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Malaysia, Indonesia get strict on booze
Southeast Asia’s Muslim-majority nations Malaysia and Indonesia are getting stricter on the sale and consumption of alcohol...
Students in Bali can pay tuition fees with coconuts amid pandemic
A hospitality college in Bali, Indonesia, has begun accepting coconuts as tuition payment as it acknowledged that...
Despite spike in virus cases, Philippines reopens tourism hotspots
Boracay reopend for local tourists
Just days before the Philippines reported a new spike in Covid-19 infections, the...
Cambodia reopens some casinos after Covid-19 shutdown
The NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh is back in business © Arno Maierbrugger
Cambodia is reopening some of...
About a third of Thai tourism operators out of business
One of Bangkok's main landmarks, Wat Arun, got no visitors for months
An almost complete collapse of tourism...
Vietnam opens world’s first gold-plated hotel with borders still closed for tourists
Crisis? What crisis? As the Covid-19 pandemic still bites in many parts of the globe, Vietnam made...
Malaysia’s popular expat programme in limbo
Days for Malaysia’s popular expat retirement programme “Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H)” could be numbered due to...
More than 70,000 Filipinos lost jobs abroad so far amid virus crisis
The Philippine government expects more than 70,000 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) to have lost their job so...
Indonesia budget hotel startup surrenders to virus crisis
Airy Rooms, a budget hotel startup in Indonesia, announced it will permanently cease its operations by the...
Mass unemployment in Thai tourism sector looming
The United Nation (UN)’s International Labour Organisation in a recent assessment is painting a bleak picture for...
Some Malaysian hotels to close permanently as result of the virus crisis
A number of hotels in Malaysia are poised to shut down their operations permanently and some others...
Indonesia to lose $10 billion in tourism revenue – Bali hit hardest
Deserted beach in Bali
Indonesia will be facing more than $10 billion in wiped-out tourism revenue as recreational...
Malaysia’s tycoons just got a little bit poorer
From left: Robert Kuok, Quek Leng Chan, Teh Hong Piow and Ananda Krishnan
The wealth of Malaysia’s richest business tycoons...
Myanmar tops list of fastest-growing travel destinations
The ancient Buddhist temples in Bagan are among Myanmar's top attractions © Arno Maierbrugger
Myanmar scored highest in...
Myanmar’s tourism arrivals through Yangon grew 15% last year
Myanmar is the next country after Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines reporting significant growth in the number...
Tourism arrivals in Vietnam reach record high
The famous red bridge at Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam © Arno Maierbrugger
Vietnam welcomed a record...
Tourist arrivals in Laos rose 9%, helped by Chinese
Colonial heritage in Luang Prabang. one of the most popular tourism destinations in Laos © Arno Maierbrugger
Laos...
Tourism arrivals in the Philippines reach record high
The clean-up and reopening of Boracay island contributed to the surge in visitors this year © Arno Maierbrugger
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