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Laos misses out on its five-million tourists target this year
Laos will close its “Visit Laos Year 2018” promotion well short of the five million tourist arrivals target, the Vientiane Times quoted officials.
According to...
Thailand’s tourism hit hard as Chinese visitor numbers drop almost 20%
Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and Sport has admitted that the number Chinese tourists to Thailand fell by 19.8 per cent in October compared to...
Laos quietly introduced new tourist tax on Oct. 1
The Lao government eventually without much fanfare introduced a tourist tax - which was in the planning since 2010 - on October 1, 2018....
Laos’ main airport got huge expansion despite weak visitor numbers
The international terminal of the airport serving the Laotian capital of Vientiane, Wattay International Airport, can now accommodate as many as 2.3 million foreign...
Tourism in Laos doesn’t come into gear
The government of Laos is set to revise its expectations for tourism arrivals this year after it has become unlikely that the country will...
Malaysia hopes for substantial tourist arrival hike up to 2020
Malaysia’s tourism promotion agency Tourism Malaysia says it was possible that the country could receive 36 million tourists by 2020, a growth of 39...
Tourism arrivals in Laos down by almost 10% this year
In a stark contrast to its regional peers, where tourism is booming, Laos was faced with a drop in tourism arrivals by 9.1 per...
Thailand sets $90-billion tourism revenue target
The Thai government has set a tourism revenue target of three trillion baht, a whopping $90 billion, for 2018 from domestic and international tourists,...
Laos seen on track to become upper-middle-income country by 2030
Laos will transform into a high-middle-income country from its current lower-middle-income position by 2030 and also leave behind its status as least developed country...
Increase in travelers to Vietnam entices hospitality investments
Vietnam saw a record number of international arrivals in 2016 with more than ten million visitors and a 25-per cent increase over the previous...
No more fun in the Philippines?
The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) confirmed it will do away with the catchy It's More Fun in the Philippines slogan and launch a...
Malaysia struggles to meet Chinese visitor target
Tourist arrivals from China in Malaysia fell by 6.5 per cent to 754,696 in the first five months of the year, with the missing...
Singapore Tourism video gets a comedic response (videos)
The latest promotion video of the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), that was aimed at young Filipino tourists to visit the city state, but backfired...
Cheesy Singapore tourism promotion video goes viral
The Singapore Tourism Board acknowledged that a promotional video that has drawn flak online for low production quality and a cheesy storyline "could...
Indonesia tourism fears Miss World closing
Heated debates on the Miss World beauty pageant slated to be held in September 2013 in Indonesia have caused concerns that the country might...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...