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New tourism chief Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is looking into Montano’s ‘Buhay Carinderia’ project.

New PH tourism chief Puyat shakes up DOTNewly appointed Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is shaking things up at the Department of Tourism (DOT).

Singapore tourism chief Lionel Yeo steps down after six years

Singapore tourism chief Lionel Yeo steps down after six yearsAfter two three-year terms helming the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), Lionel Yeo will be stepping down on May 31.

The winning team from Legoland Hotel.

Celebrating the stars of Malaysia’s hotel industryTwo prestigious awards were handed out at the MAH Hotel Employee & Management Awards 2018 held at One World Hotel in Kuala...

Boom, boom: Asia Pacific arrivals continue to soar

Boom, boom: Asia Pacific arrivals continue to soarAsia Pacific has set a new record for foreign arrivals – with a cumulative count of 636 million foreign arrivals into the...

Philippines gets a new tourism chiefThe Philippines has a new tourism head: Bernadette Romulo-Puyat was appointed secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT) a...

Boracay casino developer bars government exec from premises

Boracay casino developer bars government exec from premisesThe ongoing controversy over the closure of Boracay island just got more contentious after the developer of a 23-hectare,...

Sanya city in Hainan province, China

Visa-free access to ‘China’s Hawaii' expandedVisitors from 59 countries have been granted visa-free entry to Hainan island in an unprecedented move by the Chinese...

Lionel Yeo, STB’s chief executive, speaking at the Tourism Industry Conference 2018.

Singapore ‘competes from a position of strength’, says tourism chiefAmid key disruptions in the global tourism industry, Singapore tourism saw a record year-on-year growth in 2017 in terms of...

The relaxed visa policy for five European countries has raised visitor arrivals to Vietnam

Visa waiver rollout lifts arrivals to VietnamNearly 13 million foreign visitors visited Vietnam in 2017, representing an increase of almost 30%. Experts say that this comes...

UNICEF is concerned about the growth of residential care centres in Cambodia

Australia moves to crackdown on voluntourismThe Australian Consulate-General in Bali has met with NGOs and local volunteer groups to launch the Australian Government’s...