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JAKARTA – Indonesia’s plans to abolish its expensive departure tax is
provoking a mixed response from the trade – some worry marketing funds
committed by home destinations to the domestic market will have been
wasted, while others say it is great news for the outbound business.
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LOMBOK – Wings Air’s new Denpasar-Ampenan service has been hailed as a
much needed addition to Lombok, which has been plagued by
inaccessibility problems since the Mabua ferry service stopped. |
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SINGAPORE – Tiger Airways gimmicky S$1 (US$0.58) promotion announced
this week for flights from Singapore to Bangkok, Hat Yai and Phuket is
the latest attempt by low-frills players to win market share, but
agents say the play on pricing is marginalising their role in selling
these destinations. |
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BANGKOK – Thailand’s premier annual travel trade show, the Thailand
Travel Mart (TTM), will get a major boost next year by being staged at
the same time and in the same place as the kingdom’s leading
international travel show for consumers.
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HANOI – Vietnam is to upgrade airports at two of its fastest growing
tourist attractions, Phu Quoc Island and Dong Hoi, home of the Phong
Nha Caves.
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HONG KONG – Veteran politician, Mr Howard Young, is tipped to retain
his seat in the September 12 elections for Hong Kong’s Legislative
Council, the city’s highest elective body.
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SINGAPORE – Acclaimed Taiwanese pop princess Zhang Hui Mei, better
known to her fans as A-Mei, the Taiwan Visitors Association (TVA) and
the Taipei Office in Singapore last Sunday, kicked off the Visit Taiwan
Year 2004 campaign targeting Singapore and Malaysia.
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SINGAPORE – China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), the main
organiser of the annual China International Travel Mart (CITM), hopes
to grow the show into the same scale as World Travel Market (WTM) or
ITB.
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MANILA – The Department of Tourism (DoT) is expected to move its
offices to Cebu starting next month after president Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo declared the Malacanang sa Sugbo (Presidential Palace of the
South) open for business.
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SINGAPORE – With China’s approved destination status for travel to
European countries under the Schengen Agreement kicking in on September
1, France is targeting to increase the number of arrivals from between
350,000 and 400,000 to one million within two years.
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HANOI – Travel agents who have struggled to find sufficient hotel rooms
of international standard in Hue can now breathe a sigh of relief as
construction begins on a slew of new developments.
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