Asian hotels turn to domestic market for Chinese New Year season
The staycation market for the upcoming Chinese New Year holidays continues to dominate the vision of hoteliers in South-east Asia, where international arrivals have...
Yogyakarta primed for ATF 2023
Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (MoTCE) has earmarked Yogyakarta as host city for ATF 2023.
Sandiaga Uno, minister of tourism and creative economy...
Sri Lanka cracks down on ‘foreigners only’ tourist establishments
Sri Lankan authorities are taking a tough stand against hotels and restaurants that follow a ‘foreigners only’ policy by threatening to revoke the licenses...
Thailand to restart quarantine waiver scheme next month
Thailand will resume its quarantine-free travel programme for vaccinated foreigners starting February 1, the country's Covid-19 taskforce said on Thursday (January 20).
The announcement comes...
Crystal suspends operations through April
Crystal Cruises has suspended operations for its ocean and expedition ships through April 29, and river cruises through the end of May.
The move comes...
ATF 2023 to focus on collective recovery
ATF 2023 will bear the theme, Empower Talents, Embrace Technology, Recover Tourism, when Indonesia takes over chairmanship of ASEAN Tourism in 2022-2023.
Sandiaga Uno, minister...
TUI ready to bring back Germans, but with conditions
One of South-east Asia's biggest European buyers, TUI Group, says the region’s recovery depends not only on the easing of entry rules and availability...
Global tourism grows 4% in 2021 but remains far below pre-Covid...
While global tourism experienced a four per cent upturn in 2021 compared to 2020 (415 million versus 400 million), international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors)...
Industry players urge coordinated border controls
Tourism stakeholders reiterated the urgent need for a coordinated approach to cross-border travel in order to support a stable travel and tourism recovery.
Speaking at...
Philippines lays groundwork for the return of South Koreans
South Koreans, the perennial biggest inbound market of the Philippines, are interested to travel again to the destination, as gleaned from results of a...
