Travel Special: Top 10 travel trends for 2017

From polar travel to yachting and blogging, this year is all about hitting the road less travelled, according to Patrick Murtagh and Catherine Healy

See the poles

See the poles

The average tourist has usually been drawn to sunnier shores, but with so many cooler destinations within easy reach, dare we say tanning holidays have become passé? Polar travel looks set to be a key travel trend this year, with travellers increasingly heading to remote regions threatened by global warming, according to forecasting by J Walter Thompson’s Innovation Group. Up-and-coming spots include the White Desert camp (white-desert.com), ...