Authorities in Indonesia have warned tourists to avoid the area around Mount Agung in Bali, Indonesia amid fears of a volcano eruption.Situated about 72km from Kuta, Mount Agung is a popular touris…
KLM is the world’s first airline to use WhatsApp to talk to passengers
DUTCH airline KLM will use their new WhatsApp business account to communicate with passengers about flight updates, or for customers to directly contact the airline’s social media service age…
This pop-up restaurant in Tokyo only hires staff with dementia
A POP-UP restaurant in central Tokyo hires 17 waiters and waitresses who suffer from dementia to raise awareness about the condition ahead of World Alzheimer’s Day on Sept 21, Reuters reporte…
Holidaymaker in Japan startled by North Korea missile launch
WHAT would happen if a North Korean missile hit Japan? Until recently, this is not a question that many people may have seriously asked themselves.The latest, on September 15, was particularly worr…
South Korea Outbound Travel Spurred by Pursuit of Stress-Free Vacations
Even many South Koreans are looking elsewhere for holiday relaxation at a time when talk of war on the Korean peninsula and China’s boycott has hit inbound tourism.President Moon Jae-in hoped…
South Korea: Jeju Island soldiers on despite dwindling Chinese arrivals
THE tourist-heavy island of Jeju in South Korea has long been a favorite among Chinese tourists, but retaliatory economic measures taken by China have caused numbers to plummet in the past few mont…
Flights disrupted as Auckland airport faces fuel shortage crisis
DOZENS of flights were canceled at New Zealand’s Auckland Airport over the weekend, leaving hundreds of travelers stranded as the city faces an “embarrassing” jet fuel shortage.Th…
India: Drinking in public will soon be banned in tourist-heavy Goa
GOA’S state government will ban the consumption of liquor in public places to “curb the nuisance created by people in a drunken state”.To control the behavior, the government will…
Real Madrid football club puts small Chinese island on the map
WHAT was once a former oyster farming island across a narrow waterway from Macau is now being transformed into China’s newest tourist haven.The 12,000-sq m venue – in partnership with H…
Vietnam tops UN’s list of fastest growing tourism destinations in Asia
Vietnam has topped the list as Asia’s fastest growing tourism destinations for the first four months of the year, the United Nations revealed recently.In Asia and the Pacific, international a…