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Overtourism, wellness and technology (including self-driving cars) are among the latest trends in the travel industry right now. Here are our picks of the top travel trends for 2019.

Reynaldo Gianecchini esteve nos últimos dias nos Açores. Depois da sua estadia em Lisboa, o ator brasileiro rumou à ilha do Faial para desfrutar da encantadora beleza que o arquipélago tem para oferecer.

A black, volcanic terra incognita aitting in the middle of a great ocean, right on the periphery of the know world, the Azores long existed mostly in myth.

Com origem na canoagem, o coasteering combina os saltos de penhasco, a natação e a escalada num único desporto. É uma maneira incrível de explorar um sítio novo de uma forma completamente diferente. 

The prospect of overcrowding and overtourism seem to have spurred more travellers to seek out alternative destinations in 2018, with secondary cities seeing double-digit growth from last year. 

That’s according to Expedia’s 2018 Year in Review report, which looked at the fastest-growing travel destinations around the world to identify the top travel trends of 2018. 

Also this Spring, I travelled to the Portuguese archipelagos Azores and Madeira where I spent a week. Flying with Azores Airlines, I took a direct flight from Toronto to Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel island. In just 4.5 hours, I was in paradise. 

Eeryone seems to be going to Portugal right now. Indeed, this week the country reported gleefully on another record year for overseas arrivals.

FAYE BROWN heads to the Azores, which is rapidly becoming a hot destination without attracting the crowds.