Revealed: The destinations holidaymakers are picking instead of eastern Mediterranean spots as the Middle East war is raging on

With conflict in the Middle East continuing to affect the landscape of travel worldwide, Brits are skipping the eastern Mediterranean - for which other destinations, though?


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