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The best travel new year’s resolutions

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It’s that time of year again: when we all write down our best intentions for the year ahead (safe in the knowledge that at least of half of them will have fallen by the wayside by the first week of January).

But when it comes to New Year’s resolutions, it doesn’t have to be all marathon lists of rigorous self-improvement.

We can also set ourselves fun challenges or ambitions, especially when it comes to travel - such as exploring new places, getting to know destinations on our doorsteps a bit better with a deep dive, or finding different ways of transporting ourselves across the globe.

On ’s travel desk, we’ve set ourselves the task of coming up

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