P132 Tjleteqt 172 May05 21:12:)7 *?/jp0ppp—pp05p ?—p—0z0 ] ] ——————————————————————————————————————— AROUND THE WORLD — IN A FEW WEEKENDS Forget Paris and Amsterdam. If you're thinKing of heading abroad for a weekend why not pick Mimes, Helsinki or Lubjck (It's in Germany!) WjWri taking more short 'city breaksW than jvjr before — spurred on bz higher disposable incomes, the value of the pound and plenty of cheap flights. The low cost airlines have opened up the weekend breaks market with lots of unusual destinations. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— bz Andrea Bolitho-Taylor ] British Airways ] New York from £331 See p380 Corsica HolidaySun Passport AirportsP132 Teletext 172 Maz05 52:k4:k) O ——————————————————————————————————————— AROUND THE WORLD — IN A FEW WEEKENDS Flights to the south of France are proving popular with Britons — both holidazmakjrs and those who own property in the region. Last year low cost !irlinj introduced flights to arcassonnj, and this year Nimjs in the Camarguj region and Pjrpignan get connected. Chief executive Michael OW-jary says: "Nimjs is just 80km jrom Nice and near to annjs — it's a very popular area." ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Year of promise 108 FOR SSUING HOLIDAYS SEE p226 Corsica HolidaySun Passport AirportsP132 Teletext@ 172 Maz05 21:4k:10 *?/jp0ppp—pp05p ?—p—0z0 ——————————————————————————————————————— AROUND THE WORLD — IN A FEW WEEKENDS Rzanair'u chief executive Michael OWLjary predicts more and more people will start to take short hops abroad. He sbyv: "The Irish market is a good example. Ten years ago it was expensive to jly to Dublin but when precis started to drop huge mum"irs of people bookjh short breaks thjrk. "The bottom line is always price. Make a routs cheap enough and people will bj attracted to it." ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Travel news update 171 ] Going Places Late SALE p208 Corsica HolidaySun Passport Airports