Too many beds in paradise?
Hoteliers in the Maldives are having a harder time filling up rooms amid a surge in new hotel openings and slowdown in arrival growth....
A haven with a troubled image
Despite its rich cultural and natural offerings, negative perceptions of Mindanao as a conflict zone remain a major roadblock for its tourism ambitions, finds...
When politics means business
Business travel stakeholders discuss how recent political events are affecting the global landscape and share their outlook on Asia’s business travel sector. By Xinyi...
Gilis come into their own
Long viewed as Gili Trawangan’s little brothers, there’s evidence that Gili Air and Gili Meno are becoming a force to be reckoned with in...
A raft for ASEAN cruising
Cruise development is expected to pick up in South-east Asia with ASEAN agreeing to develop a joint declaration on cruise tourism.
Chasing a port of gold
Ten years ago, Adam Goldstein unlocked the Asian cruise market potential for Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCC) and made Singapore the regional homeport for the...
The reinvention of tours
With unicorn Airbnb and new players foraying into their turf, traditional players are redesigning tours and boosting their strengths, Raini Hamdi writes
One of...
Fallouts from frozen relations
With Taiwan's tourism suffering from plummeting Chinese arrivals, the government has thrown a lifeline to affected businesses.
Taiwan was seeing steadily surging arrivals from China...
Bangladesh’s one million dream: a vision impossible?
Bangladesh dreams of one million arrivals by 2018. It needs all the willpower.
The travel and tourism industry of Bangladesh is trying hard to bounce...
Going beyond the 101’s
While Taipei may be the mainstay of Taiwan’s tourism, the vast tourism resources and gems beyond the city are putting more secondary destinations on...
