Thai govt orders launch of new tourism campaign to revive sector as spike in COVID-19 cases scupper recovery In this file photo taken on March 12, 2021, traditional Thai dancers wearing protective face shields against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus perform at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok. (MLADEN ANTONOV / AFP) Thailand’s tourism industry […]
Visitors walk in Manger Square on Christmas eve outside the Church of the Nativity, revered as the site of Jesus Christ's birth, in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the Israeli occupied West Bank on Dec 24, 2021. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) BETHLEHEM – Palestinian tourists and pilgrims on Friday gathered at the square near […]
A customer waits for her order from a street food vendor on Khaosan Road in Bangkok, Thailand, Mar 12, 2021. (NICOLAS AXELROD / BLOOMBERG) BANGKOK – Hundreds of vaccinated foreign tourists are scheduled to arrive in Bangkok on Monday, the first wave of visitors to Thailand in 18 months who will not have to undergo […]
Editor's Note: Thanks to China's rapid economic development and rising individual incomes, Chinese tourists have been traveling across the globe and contributing to the local economies. But before the pandemic-induced international restrictions are lifted, some foreign destinations would do better to improve their services, writes a veteran journalist with China Daily in the third of […]
Eyes on Thailand as quarantine set aside, but key Chinese market on hold A group of tourists talks to reporters after their swab test for COVID-19 at the Phuket International Airport in Phuket, Thailand, July 1, 2021. (SAKCHAI LALIT / AP) Thailand's move to welcome vaccinated international tourists for quarantine-free stays may set a model […]
Tourists visit the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, on June 16, 2021, as it reopens to visitors after Indian authorities eased COVID-19 restrictions. (MONEY SHARMA / AFP) BENGALURU – India’s iconic Taj Mahal reopened to the public on Wednesday as the country, still reeling from a disastrous second wave of the pandemic, rushes to lift […]
2021-04-17 HKT 00:39″ title=”Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman top-scored for the tourists with 60 off 34 balls. Photo: AP”> Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman top-scored for the tourists with 60 off 34 balls. Photo: AP Pakistan beat South Africa by three wickets with one ball to spare in the fourth and final Twenty20 international South Africa at SuperSport Park […]