Travel

Some 20,000 protesters hit the streets of Palma in Mallorca Sunday for a mass demonstration against overtourism, demanding changes to a touristic model they say is harming the Spanish Mediterranean island. Under the slogan “Let’s change course and set limits on tourism”, the demonstrators formed a sea of brightly-colored flags …

The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival has helped establish Da Nang as one of Asia’s leading festival destinations. The festival (DIFF 2024) took place from June 8 to July 13, featuring teams from France, Germany, Italy, the U.S., Poland, China, Finland, and Vietnam. The grand finale was a visual feast, …

Travelers stood in long queues at Singapore’s Changi Airport on Friday as more than 10 airlines were affected by a major cyber outage that wrought havoc on global computer systems. “Due to a global outage affecting IT systems of many organizations, the check-in process for some airlines at Changi Airport …

Air passengers around the world faced delays, cancellations and problems checking in as airports and airlines were caught up in a massive IT outage that also affected industries ranging from banks to media companies. In Edinburgh, a Reuters witness said boarding pass scanners carried a “server offline message”, with the …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered the ministries of public security and foreign affairs to consider waiving visas for several countries to boost tourism recovery. At a meeting with heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad on Thursday, the PM asked agencies to research appropriate visa policies to make it convenient …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered the ministries of public security and foreign affairs to consider waiving visas for several countries to boost tourism recovery. At a meeting with heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad on Thursday, the PM asked agencies to research appropriate visa policies to make it convenient …

Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, plans to grant visa-free visits to 20 countries including Australia, China and India by October, its Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy said. “The process is almost complete, and the list of 20 destinations has been submitted. We are proposing visa-free entry for tourists from …

Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, plans to grant visa-free visits to 20 destinations including Australia, China and India by October, its Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy said. “The process is almost complete, and the list of 20 destinations has been submitted. We are proposing visa-free entry for tourists from …

Singapore has been named the safest city in the world for tourists by U.S. personal finances platform Forbes Advisor, followed by Japan’s Tokyo and Canada’s Toronto. In a study it measured 60 cities across seven metrics: health security, crime risk, infrastructure security, digital security, personal security, travel safety, and natural …

A 34-year-old suspect in the alleged killing and dismemberment of Chinese social media influencer Yan Ruimin in Thailand has been detained in Macau. His arrest was made on July 10 by Macau police when the man identified by his surname Ma was found defrauding a pawnshop with a counterfeit luxury …