Tag: tourism

Mr Eddy Lan, an assistant vice president at Hsi Hung Travel Service Co, said that tour bookings have increased by 20 per cent. His agency, along with others in the ...

DEMAND SOARING In Japan, tourists will find a country that is still adhering to many of the health guidelines that helped it to keep pandemic deaths to around 45,500, lower ...

ATTRACTIONS, AIRLINES LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING TOURISTS Abe employs about 50 people and resorted to layoffs after the pandemic struck in 2020. Some Akihabara shops have closed down since then, ...

TOKYO: As Japan throws open its doors to visitors this week after more than two years of pandemic isolation, hopes for a tourism boom face tough headwinds amid shuttered shops ...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong has sought the help of Australian former rugby star Nick "Honey Badger" Cummins to lure visitors back - albeit it using footage filmed before the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Still, it is interesting that no other country seems to have inspired the same level of eagerness. From vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs) to mostly European destinations earlier in the pandemic, ...

KATHMANDU: Twenty-three foreign visitors landed in Bhutan on Friday (Sep 23), the first to arrive as the Himalayan kingdom reopened its borders after more than two years following the COVID-19 ...

TOKYO: Japan's government is considering allowing hotels to refuse entry to guests who do not wear masks and follow other measures to control infection during an outbreak, Fuji News Network ...

BANGKOK: Asian tourists are only expected to resume international travel at pre-pandemic levels gradually, by 2024, the new chief executive of online travel agency Agoda said late on Monday (Sep ...

WEAK YEN AN IMPETUS More pressingly, the weak yen is also providing impetus, with the currency still trading close to a 24-year low against the greenback. With inflation relatively benign, ...