HAMPI oozes a sacred feel. Here, hoards of pilgrims rub shoulders with tourists who come to marvel at the Dravidian architecture and beautiful sunsets.A couple of days is enough to take in the main…
St Giles Hotels and CHM Hotels: Modern practicalities for business and leisure travelers
SOUTHEAST ASIA is not a region that’s short of luxury and mid-range hotels. Whether beach resorts, state-of-the-art business hotels, or smaller boutique properties, tourists are offered a ple…
Angkor Wat temples raise entry fees by 85 pc
CAMBODIA’S Angkor Wat – one of Asia’s most iconic UNESCO World Heritage sites – is enforcing new entry tariffs for the first time in 25 years.The organization also announced…
MICE industry likely to be affected by Trump order
BY now, you would have probably heard that US President Donald Trump issued an executive order to suspend entry of all refugees for 120 days; ban Syrian refugees indefinitely; and block entry for c…
The bigger picture: How Instagram is changing the way we travel
GLOSSY brochures from travel giants have inspired vacation planning for years, but that appears to be changing. In the digital era, people are looking elsewhere for inspiration and for a different …
Thailand Welcomed a Record 32 Million Overseas Tourists in 2016
Thailand received a record 32.59 million foreign visitors last year, with revenue beating expectations and likely to exceed previous forecasts this year by growing 10 percent or more, officials sai…
Hotels in China Don’t Benefit Much From the World’s Largest Travel Event
The Christmas holiday period in the United States in 2016 saw about 100 million people in motion, setting a record. But half a world away in China, transportation officials chuckle at the quaint id…
Three Chinese tourists found dead in Malaysia capsize tragedy
CHINESE tourist Fan Li Xia and other passengers held on to the body of a dead friend for as long as they could as they trod water after a catamaran capsized in the cold waters of the South China Se…
Asia to target Muslim tourists following Trump travel ban
SEEKING to capitalize on US President Donald Trump’s controversial new travel restrictions, companies and officials in Asia said they would target greater tourism and education ties with Musl…
Devil to pay: Trump’s immigration order could have worrying impact on tourism
LAST weekend, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order to suspend entry of all refugees for 120 days; ban Syrian refugees indefinitely; and block entry for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya,…