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Tourism Australia will hold G’day Australia 2026 at the Darwin Convention Centre from October 13-15, with destination familiarisation programs around the main event.

Regional Express will indefinitely suspend services linking Sydney with Orange and Port Macquarie from October 25, citing high aviation fuel prices and insufficient demand; affected passengers are being offered refunds or rebooking.

Gusts reached 161 km/h at Pointe du Raz as Storm Austen knocked out power to about 161,000 homes in France and forced rail suspensions and bridge closures.

The Minamiaso property opened Nov. 2, with private hot-spring baths in every room and a restaurant concept built around foraging and the water route from Aso to Kumamoto’s coast.

The winter schedule starts with one daily Heathrow-Dubai service, with a planned increase to twice daily in summer 2027; BA's Abu Dhabi route remains suspended.

Dalyan’s first International Pomegranate Festival runs October 8-11, combining pomegranate harvesting and gastronomy with cultural activities around the delta.

Brazil's tourism ministry says travel movements and foreign arrivals in the Northeast rose in the first eight months of 2026, highlighting the region's beaches, cuisine and cultural calendar.

The inaugural TS314 departed Montreal on October 29. Air Transat says the new route will operate year-round up to twice weekly and adds a second Canadian gateway to Istanbul alongside Toronto.

A 2,200-metre runway can accommodate larger aircraft and direct international services; the airport will expand operations gradually toward the summer 2027 season.

Mexico's tourism secretariat says Tulum's airport will add seasonal services to Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Quebec City and Newark during the 2026–27 winter season.