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The industry has been harder than in 2016 when authorities started clamping down on so-called “zero-dollar tours” PATTAYA – Hoteliers in Pattaya are urging the government to step in and help following a 60% slump in

The Deputy Director of the Phuket Tourism Authority of Thailand, Montri Manator, says, “Numbers of Chinese tourists visiting Phuket in tour groups have been continuing to decrease after the Phoenix sinking on July 5 this

Turkish airport operator TAV has launched payment options through Alipay, China’s most widely used payment method, at private passenger lounges in Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Zurich airports. TAV Operation Services, a subsidiary of TAV Airports Holding,

Tourists from mainland China are set to overtake Americans to become the biggest group of international travellers, according to a study by Euromonitor International. The number of Chinese people taking trips abroad will more than

The first Chinese traveler to arrive at Minsk National Airport in Belarus under the new visa-free agreement receives flowers from an airport employee. China and Belarus implemented visa-free policies for their respective citizens on Aug

Overnight stays by Japanese tourists in Lapland (Arctic Finland) have declined every month since the end of last year, according to Statistics Finland figures. Santa Claus park in Rovaniemi. Photo: Thomas Nilsen However, at the

A field of pink, cloud-like muhly grass flowers in a park in eastern China had to be cut down on Sunday after it was trampled by selfie-seeking tourists, it was reported. The flowers of pink

THE government will look at ways to reduce the cost of visa for Chinese tourists, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “The issuance of these visas are done by China and there is a shortfall in

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) — The number of Chinese tourists to Cambodia during the first eight months of 2018 had exceeded the full-year 2017’s record, said a Cambodian Tourism Ministry’s report released on Monday.