Subsidies offered for tours to post-quake Tottori
Mizuki Shigeru Museum. Courtesy: http://tottrip.jp/data/seibu/3/mizukishigerumuseum.html?lang=en
The Japanese government will provide a subsidy of up to 10,000 yen (US$87) per person for tourists who visit Tottori Prefecture...
Chinese visitors lead record tourism surge in Gold Coast
Gold Coast
Australia’s Gold Coast welcomed a record one million-plus tourists in the 12 months to September 2016, increasing 16.2 per cent from the previous...
Pandaw deploys new ship to Borneo
Kapuas Pandaw
Luxury river cruise expedition Pandaw has recently acquired a new ship, the Kapuas Pandaw, which will be deployed on its new West Kalimantan,...
Vietjet inks MoU with Air India; commences Hai Phong-Seoul flights
(From left) Air India’s Pankaj Srivastava and Vietjet’s Dinh Viet Phuong signing the MoU in New Delhi on December 10
Vietjet and Air India have...
Second Artyzen in China’s ‘architecture wonderland’
Artyzen Hospitality Group (AHG) has signed a second Artyzen Hotel in China in the Sifang Collective, 30 minutes from Nanjing, a site known as...
Airline profitability faces stronger headwinds in 2017: IATA
Owing to higher fuel costs and a slowing global economy, IATA is forecasting the global airline industry to post a net profit of US$29.8...
HCMC to welcome Okura Prestige in 2020
The Okura Prestige Saigon
Hotel Okura has joined hands with the Saigon Trading Group (SATRA) to roll out The Okura Prestige Saigon in Ho Chi...
New tourism plans shine light on Mindanao’s overlooked sites
Santa Cruz Island, Zamboanga in Mindanao, Philippines. Photo credit: Rommel Natanauan, Department of Tourism
Mindanao will finally see greater attention given to its tourism development, after...
South Korea tourism spared impacts from ongoing protests
A group of South Koreans protesting on the streets in November, demanding President Park Geun-hye's resignation
South Korea's travel industry is largely unscathed by the...
Qantas hops straight to Europe with new Perth-London service
Qantas Airways will commence non-stop services between Perth and London in March 2018, becoming the first flight to directly connect Australia and Europe.
The 14,498km...
