Passengers from Singapore and Malaysia unable to board after cruise is overbooked
More than a hundred passengers were unable to board the ship at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre in Singapore.
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Thailand to start collecting entry fee from foreign tourists early next year
The entry fee would be used to buy insurance for tourists so that the government would not have to solely shoulder costs of treatments of foreign tourists injured in accidents.
Bucket List: We ditched our corporate life to travel slow in Sulawesi
“In our past corporate lives – not too far from our memory – we were never very taken by the idea of travel”, the travellers write. But stepping into this Indonesian…
Cool hot spots in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City is teeming with exciting finds, like the Wink Hotel, the 43 Factory Roaster cafe, indie thrift stores, and Maison Marou chocolate cafe.
When travel goes wrong
Travel mishaps are frustrating, but they can also make us savvier, more resilient travellers.
Two-year plus legal foreign residents eligible for one free entry to Angkor Park
The move was primarily made to promote domestic tourism and to encourage long-term foreign residents of Cambodia to engage in more travel within the Kingdom’s borders.
Cambodia, Thailand agree 2023-25 tourism recovery plan
The plan covers facilitation of travel and border crossings, promotion of joined market research themed "two country, one goal" as well as human resource development.
Pet-friendly flight to Chiang Mai is a howling success
Around 50 dogs flew with their delighted owners from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.
S. Korea to lift pre-travel Covid-19 test requirement for inbound travellers
The new rule, that will take effect September 3, came after an advisory committee recommended the government lift the mandatory pre-travel polymerase chain reaction tests.
Japan gives green light to non-guided package tours
These measures have been cheered as a positive step in Japan’s reopening to tourism, with the country still lagging behind most of the world in easing Covid-19 border controls.