The arrival of a low-cost airline FlyBe (http://www.flybe.com/) at Norwich International Airport isn't just bringing more tourists to Norfolk, it's also encouraging locals to get on the cheap-weekend-away bandwagon. The next nearest airport to the county is London Stansted, which is at best ninety minutes by car from any part of the county, and the low population density of the county has meant that until now, few affordable flights have been offered from Norwich's own airport.
London is easily reached from most railway stations in the region, and is an easy day or weekend destination. East Anglia is one of the few regions to have benefited from the rail privitisation process, with new routes and connections appearing to entice travellers onto the trains: recently restored through services from London to Bury St Edmunds and Great Yarmouth mean that more people can now get to the capital without an inconvenient change of trains.
Cambridge is a short train ride or drive from the county, and is an enticing if extremely popular tourist city to visit for the day.
