Yearly Archives: 2020
Giant Buddha statue to rise in Spain and beckon Asian travellers
The Spanish city of Cáceres and Nepal's Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, will be supporting the building of a huge Buddhist statue and...
Accor to ban all single-use plastics by end 2022
Accor has vowed to remove all single-use plastic items from its hotels by end-2022, as it joins the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative led by...
Dusit expands Vietnam’s portfolio
Thailand's Dusit International has signed a long-term agreement with Vietnamese real estate developers General Technology Joint Stock Company to develop and operate Dusit Tu...
Japanese launches cricket farming tours in Cambodia
Japanese social entrepreneur Seiya Ashikari is using tourism as a tool to push Cambodia’s cricket farming industry.
In August 2018, the 24-year-old pressed pause mid-way...
Veteran French hotelier helms Mövenpick Resort Cam Ranh
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has appointed Brice Borin as general manager of Mövenpick Resort Cam Ranh, a new beachfront resort in Vietnam.
With more than...
Combating Delhi’s smog crisis
As hazardous levels of air pollution in Delhi casts a pall over inbound tourism, Indian tour operators are finding ways to fight the confidence crisis in the face of falling arrivals and flight of tourists to other cities in the country, writes Rohit Kaul.
Accurate information key to overcoming flu outbreak challenge to tourism: PATA...
Destination and tourism marketers will need to play a critical role in correcting the vast amount of misinformation surrounding the ongoing Novel Coronavirus outbreak...
Coronavirus spurs collapse in Chinese travel; APAC hardest hit: study
The coronavirus outbreak in China has caused a substantial setback in flight bookings for the Chinese New Year period, from January 10 to February...
China’s travel restrictions take toll on Japan’s retail, tourism businesses
Japan is bracing itself for a slump in tourism revenue as a result of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, as tourism businesses across the country...
MATTA, China Cultural Centre tie up to boost bilateral ties
The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) recently collaborated with the China Cultural Centre in Kuala Lumpur (CCCKL) to hold a Tourism...
