Vacations & Travel Magazine's 'The Culture Issue' Is Now on Sale

Following a successful autumn relaunch issue of Australia's longest-running travel publication, the winter issue of Vacations & Travel magazine is now on sale.

The magazine's 111th edition features our recently redesigned masthead and a clean and contemporary design approach that is proving to be highly popular.

The winter edition has a Culture theme, featuring first-person stories written about such destinations as India, Uluru, Japan, Peru, Canada, South Africa and Macao to name a few.

On a handful of stories, we have also further bought to life the experience for readers through the inclusion of videos, accessible through QR codes linked back to our website.

Within the print pages, readers will find the following features:

• Our photo essay by Lynn Gail focussed on a meditative experience with monks in Japan's Mt Koya
• The cultural riches of southern India with Belinda Luksic
• Uluru's cultural significance with Brian Johnston
• Cruising Europe's Danube River with Katrina Holden
• Hiking through Peru's Sacred Valley in style along the Lares Trail with Natasha Dragun
• Cultural experiences in Hoi Ann, Vietnam in our V&T Family section with Sue White
• Navigating a Walt Disney World family vacation in Florida, with Lisa Perkovic
• The picturesque ski town of Mont-Tremblant in Quebec, Canada with Crai S. Bower
• The sustainably focussed operators working with South African communities and wildlife, by Susan Skelly
• A world of wellness – combining cultural immersion with spa time, by Nupur Trivedi
• The gastronomic wonders of Macao, from markets to Michelin-starred restaurants, by Lisa Michele-Burns
• The Last Word with creative director of Captain's Choice, Lou Tandy

Additionally, the magazine features Vacation Essentials, V&T Creatives, Trending, V&T Family, Postcards and Design: Editor's Picks.

Our Tried & Tested reviews continue this issue with first-person write-ups of new hotels, airline flight reviews, spas and restaurants.

Owned and published by US-based Morris Media Network, publishers of the international in-bound Where Traveller title, Vacations & Travel has wide distribution across key visitor destinations in 4- and 5-star hotel rooms across Australia allowing a massive readership in these locations. Other distribution points include airports, newsagents and a dedicated subscriber base.

The net distribution of Vacations & Travel is 40,000 copies per issue, giving the title the highest distribution of any travel magazine in Australia. Morris Media Network has taken the deliberate step to move to a readership audit through Enhanced Media Metrics Australia (EMMA) – powered by global research experts Ipsos and Nielsen, which measures print and digital total audience and is the system used by a number of mainstream publications including Australian Gourmet Traveller, Australian Geographic, Delicious,

MINDFOOD, Readers Digest Australia and Vogue Australia. The Vacations & Travel audit is currently underway.

The magazine's website, vacationstravel.com, has been rebuilt to be more in synergy with the new print design. The weekly EDM has also been redesigned with a modern new look, making its way to 26,000 subscribers each week.

The spring issue of Vacations & Travel will have a 'Tours and Touring' theme, and will go on sale in late September.