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Tourist traps in South-east Asia: Fake orphans and floating-market scams

South-East Asia is blessed with a host of spectacular attractions, but also cursed by many tourist traps.

At airports, people are between worlds, and it's a journey within a journey

A few old haunts have closed but some beautiful new shops have opened in George Town.

After a travel lull since March due to Covid-19 cases, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is experiencing a surge in tourism.

The three-day travel mart covered a series of industrial communication activities that focused on smart and innovative development of tourism sector.

Once it happened, though, other thoughts cropped up, like: “What really makes for a worthy retirement place?”

A helicopter tour over the city and cruises on the Sai Gon River are among the new diversified products meant to attract locals and visitors.

Experts have attributed the poor show to global inflation, which has made travel packages pricier than ever.

However, the figure is still down 96.9 per cent from the first half of 2019, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.

In November last year, Pakistan and Afghanistan had agreed to resume the suspended “Dosti bus service” after more than five years.