Tourism

Thailand’s indebted national airline Thai Airways International suffered another net loss of 3.24 billion baht ($94 million) on revenue of 11.18 billion baht ($342...

With a recent relaxing of entry rules, most of Southeast Asia is reacting to the easing Covid-19 pandemic and reopening for travel, with airlines...

Indonesia is seeing a new addition to its commercial air travel industry with the expansion of Pelita Air into scheduled routes to domestic destinations. Pelita...

Tourism in the Asia-Pacific region will take longer to recover from the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the newly released “Travel-ready index 2022”...

The Cambodian government is considering the development of high-speed railways to improve the country’s rail infrastructure, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech...

The Covid-19 pandemic – or, as some say, rather government-imposed restrictions in response to it – has increased poverty and dealt a blow to...

Travel industry experts fear that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could become a major road bump for the fragile recovery of tourism-dependent economies in Southeast...

US fast food restaurant chain A&W, known for its signature waffle burgers, “aroma” fried chicken and draft root beer, is closing its doors in...

A whopping 63 per cent of hotels in Thailand still recorded losses in February 2022, a result of ongoing restrictions after two years of...

Phnom Penh-based hotel, gaming and leisure company NagaCorp, the operator of Cambodia’s largest hotel and gaming resort NagaWorld, said it would halt its $350-million...

Manufacturing activity in and tourism bookings to Southeast Asia both improved since the beginning of the year, two separate sets of data show. Thailand’s manufacturing...

The new high-speed railway line that connects Laos’ capital Vientiane with the country’s northern border to China and from there leads to Kunming, the...

Malaysia’s low-cost airline group AirAsia announced on February 16 that it plans to offer budget ride-sharing for vertical take-off and landing helicopters on selected...

Total receipts from tourism in all of Thailand’s 77 provinces slipped to another historic low in 2021, declining by 69.6 per cent to 241.4...

Indonesia has plans to open no less than 4,000 restaurants abroad to promote its food heritage and culinary culture, the country’s minister of tourism...

Southeast Asia is entering a recovery phase from the Covid-19 pandemic, mainly helped by improving exports as the global economy is gradually strengthening, the...

Thailand’s health ministry as part of accelerated plans to legalise cannabis for recreational use in the country is contemplating the setup of a so-called...

The Malaysian civil aviation commission has approved and licensed another new domestic airline startup despite the industry is still reeling from the impact of...