersey top short-break searches for British Airways Holidays

The Independent·Simon Calder·about 1 month ago
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Traditional city-break favourites such as Rome , Barcelona and Prague are attracting less interest than Athens and Jersey , according to analysis carried out by British Airways Holidays for The Independent . BA’s holiday division looked at the top 10 most searched-for cities in the past two months. Athens topped the list, closely followed by Jersey. Notably, neither destination requires British visitors to undergo biometric checks for the EU entry-exit system (EES). Jersey is part of the passport-free Common Travel Area, while Greece has dropped the requirement for fingerprint and facial biometrics for UK arrivals and departures. Neither the Greek capital nor the largest Channel Island are typical short-break territory. Athens is more than twice as far as Barcelona and Prague from BA’s main base, London Heathrow.…

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