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75% travellers look for sustainable credentials when booking holidays

75% travellers look for sustainable credentials when booking holidays

Daily day, 15 August, 2019

A survey of 500 UK consumers revealed that over three-quarters of travellers took the time to consider their environmental impact as well as the implications their trip will have on local...
Asia tourism: Dream about quality travel

Asia tourism: Dream about quality travel

Daily day, 13 August, 2019

Quality tourism is a term that has been bandied about by Southeast Asian destinations. It’s high time they stop and give real thought to it. The problem with destinations that profess...
The Tourism Authority of Thailand launches Give Me 5 campaign

The Tourism Authority of Thailand launches Give Me 5 campaign

Daily day, 09 August, 2019

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a new shopping campaign, ‘Give Me 5’, to entice an additional 200,000 visitors from India and six ASEAN countries during the off-peak...
Khao San Road: This famous backpacker street is getting a facelift

Khao San Road: This famous backpacker street is getting a facelift

Daily day, 07 August, 2019

Thailand’s most famous party street – and the world’s most famous backpacker street – is about to get a facelift.For backpackers travelling through Southeast Asia, meandering through Khao San Road...
Vietnam dreams of sleepless nightlife

Vietnam dreams of sleepless nightlife

Daily day, 05 August, 2019

The itinerary for a tourist visiting Hanoi typically includes some sightseeing for Instagram photos and trying out a bowl of ‘pho’ or a ‘banh mi’, possibly with a cup of...
TripAdvisor introduces new sponsored content experience

TripAdvisor introduces new sponsored content experience

Daily day, 01 August, 2019

TripAdvisor has announced a new sponsorship opportunity exclusively for tourism organisations intent on driving increased engagement of their content within the newly revamped destination search pages on TripAdvisor. The new...
Australian tourists are top spenders in Vietnam

Australian tourists are top spenders in Vietnam

Daily day, 30 July, 2019

Australian travelers were the biggest spenders in Vietnam last year, followed by Russians and Americans, a new report says. Each Australian tourist spent VND36.6 million ($1,570) while traveling in Vietnam last...
APAC visitor forecasts 2019-2023: Vietnam leads the charge

APAC visitor forecasts 2019-2023: Vietnam leads the charge

Daily day, 25 July, 2019

Vietnam is predicted to lead Asia Pacific destinations in terms of its average annual growth rate over the next five years, according to the Asia Pacific Visitor Forecasts 2019-2023 by...
Foreign airlines open more routes to Vietnam

Foreign airlines open more routes to Vietnam

Daily day, 23 July, 2019

More foreign air carriers have opened new direct air routes in the growing aviation sector in Vietnam. Joining the market in 2008, Turkish Airlines officially opened its representative office in Hanoi...
Asia Is the Fastest Growing Region for Events

Asia Is the Fastest Growing Region for Events

Daily day, 19 July, 2019

Some of the bigger destinations on the list are obvious, but there is a lot of movement among smaller, less high-profile cities. In many ways, this movement comes down to...
Asians make up majority of foreign arrivals in Vietnam

Asians make up majority of foreign arrivals in Vietnam

Daily day, 17 July, 2019

Asia remained the largest source market for Vietnam’s tourism sector in the first half of 2019, making up 77.43% of total international arrivals in the country. Asia not only generated large...
Hoi An’s global popularity peaks in new listing

Hoi An’s global popularity peaks in new listing

Daily day, 15 July, 2019

The ancient town of Hoi An has topped this year’s tourism hotspot listing by New York-based Travel + Leisure. The 400-year-old town in central Vietnam has leaped from the 8th position...