Tourism

The unfolding tragedy of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is likely to have an impact on tourism numbers in Malaysia this year, although the effects...

About 3.9 million foreign tourists are expected to arrive in Laos in 2014 according to new forecasts and modeling, an official in the sector...

Laos’ Ministry of Tourism and Sports’ Tourism Development Department reported last week that international arrivals to the country had soared 13 per cent to...

Nearly 4.7 million foreigners visited the Philippines in 2013, according to a statement by the country's Department of Tourism (DOT) on February 13. The...

The number of star-rated hotels, motels and guesthouses in Myanmar has reached 923 by the end of 2013, with more than 300 guesthouses in...

With anti-government rallies in Thailand going on since November 2013, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) had at least the satisfaction to claim record...

How the Philippines' top tourism official promotes his country

Malaysia is expected to attract two million Chinese tourist arrivals in 2014 as a result of the Visit Malaysia Year 2014 promotion. From January...

With a growth of 8.36 per cent in international tourist arrivals to Indonesia in the first 10 months of 2013 compared to the same...

Street protests in Bangkok over the past weeks and a still tense situation on who will rule the country in the future have finally...

More tourists visited Singapore in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, but they spent less, the Straits Times...

Despite political instability, plans for introducing an entry fee and higher airport taxes, as well as security issues at popular holiday spots, tourism arrivals...

The Philippines will have a tough time getting 10 million tourists each year by 2016 amid bad roads and unexpected setbacks, industry officials said...

Myanmar is expecting to receive two million foreign tourists to the country by the end of 2013, according to Vice President Sai Mauk Kham. There...

International tourist arrivals in Thailand between January and September 2013 increased 23 per cent over the same period of 2012, Thailand's Permanent Secretary for...

Bangkok's old airport Don Mueang may be expanded and reopened as a full service airport to rival Suvarnabhumi by 2015, Airports of Thailand (AoT)...

More than four million Chinese tourists will likely visit Thailand for the whole year since a total of 3.2 million have already visited the...

After relaxing visa rules for tourists from Thailand and Malaysia, Japan plans to also ease visa requirements for Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos by the...