all see those showers but we want all see those showers but you could hear thunder in central england and wales. the showers fade away through the early hours of easter monday, and as skies clear and the colder air works in, we could see a touch of frost first thing on monday morning, especially for scotland, northern ireland and northern ingot. through the day tomorrow another low is the dried date. it would be cool and cloudy in the east of scotland and down the east coast of england. the cold wind coming in off the north sea. blustery winds too through the english channel. gusts reaching 50 mph for the channel isles. less windy and sunny two for the likes of wales into south west of scotland, northern ireland. temperatures in the warmer spots probably around cardiff getting up to 14 degrees. down the east coast, just six to nine celsius. much colder than recently. high pressure builds once again through monday night into tuesday. light winds and clear skies

tuesday. light winds and clear skies tuesday morning likely to dawn on a chilly night with a touch of frost. a cold start to this week. things are going to warm up later in the week can stay largely dry but regardless of the weather, do stay—at—home if you can. i.

this is bbc news. the headlines. as the number of people who have died from coronavirus is expected to reach more than 10,000, a leading scientific adviser could be worse to come, and the government should have acted earlier. the uk is likely to be one of the worst is not the worst affected country in europe. the uk parliament remains on course to remain on the 21st of april, with politicians likely to attend virtually. the us overtakes italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world. more than 20,000 people have now died.

pope francis has urged people not to yield to fear over coronavirus, calling on them to be messengers of life in a time of death. now, the travel show team investigate what closed borders mean for the future of tourism. as the world get used to lock down in the travel industry goes into freefall, just how long will it be before we can plan your next holiday ofa before we can plan your next holiday of a lifetime or awake in the sun? you go to any place in europe to get out. there are no flights, no flights. the sense is that we will see in flights. the sense is that we will seeinjune flights. the sense is that we will see in june something flights. the sense is that we will see injune something like normal travel beginning again, but it will be on travel beginning again, but it will beona travel beginning again, but it will be on a small scale. it won't be anything like the normal summer that we will be looking forward to at this time.

half the world is on lockdown. the skies are empty. travelling for fun 110w skies are empty. travelling for fun now seems like an impossible prospect to most of us. and if you did still want to get away, you would be hard pressed to find normal arrowroot still operating, hotels or border still open or insurance to cover your trip. governments all over the world have been racing to repatriate their citizens. the european union alone has brought back more than 350,000 people on rescue flights, but an estimated 200,000 are still stuck overseas. i've lost count of how many flights i have tried to book. we are

desperate now just i have tried to book. we are desperate nowjust to get i have tried to book. we are desperate now just to get anything, but money is running short because nothing is going through, everything is getting cancelled and we are not getting any money back. we have looked to try to get out anywhere. but there are no flights, no flights. we are scrabbling about to try and get other flights, we got one from seoul in south korea. that grant we have paid to get back. we have been abandoned, really. grant we have paid to get back. we have been abandoned, reallym grant we have paid to get back. we have been abandoned, really. it is very difficult. every day more places are closed, perhaps being impossible to use. i think that, little by little, all of them will go back home. but perhaps the biggest headache facing aviation and many of us is the issue of refunds, from airlines who, with most or all of their flights grounded, have

already lost a huge chunk of their income. claimants are being faced with unanswered e—mails and long waits on the phone as airline call centres struggle to cope. it seems like a long way off, but this will all be over one day and the world? tourism bosses are already thinking about how to rebuild their industry from the fallout of the current crisis. first, what i think people will do is to start a travel book is business meetings, leisure, travel and trips, which are millions worldwide. 0f and trips, which are millions worldwide. of course there will be some changes in the market, changes in mentality. i'm joined some changes in the market, changes in mentality. i'mjoined now by the travel show‘s resident global gori, simon calder. we spoke three weeks ago, but what do you think about the way things have developed the sense then? just going back three weekends, which fields in this pandemic like a hundred years, we we re

pandemic like a hundred years, we were living in a different world. most international airlines and hotels were working normally. yes, they had far fewer customers, but at least you could travel and stay in places. it was pretty much that we saw this great surge of international flight bans and the individual country saying they didn't want people from particular nationalities. by now, pretty much everywhere in the planet is in some kind of lockdown and the idea of travelling for pleasure seems, right now, preposterous. we heard from dg and wto their talk about the future and wto their talk about the future and recovery, but how will international travel start to rebuild, in your view? 50, you will need individual countries to allow you and i to go for a coffee, or indeed to go international airport. then the destination country needs to be prepared to accept visitors. of course, that is all tied in with the trajectory of the coronavirus and some countries will say,

actually, we will give it a couple of months. 0thers actually, we will give it a couple of months. others will say no, we are desperate, our entire economy depends on tourism, so we could have something of a bidding war breaking out in the mediterranean. i've taken soundings from dozens of people across the planets and the senses that we will see, injune, something like normal travel beginning again, but it will be on a small scale and, evenif but it will be on a small scale and, even if there are huge amounts of pent—up demand from you and i desperate to travel, it won't be anything like the normal summer that we would be looking forward to at this time. simon, for now, thanks. as you can imagine we have been inundated with questions from people all over the world who have had to change their travel plans. we will go through some of those later on. at first, more on how the travel industry is trying to cope with the seismic shift. then at dawn, usually a buzzing spanish coastal getaway

for holiday—makers from across europe. now, for one of its top hoteliers, it is a very different story. at any one day during high season, he will often have 8,000 guests spread across his 11 hotels and resorts. today, there are none. 0ur and resorts. today, there are none. our business is a family business. i was the founder when he was 30 years old. now he is 82 and he is still working hard. we were growing nearly 20% year on year. in only five days really everything changed and not all of our hotels have closed down. 0ur all of our hotels have closed down. our employees have gone home and we are experiencing a vast economic

impact. we are still receiving... new bookings. so we have hope. the kind of pressures that hoteliers are facing are being seen all over the world. in the maldives, tourism has come to make up more than a quarter of its income. it has faced relatively few confirmed cases of covid—19, less than two dozen, but we re covid—19, less than two dozen, but were still quick to cancel all visa on arrival is for travellers coming into the country. earlier this year, we phoned the story about coral conservation there. just over a week ago, the last guest left the resort, and his three sister resorts. they are still optimistic about the future. we are planning for the future. we are planning for the future. that means we are constantly starting to renovate, refurbish things. we are expecting that everything will go back to normal here in the maldives approximately

at the end ofjune when we are expecting tourists to come to the maldives in a big volume again. so how is this crisis affecting what has long been at the heart of the travel industry the traditional package holiday? in the uk, the association of british travel agents has been monitoring events closely. can you tell me first of all, what is the situation currently with your members? it is pretty desperate. it isa members? it is pretty desperate. it is a combination of two things. number one, forward bookings for sale separately dried up. secondly, there is a situation where basically you are getting tens of thousands of holidays being cancelled for customers seeking refunds for those holidays. many of whom are not staffed or on furlough. a lot of travel companies will be working on bringing customers back or sorting out the situation. morale is

obviously not great. do they think that they can survive the storm? do they think they will be ok? the travel industry is typically really resilient. it is used to dealing with crises. it is dealt with everything from terrorism incidents to send armies to volcanic ash clouds. the industry is due to dealing with issues and destinations. the difference here is just the scale of weights and the immediacy of it. we need to try and make sure that whatever we are doing 110w make sure that whatever we are doing now is thinking about the future, as well. whether that is the future and another five or six months, well. whether that is the future and anotherfive or six months, or whether it is the future several yea rs whether it is the future several years down the line. we still have a tourism industry there at the end of all of this. i think what we are staying in other countries around europe, in germany, spain, the netherlands, italy, they are all taking measures and they are all stepping in with measures,

particularly around this issue of refunds to try and ensure that consumer protections are still in place, customers still maintain the right to a refund, but the businesses are given a bit more time in order to give those refunds. i think that is what we need to see happen here in the uk, as well. so, simon, i think the basic message there is that it will all try and get a refund is now the package tourism industry will crash. is that true? certainly, if you have a good relationship with your travel firm and are prepared to give them a bit of time to refund you, then that is probably a smart move in the long run, but it also draws attention to the fact that actually, travel companies have an interesting business model where the money you pay for your holiday in six months is used to pay the bills for my holiday departing now.

it is mike from the bbc travel show. we are taking a little pause right 110w we are taking a little pause right now due to the circumstances. i am backin now due to the circumstances. i am back in canada. i still haven't really left the travel lifestyle but completely, but i will be here for the next four or five months, which isa very the next four or five months, which is a very big life change for me. i have been able to speak to some friends and since a lot of us have instagram pages or channels, there are a lot of stories about how we have had some problems. my friends came in and back, a canadian couple, had just brought their farm from the americas over to morocco, only to have to abandon the van in africa. things escalated really quickly in morocco. 0ne things escalated really quickly in morocco. one week earlier no one was even speaking about the coronavirus, it wasn't something that was even on oui’ it wasn't something that was even on our radar. within a 48 hour period, the borders were closed, are brent

sutter come to visit were stuck there with us. military in the street shouting corona, corona! it was a very difficult decision, we had our home, our investment, our business everything was asked travelling the world, so we need to make a decision on listening to the government advising us to come home and ditching ourvan, government advising us to come home and ditching our van, and that is the decision that we made. this is not easy, but i think we are as prepared as we are going to be. my immediate hope for the end of this crisis is to get on a plane and get back to our van in morocco. crisis is to get on a plane and get back to our van in moroccolj crisis is to get on a plane and get back to our van in morocco. i have a pretty story myself. i was on the island of saqqara, which is right here on the map right in the middle. it is this beautifuljewel in the indian ocean, filled with endemic species that are only found there, kind of like galapagos or madagascar. funny story, my girlfriend is still on that island.

hi there, i'm a travel blogger. i am stuck on this island in the yemen. of course, this is hugely affected all of my travel plans, however luckily because we are in such an isolated spot, there is no coronavirus on the islands and we are able to roam around freely, there is no quarantine and no cu rfew, there is no quarantine and no curfew, so i have been trying to keep myself busy. sleeping under the stars, hiking around and just trying to enjoy the situation that i'm kind of stuck in. 0k. and that's it, that is howl of stuck in. 0k. and that's it, that is how i speak to my girlfriend in times like this! like many other people, and facing the prospect of month stuck at home, but rather than resign myself to be looking at ways ican resign myself to be looking at ways i can travel the globe from the comfort of my own home. if you are looking for a high—end transport of

experience, virtual reality headsets are offering users a massive 360 degrees experiences for quite some time now. using an oculus rift, for example, you can hedge its website and purchase vr tours of pompeii and chernobyl. having tried a few of them it is striking how lifelike the visual recreations often are. what a camp capture is the actual experience of being there, plus it is not cheap. 0ne experience of being there, plus it is not cheap. one of the big headsets like the police station vr will set you back hundreds of pounds. if you want to save that money for an actual holiday, then i would recommend looking at you tube and this absolutely brilliant account from a user base injapan. they post 4k quality videos are walked around cities and landmarks, and that's it. no commentary, nobody talking to you, just long unbroken shots and natural sounds. if you can settle into its rhythm, it is

weirdly absorbing and relaxing, too. if it is the nightlife you are missing, you can always get a taste of birmingham's legendary club scene. united we stream is offering live streamed sets from some of the city? boss mark walters djs, as well as live music performances and documentaries about the club culture. it is all for a good cause, too. if you buy a virtual club to get the money will go into a really fun supporting the city night—time institutions and there are thousands of employees. and if you have a stay at home travel suggestion, get in touch with me on the travel showinstagram and facebook accounts. now, in morocco, all flights in and out of the country have been suspended and those inside are under lockdown. you may remember last year we went to the donkey refuge in the

foothills of the atlas mountains. working animals are relied upon heavily there and are often discarded when they are too old to work. places like these are few and far between. hi, welcome. tell me, how tightly been coping?“ far between. hi, welcome. tell me, how tightly been coping? if i'm honest, it has been a bit scary. we knew as soon as the virus was becoming a pandemic that we would have to change things here and we stopped all business. now, of course, we are in lockdown. at the moment, i have quite a lot of very good support from around the world, so we are good support from around the world, so we are still able to pay the staff, feed the donkeys, which is an absolute priority. so many people lose theirjobs abroad. we are clearly looking to have donations, so clearly looking to have donations, so if things got really bad we could be facing having to sell up, but we are all determined that won't

happen. can you make appeals on social media or on your platforms for more funds to come in? what we do is broadcast each day on social media. that way we have managed to keep the donations coming in. we employ people from the village, we buy £1000 worth of food a week. if all that collapses, the village is going to suffer, so it is notjust about us. by the sounds of it, susan, at least one of your donkeys is infine susan, at least one of your donkeys is in fine fettle! we wish you all the best of luck. thank you very much. last october, lucy travelled to the volcanoes national park in rwanda to see the famous guerrillas. the park is one of the few places in the world where the population of apes is rising due to increased conservation efforts. this has meant a boost in tourism driven by the desire to see these majestic animals. but now, this stream of income has dried up. with the

current situation, it is very tough. there is the restriction, stay home, but it is a mountain gorilla that is used to humans, so if you lose one day monitoring, it means something else can happen, like trauma, snares, sickness. obviously you rely partly at least hunter was coming in and the money has disappeared. how is that affecting you? well, the money has disappeared, yes, and tourism has been used as a very significant to towards conservation. this population of mountain gorillas, they are between a high density of human population, so it means any financial crisis, these people are likely to go back and start approaching. what i am predicting is that these organisations and host countries

will need to make more sacrifices to consider conservation as part of their nature agenda. what do you say to people who are watching right now up to people who are watching right now up to help to people who are watching right now 7 to people who are watching right now ? if to people who are watching right now ou to people who are watching right now up to help you? if you have some money, keep donating. if you don't, just keep advocating for these animals. we all need to help each other, talk every time and try to find solutions. lastly, we are speaking to an animal rehabilitation centre deep in the amazonian ra i nfo rest. centre deep in the amazonian rainforest. it looks after more than 200 rescued animals. when local authorities find illegal pets to ta ke authorities find illegal pets to take them there in the hope that one day they can be released back into the wild. when the crisis started to really hit ecuador, we had full volunteers. since then we have had a lot of the families of certain

volu nteers lot of the families of certain volunteers wanting to go home, of course. we have endeavoured to try and get them home, which we have succeeded in, but that has left us with a real skeleton staff, really. there is a lot more work for everybody just to try and get the basics done. i think if we lost any more people would be starting to really struggle. it is something we have been thinking about and planning for, but hopefully not having to deal with. the local supermarket has been giving us donations of food, which has been massively helpful financially. would you ever know turn an animal away just because you couldn't cope? we haven't received this many animals as we would do normally because of the travel restrictions. there are a few arrivals of animal still coming in. we had a baby sloth this week. i think within our little world, the animals will always come first. think within our little world, the animals will always come firstm is important to realise how

dependent projects like those are all around the world on people like us. one hope i have isjust as societies have become more attuned to the needs of other people, as travellers we might be more focused on the host community and the planet itself when we come to spend our money. travelling responsibly. yes. time now for some quickfire questions from viewers. walk in someone to if they are worried the travel agency or company is not answering their phone calls or e—mails? answering their phone calls or e-mails? what is their next move? lots of companies are unlocked on at the moment. their staff are working from home with just a laptop and a mobile phone. i have to say give it time, if you are not fit to travel eminently, justice for a while.“ you have paid the deposit should you pay the rest of the booking if you fear you could lose your money? you won't lose your money if it is a proper package holiday. keeping. if you don't, the only guarantee is that you lose your deposit. what are the roots are in travel companies

refusing refunds and only offering to rebook? if it is a proper travel company the travel regulations apply and you urge your money back at daily in two weeks. if you have booked your holiday on an non—refundable date? booked your holiday on an non-refundable date? you could argue you are due a full refund, but if the room was there and you just couldn't get there, i'm afraid you will be lucky if you got a credit note even. i have booked with our b&b, what are my rights? if you have booked before the 14th of march erg a full refund. really useful as ever, simon. thanks for that. a full refund. really useful as ever, simon. thanks forthat. even though we are not going anywhere anytime soon, over the coming weeks we will be packing some of our favourite trips from the past for you to watch again. let's enjoy some armchair travel, shall we, until we hit the road again? for me, and the travel show team, wherever you are

in the world, it is goodbye. hello. it is a mixed picture weather—wise for your easter sunday. in the south, another warm day ahead, but things are turning colder from the north. expect to see a few happy possibly thundery showers for some of us later on today. quite a lot of dry, settled weather still holding on the site because we have high pressure. it is no slipping away into the near continent and low pressure is dominating across scandinavia. that means we are drawing in these cold northerly winds. for easter monday, the colder airwill

winds. for easter monday, the colder air will spill south right across the map. a different feel to the weather tomorrow across the board. today, that colder air is working and across northern scotland. some sunny spells further south. northern ireland stays fairly cloudy with outbreaks of rain. in the sunshine to the south—east, temperatures once again getting up to possibly 25 degrees, but as the heat builds across england and wales showers will bubble up. they will be hit and miss, so we won't see all of them, but you could hear a rumble of thunder across central parts of england and wales through this evening and overnight. the showers fade away for tomorrow, and the sky is clear. the colder air will move in. we can see a touch of frost first thing for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. through the day tomorrow and other largely dry david with sunshine. it will be cool and cloudy around the eastern side of scotland and on the eastern side of scotland and on the east coast of england with a cold wind coming off the north sea.

blustery winds through the english channel, we could see gusts up to 50 mph for the channel islands, for example. mph for the channel islands, for exa m ple. less mph for the channel islands, for example. less windy and sunny for the likes of wales into the south—west of scotland, northern ireland. temperatures in the warmer spots, probably around cardiff, getting up to 1a degrees. along the east coast, only between six and nine celsius. high pressure builds once again through monday night and once again through monday night and on into tuesday with the light winds and those clear skies, tuesday morning likely to dawn on a chilly note with a touch of frost once again. soa note with a touch of frost once again. so a call started this week. things are going to warm up later in the week and stay largely dry, but regardless of the weather, to stay home whenever you can. —— do you stay home.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk is expected to reach more than ten thousand today a leading scientific adviser warns there could be worse to come and the government should have acted earlier. the uk is likely to be certainly one of the worst if not the worst affected country in europe. the uk parliament remains on course to return on april the 21st a date agreed by mps before the easter recess with mps likely to attend virtually: the us overtakes italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world more than 20,000 people have now died. in his easter message pope francis urges people not to "yield to fear" over coronavirus, calling on them to be "messengers