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Discussions for a single visa covering five cities in the Mekong region have been revived.

One visa to rule the Mekong regionGovernment and private agencies in Thailand have stepped up discussions for a single visa among four countries in the Mekong...

The paint job that left a lot of people scratching their heads.

Cathay makes fun of paint shop blooperIf you’re going to make a big blooper, own up quickly before social media has time to react.

Airline sacks stewardess after inflight proposal

Airline sacks stewardess after inflight proposalA China Eastern Airlines flight attendant has lost her job after her boyfriend proposed to her mid-flight.

Uber will warn badly behaved passengers before banning them.

Better behave, mate, or Uber will blacklist youUber is to block customers in Australia and New Zealand from its ride service if they do not behave.

Keith Tan Kean Loong will take up STB role in late October.

STB names its new chiefSingapore Tourism Board has appointed Keith Tan Kean Loong as its new chief executive, replacing Lionel Yeo, who stepped down...

Kajorndet Apichartrakul, director, Singapore and the Philippines, Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Thanks a million, Singapore!Singaporeans have a healthy love affair with Thailand — and it shows. According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT),...

The majestic Danxia landform in Zhangye, with a built-in footpath that allows tourists to walk on. The offending tourists entered the forbidden areas by leaping over these fences.

Chinese tourists destroy 200,000-year-old landformZhangye in the Gansu province of China is home to an ancient land formation that dates back 200,000 years — and that’s just the...

The long road from Vladivostok to Greece.

OTA pays up for booking man into wrong hotel – 11,370 kilometres awayA Chinese tourist was dumbfounded when an online travel agency booked him into a hotel thousands of kilometres from his...

Mingkwan Metmowlee, the new president of FATA, and Datuk Hamzah Rahmat, the new FATA executive director.

FATA appoints new president and executive directorThe Federation of ASEAN Travel Association (FATA) held their Extraordinary General Meeting and Board meeting last week, and a...

Tourism Malaysia vows to change ‘hideous’ logoWhen Tourism Malaysia released the new “Visit Malaysia 2020” logo back in January, it was met with mockery and disdain from the...