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...
Committed to health and wellness
Energised by the government’s focus on medical tourism, Indian tour operators are pulling out the stops and devising ways to capture the market.
The Indian...
In for a wild ride
Australia has over the years gained a reputation as a prime destination for theme parks, but this now hangs in the balance with newer...
Getting Gen Y to love cruising
Cruise lines are doing more to change Asian millennials’ mindset of cruising from ‘what my parents and grandparents do’, to a vacation alternative they...
