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Tours that coincide with big-ticket events are booming, so where can you sell? Laura French gets ready to party


f there’s one thing that seems to unite almost every culture and continent, it’s our shared love of coming together to celebrate – whether through music, art, dance, food or other festivities. From India’s kaleidoscopically colourful Holi festival to Japan’s


blushing cherry blossom season, New Orleans’ foot-tapping jazz fest to Europe’s classical music concerts, there’s never a dull moment when you look at the global calendar of events. Fortunately it’s easier than ever to reach them thanks to a roster of tours and itineraries that take culture-seeking travellers to the highlights.


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1 rio carnival, brazil


Glittering floats the size of buses, twirling samba dancers bedecked in outlandish feathers, bass-pumping drums blaring across a 90,000-capacity stadium – the Sambadrome parade at Rio Carnival is an experience like no other. Throw in the energy-fuelled blocos – samba-blasting street parties – the glitzy masked balls and the week- long parade of fancy dress, and you have ‘the greatest party on Earth’. Book it: For one of the most comprehensive tours, suggest Travelsphere’s 15-day Chile, Argentina & Brazil Rio Carnival trip, which combines the spectacle with Chile’s colourful capital plus Iguassu, Mendoza, Buenos Aires and beyond. Prices start at £4,149, departing February 17, 2020. travelsphere.co.uk


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