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Foreign visitors to Thailand’s resort town of Ao Nang in Krabi will be able to extend their visas through a new mobile van service.

Krabi rolls out no-fuss visa extensionsA new mobile van service providing visa extensions for foreign tourists has been launched for visitors staying in Thailand’s...

Australia gets excited about the Year of the Dingo.

Australia welcomes ‘Year of the Dingo’Australia is counting on the dawn of the new Lunar Year to provide a significant windfall to the country’s visitor economy.

Thailand keen to protect places such as Phi Phi Island.

TAT: It’s not about full moon partygoers anymoreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand (IAI) has quashed reports that southern Thailand's Maya Beach will close for three months...

The world’s biggest party island drops by Bali in March.

Ibiza’s beats and bikinis heading for BaliMulia Bali is gearing up for the debut of Café Mambo, a weekly party featuring beats and bikinis.

Boracay hotels bracing for backlash from visitors

Boracay woes far from overThe Philippine government has served notices to 51 businesses on Boracay island for violating environmental laws. They are...

Chef Andre Chiang hs closed Restaurant ANDRE in Singapore after almost eight years since it first opened on October 10, 2010.

Restaurant ANDRE takes a final bow, but it’s not the end of the roadIt was a bittersweet farewell as we said goodbye to Restaurant ANDRE in Singapore on Valentine’s Day.

Hualien will be receiving a NT$55.5 million lift for tourism following the damages and losses of last week’s earthquake.

Hualien to get US$1.9-million relief after earthquakeTaiwan’s Tourism Bureau has announced a NT$55.5 million (US$1.90 million) support programme for Hualien County’s tourism...

M Social Singapore's facade.

Get personal with Singapore’s art sceneM Social Singapore will soon launch a new meeting ground for local creatives and artists to gather and share their crafts with...

Singapore’s tourism sector continued its ascent into record territory last year.

Chinese visitors top arrivals to SingaporeChina has overtaken Indonesia as the largest source of visitor arrivals to Singapore last year, with the country’s tourism...

Boracay accused of being an environmental disaster.

President Duterte threatens to shut down popular islandPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to close Boracay island if the popular destination’s environmental problems...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef responds to deaths of swimmers.

New safety code for Great Barrier ReefA new safety code for Australia's Great Barrier Reef will require visitors to wear life vests if they are deemed to be...

Phi Phi Island may restrict tourist numbers

Thailand mulls restrictions on island tourismThailand is considering a move to restrict the number of the tourists visiting the country’s national marine parks.

Ring of Fire quakes not linked, say experts

Ring of Fire quakes not linked, say expertsA series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in recent weeks in the geological disaster zone known as the Ring of Fire are...

Bustling Lunar New Year: TAT expects to welcome 300,000 visitors from China over the holidays.

Thailand to ring in 300,000 visitors over CNYThe Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is expecting some 300,000 visitors from China during the Lunar New Year holidays, a...

A deadly magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, affecting Hualien county.

Taiwan reeling after deadly earthquakeFour people were killed and at least 225 more including tourists were wounded in a magnitude-6.4 earthquake that struck near...

Chris Hemsworth and Danny McBride starred in Tourism Australia's Super Bowl ad.

Super Bowl ad kicks off major Tourism Australia campaignA star-studded Crocodile Dundee-themed commercial that aired during the Super Bowl marked the launch of Tourism Australia's $27...

Sanya will be welcoming an Atlantis resort and a 900km tourist road encircling the island. The city is also investing 839.3 billion yuan in tourism development over the next five years.

Sanya’s tourism development goes globalHainan province’s Sanya, often known as “China’s Hawaii”, will be ringing in key international shows and attractions, and a new...

Hundreds of tourists have been left stranded in Haast, located on the west coast of New Zealand

Storm leaves tourists stranded in New ZealandHundreds of tourists in New Zealand were left stranded on Friday after a storm battered the country, leaving damaged roads,...

Datuk Seri Mirza Mohammad Taiyab (left), director general of Tourism Malaysia and Syed Yahya Syed Othman (right), director of international promotion (Southeast Asia), Tourism Malaysia, during Malaysia Media Briefing in ATF 2018.

Tourism Malaysia: More work to be doneWhile ASEAN has turned in a record year for tourism as it turned 50 last year, Malaysia has struggled to perform similarly...

Officials angered by pool party near Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap.

Backpackers’ wild Cambodia party ends in arrestsTen foreigners charged with producing saucy photos during a party near Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat temple complex have denied...