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Foreign arrivals to Vietnam up 12 pct in August
Vietnam is expected to welcome 664, 985 person-times of international visitors in August, up 12 percent compared to July and up 7.5 percent year-on-year, said the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on 26 August. Keep reading ...
Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam work together on tourism
Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam are conducting ongoing discussions on the creation of a Southern Tourism Corridor, which would promote tour packages across the southern provinces of the three countries, giving a boost to tourism across the region. Keep reading ...
Chinese tourists head to Thailand despite bombing fears
Busloads of visitors from China flocked to Bangkok’s glittering Grand Palace on 21 August but, days after a bomb at another of the city’s popular attractions killed five Chinese tourists, Thailand’s biggest spending holidaymakers are rattled. The attack on a Hindu shrine, particularly popular with Chinese devotees, did ...
Tourism an immediate casualty
Business leaders believe the explosion at the Ratchaprasong intersection will hurt tourism but expect the overall negative effect on the economy will be more psychological and short term. Supant Mongkolsuthree, chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries, said tourism would be the sector hit hardest by the horrific ...
Johanna Powell: Laos river death inquest to 'take three months'
An inquest into the death of a Cardiff woman on holiday in south-east Asia should be completed within three months, a pre-inquest review has heard. BBC Wales picture editor Johanna Powell, 37, died in Laos on 11 April. Keep reading ...
23 nations issue Thailand travel advisories
Twenty-three countries by 18 August had issued travel advisories in the wake of the 17 August Erawan shrine bombing, with most advising caution rather than avoiding travel to Thailand. Keep reading ...
Thai baht at six-year low, tourism shares fall after bombing
Thailand’s baht currency slumped to a more than six-year low on 18 August and shares fell in Bangkok over concerns an unprecedented attack in the capital could hit the vital tourism sector. At least 21 people were killed and over 120 wounded when a bomb ripped through ...
Phu Quoc forests, farm lands may have to give way for casino, resort
Authorities in the southern province of Kien Giang are seeking the government’s permission to allocate more than 2,000 hectares of farm and forest land in Phu Quoc for tourism projects. Keep reading ...
Vietnam's customs sector urged to further cut procedure time
Vietnam’s customs sector should build on the positive outcomes in the past two years and further reduce procedure processing time, an official told a workshop in Hanoi on 11 August, adding that a one-day reduction in customs clearance time in cross-border trade could save the economy ...
Thai trips expected to rise as visa-free deal with Myanmar comes into effect
Visa-free travel to Thailand for Myanmar passport-holders has come into effect, sparking a spike in visitor numbers, travel agents say. Following an agreement reached last month, Myanmar passport holders can now visit Bangkok or Phuket for a two-week trip without queuing for a visa at the Thai ...
