August 2015
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From a motorcycle rally in South Dakota, USA to a ski-jumping world cup in France and the Buenos Aires Tango Festival, Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best events and places to be around the world in August.

July 2015
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From camel racing in Australia to a swim-run in Switzerland and literary and music festivals in Brazil and Portugal, Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best events and places to be around the world in July.

June 2015
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From a smartphone film festival in Switzerland to a free Shakespeare festival in New York, Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

March 2015
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From plunging 27m (90ft) in Cartagena, Colombia at the International Cliff Diving World Series to the much anticipated opening of the One World Trade Centre Observation Deck.
Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

February 13, 2015
BBC The Travel Show: How to travel with a baby
The Travel Show’s Michelle Jana Chan explains why you should travel with your baby and reveals her tips on how to make the most of your trip.

January 2015
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From hundreds of amateurs challenging the world’s top pro-snowboarders at the Burton European Open in Laax, Switzerland to spectacular lights in Ghent, Belgium and Osaka, Japan. Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

November 2014
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From the high mountains of British Columbia where a bald eagle festival will take place to commemorations marking the fall of the Berlin Wall, Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

October 2014
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From Mexico's Day of the Dead, a religious and cultural event remembering relatives and friends who have died to laser and light shows in Moscow, Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

September 2014
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From the shores of Lake Malawi where local musicians will be mingling with international DJs and live acts at the Lake of Stars Festival to Sweden’s Lights in Alingsas – a colourful, cutting-edge outdoor exhibition, Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

August 2014
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From Australia’s Hello Koalas Trail to a medieval festival in Denmark, Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

July 2014
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From Calgary’s annual stampede with its highly-competitive rodeos – to Italy where hundreds of musicians from dozens of countries will perform at the Buskers Festival in Ferrara, Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

June 2014
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From taking a gamble to locate the sardine run through to mud wrestling, mud massages and mud slides at the Boryeong Mud Festival in South Korea – Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

May 2014
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From a frenzied dash across mud in the UK to the beaches, dykes and barns staging events for a Netherlands theatre festival -- Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

April 2014
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
From a glass-bottomed skywalk opening high in the Canadian Rockies to the Nordic oyster opening championships – Michelle Jana Chan takes a look at the best places to be in the coming weeks.

March 2014
BBC The Travel Show: Global Guide
Michelle Jana Chan takes a worldwide view of the best places to be over the coming weeks.

December 13, 2013
BBC Fast Track: Up close with Zambia's wild animals
Zambia has pioneered the walking safari - encouraging people to get out of vehicles and taking travellers into the bush for a more intimate experience of the African wilderness. Michelle Jana Chan travels to Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park to find out more.

December 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
From seeing the giant mirrors bringing sunlight to the Norwegian town that normally has no winter sun, to strolling along Australia's Great Ocean Walk or enjoying the reopening of the Liszt Academy in Budapest - Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel tips from around the world.

November 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
From watching migrating bats in Zambia to Diwali celebrations in India, Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel tips from around the world.

September 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
From a ballooning fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico to the world's first symphony at Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia Michelle Jana Chan gives top travel tips from around the world.

September 17, 2013
BBC Fast Track: The future of tourism in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe was once a big performer in Africa's tourist industry but a decade of economic and political instability damaged this sector. Last month President Robert Mugabe was re-elected in peaceful but disputed elections and the country is now redoubling its efforts to demonstrate it is a secure, safe and enticing place to visit.

August 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
From the visiting the world's largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Fringe to celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream speech", Michelle Jana Chan gives top travel tips from around the world.

July 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
From opera on the shores of Lake Constance to an International Arts festival in Japan Michelle Jana Chan gives top travel tips from around the world.

June 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
From the indigenous Barunga Cultural Festival in Australia to celebrating the summer solstice in Scandinavia, Michelle Jana Chan gives top travel tips from around the world.

May 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
From a dragon boat racing festival in Macau to stargazing in Chile, Michelle Jana Chan gives top travel tips from around the world.

April 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
From watching wildlife in the Galapagos Islands to looking at art in Cologne and tasting beer in Belgium, Michelle Jana Chan gives top travel tips from around the world.

March 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including the colourful Holi Festival in Northern India, and cherry blossom festivals in Japan, South Korea and Washington.

February 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including a visit to Paris to mark the 850th anniversary of Notre Dame being marked with new bells and a lighting system for the cathedral.
Other tips include orca watching in Argentina and the Iditarod Dog Sled Race in Alaska.

January 2013
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including the International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China - where by day artists work to create a city of ice and by night visitors can see it spectacularly lit in bright colours.
Europe gets two new capitals of culture - Marseille Provence in France and Kosice in Slovakia and in Amsterdam the Stedelijk Contemporary Art Museum reopens after a nine-year renovation.

December 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including suggestions of the best places to spend Christmas - traditional European markets and watching millions of red crabs migrate on a tropical island.
India is hosting its first Biennale in Kerala and Ethiopia celebrates Timket, a Christian celebration marking the Epiphany.

November 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including tiger tracking in India and wildlife watching in the Falkland Islands.
Lyon in France has a festival of light and Florida in the USA hosts Art Basel at Miami Beach where galleries will be showcasing works by thousands of 20th and 21st Century artists.

October 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including a glimpse of rare animals in Madagascar and feeling the warm glow of Diwali celebrations in India. Other ideas include witnessing the autumn leaves change colour by chasing the fall on the east coast of America and a solar spectacle on 13 and 14 November with a total eclipse of the sun in the northern hemisphere...

September 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including the best time to visit Etosha in Namibia where the wildlife is gathering around waterfalls, making it easier to see the big game as well as hundreds of species of birds. Also, the beautiful bay of St Tropez in the south of France is attracting hundreds of high-performance yachts for a week of racing and stargazers can feast their eyes on the skies above Chile.

August 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including the colourful Galungan Festival in Bali where people celebrate the return to earth of the spirits of their ancestors. The usually sleepy town of Guca in Serbia comes to life in September for a brass band festival and the beaches of Oman's resort Ras Al Jinz take on a life of their own as turtles lay their eggs for the hatching season in September.

July 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including some alternative London events to the Olympics including Drag Divas, a show bringing a contemporary dimension to cross dressing, the UK World Shakespeare Festival and the Notting Hill Carnival. And for those dedicated to sport but who have missed out on tickets for the Olympics, Michelle has some tips on how to see some of the 2012 events for free.

June 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Pop goes summer and other travel tips! Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including a summer of pop festivals across Europe, the chance to climb Japan's Mount Fuji and a literary festival in Brazil.

May 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including watching Alaska's brown bears feasting on wild salmon as they head up river. Other events include watching the hundreds of thousands of sooty terns which nest on Bird Island in the Seychelles, whale watching season in Iceland and one of the world's most difficult marathons in Kenya.

April 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including rhino tracking in the Klip River Valley in Namibia. Other events coming up include the Cannes Film Festival in Southern France - one of the biggest events in the film industry's calendar. And for racing fans there is the "Indy 500" in Indianapolis, where 500,000 people are expected to attend the motor speedway event.

March 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including a sneak preview of the new Casa Ferrari Museum in northern Italy - built around the restored home of the company's founder Enzo Ferrari.
For skiers there is the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival in Canada and for nature lovers the sight of millions of sardines swimming together around the Eastern Cape in South Africa.

February 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks including where to go to learn kite surfing, where to find the world's biggest gathering of amateur skiiers, one of the most famous river races and a new 150 mile hiking trail across Dominica.

January 2012
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas for the coming weeks from around the world including a 1,000 mile dog sleigh race in Alaska, the La Diablada Carnival in Oruro, Bolivia, and the Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, Japan.

December 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan gives her top travel ideas from around the world including sleigh rides and dog-sled racing at the Quebec Winter Carnival and Westhay Moors in Somerset, England which will soon be the home of an extraordinary natural spectacle.

November 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Top travel ideas from around the world including the ISAF Sailing World Championships off Perth, Australia and the Dakar Rally begins in Argentina as the world’s greatest long-distance drivers rev up for 9,000 kilometres to the Pacific coast. Plus, on the anniversary of two historic Antarctic expeditions it is the best time to visit the polar region to see seal pups, penguin chicks and whales.

October 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
The Northern Lights in November and December which according to Nasa will be at their most intense for 50 years.
Iceland is also hosting an art installation by Yoko Ono - a tower of light that will be in place until December 8th, the day her husband John Lennon was killed.
And Egypt has opened the Avenue of the Sphinxes after five years of restoration works.

September 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
During October and November millions of African fruit bats will be on the move and filling the night skies as a mass migration starts from across southern Africa to the Kansanka National Park in Zambia.
In the US, the autumn leaves change colour across New England in the east while on the west coast San Francisco prepares for a major surfing competition.

August 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
The Rugby World Cup kicks off in New Zealand on Friday, and it's also the best time to spot humpback whales off the west coast of Australia.
Hot air balloon events and competitions will be taking off in September from the French Alps, Lleida in Spain and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Meet the people who pilot the balloons and watch them battle it out to see who can fly the farthest.

July 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Recently returned from Cambodia, Michelle Jana Chan looks at the revival of traditional arts in the country. Meanwhile a very special exhibition opens at the National Palace Museum in Taipei which brings together a painting which has for centuries been torn in two. Plus, summer festivals in Europe, from Budapest to Novi Sad to the Faroe Islands -- as well as all-night parties in Havana and Santiago de Cuba.

June 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Just back from Naboisho, Michelle Jana Chan looks at the conservancies springing up on the land bordering the Masai Mara in Kenya. Plus, the Queenstown Winter Festival in New Zealand becomes a hub of extreme sports, including bungee jumping. And all eyes are are on Cape Canaveral as the space shuttle prepares to make its final landing.

May 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan visits Myanmar, overlooked by some travellers because of the country's politics but all the locals she met on her journey were desperately keen for tourists to come and support their livelihoods. She also stopped by Mathaf, a wonderful new modern art museum in Doha. Meanwhile, the ancient Algerian city Tlemcen is named the Capital of Islamic Culture for 2011.

April 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
From a volcanic eruption to an explosion in the arts, Iceland is making headlines in other ways this year, says Michelle Jana Chan. She also indulges in some good-value feasting in Paris, and offers some top tips on how to avoid the bling in Monaco as it revs up for the F1. Plus, a replica of James Cook's ship begins a stirring historical circumnavigation of Australia.

March 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Just back from the Alps, Michelle Jana Chan charts some of the best mountain festivals across Europe. She's also been seeing some sharp new design talent in Jerusalem. But perhaps the most exciting news is that Namibia's entire coastline is now under protection with the creation of Dorob National Park. Plus, world-class sport from rugby sevens in Hong Kong and cricket in India.

February 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Just back from the Maldives, Michelle Jana Chan longs to be diving with whale sharks in the South Ari Atoll. On another continent, the Pacific Grey whales are arriving at the calving lagoons of Mexico's Baja California. Plus, a film festival in Burkina Faso, Shakespeare takes centre stage in Stratford-upon-Avon and the drums are soon beating for Carnival.

January 2011
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
More than anywhere else, Michelle Jana Chan wishes she was in Tasmania for the opening of Australia's biggest private art museum MONA. There are also literary festivals in Jaipur, India, and Galle, Sri Lanka -- and sailing regattas in and around Auckland, New Zealand. But the biggest crowds will be those celebrating Chinese New Year -- heralding the year of the rabbit.

December 2010
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Where to spend Christmas? Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean or Pacific? Or perhaps wandering the traditional markets in some of Europe's prettiest provincial towns. Michelle Jana Chan also highlights Turkey's whirling dervishes, beach games in Oman and her favourite art exhibition of the year.

November 2010
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Just back from the summit of Mt Blanc, Michelle Jana Chan looks at the new trekking routes opening in Nepal. There's also the Ashes in Australia and the Manly Surf Festival. Plus, chimps and lions celebrate some very special birthdays.

October 2010
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan tours the world finding music festivals in Malawi, Jodhpur and Dominica; the Ironman World Championship of Hawaii; and Madagascar where lemurs are having their young and the jacarandas are in full bloom.

September 2010
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Just back from the Chilkoot Trail which straddles Alaska and the Yukon, Michelle Jana Chan looks ahead to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi Fine Art Asia in Hong Kong and offers two compelling reasons to visit the Atacama.

August 2010
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
After swimming from Asia to Europe across the Bosphorus, Michelle Jana Chan considers other open-water swimming events while noting the start of Ramadan and the Great Migration thundering north to the Mara River.

July 2010
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Just back from the Sahara, Michelle Jana Chan highlights Rome's 21st-century renaissance, Montreal's circus festival and Mexico, which celebrates 200 years since independence.

June 2010
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan looks ahead to a cattle drive in South Australia, the reopening of Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and a across the Bosphorus.

May 2010
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Looking ahead to Hong Kongs Dragon Boat Festival, the renowned contemporary art fair in Basel and New Zealands launch of a nationwide bike route.

April 2010
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
News that post-conflict Sri Lanka will soon open all its national parks and a look ahead to the World Cup kicking off in South Africa.

March 2010
BBC Fast Track: Insider Guide
Michelle Jana Chan takes you around the world. What could be more appropriate than spending Easter on Easter Island? A focus on one of the worlds toughest races in Morocco and the World Expo launches in Shanghai.