Tokyo’s Narita international airport on Friday morning catches the headline when a turtle was spotted walking slowly on the tarmac just as one flight was about to take off. This prompted the pilot to call the air traffic control. The …

Popular tourist destinations across South-East Asia and the Pacific reopen their borders to international visitors, with measures in place to try and minimise the risk of further COVID-19 outbreaks.

Vietnam has pushed back a plan to re-open the resort island of Phu Quoc to foreign tourists until November, after failing to meet targets for inoculating residents due to insufficient vaccine supplies. This country is currently shut to all visitors …

Nepal, a popular tourist destination for Europeans and Asian tourists is now gearing to allure more domestic and international tourists as COVID-19 diminishes. Right now, Nepal gears for the preparation of festivals that attract major international tourists from the UK, …

Vietnam’s capital and Asian tourist destination Hanoi will further ease its coronavirus restrictions from this week with new cases on the decline and the majority of its adult population partially vaccinated. Most of the major construction projects can resume from …

ITB China has announced that Trip.com Group will be the Official Travel Service Partner for this year’s show. This year ITB China will held from 24 – 26 November 2021 in Shanghai. The  virtual extension will be from 8 November to 31 December.

The Penang International Travel Exchange (PITE), Malaysia’s only homegrown business events tradeshow will be expanding to four different regions this year, fully digital from 4 – 8 October 2021. The PITE 2021 Digital Show starts for the Asia Pacific and …

The residents of several villages on the outskirts of Jerusalem city were evacuated on Sunday because of a large forest wildfire. The wildfires in wooded hills sent huge smoke clouds billowing over the city. Israel’s Magen David Adom national ambulance …

The illustrious Karma Group has welcomed another elegant property into its luxury resort portfolio, this time in Vietnam. Sitting among the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage-listed town of Hoi An sits Karma Song Hoai. This sprawling property comprises 51 stylish suites …

Reinforcing its reputation as Malaysia’s premier purpose-built venue, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) was recently awarded as ‘Best Exhibition & Tradeshow Venue 2021’ by APAC Insider in its South-East Asia Business Awards 2021. Alan Pryor, the Centre’s General …