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Direct flights from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan boost tourist arrivals The tourism industry is “booming” in British Columbia, according to provincial government data that showed increases in visits from several different countries with the

Young Chinese woman hit by assailant’s car but injuries not life-threatening A young Chinese woman was one of the more than 40 people ­wounded in the deadly terrorist attack in London, on Wednesday, Europe-based Chinese

ZIMBABWE’s high-profile campaign to market the country’s attractions to China appears to have failed to yield results, as the number of tourists from that country remains low compared to other source markets, according to the

Close bilateral relations, nostalgia for shared history contribute: experts The number of Chinese “red tourists” who visit Russia to retrace a shared communist history has been soaring in recent years, contributing to the wave of

SEOUL — South Korea’s Jeju Island is turning to planet-friendly pursuits to power its economy and reduce its reliance on fickle tourists and agriculture. The shift in focus comes as the number of Chinese visitors

They are now the biggest group of foreign travelers in the Russian Arctic region, almost twice as many as the ones from neighboring Nordic states.   It has become a regular sight in downtown Murmansk;

China is attempting to prevent the theft of toilet paper in one of its busiest public lavatories by installing facial-recognition cameras. People using the lavatory in Tiantan Park in Beijing – one of the city’s main tourist

BEIJING: The Chinese embassy in Indonesia has accused local customs officials of targeting Chinese tourists and demanding they give them illicit “tips” at border controls. The embassy published a post on its website advising Chinese

SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – In the last few months, many parts of Myeongdong have been engulfed in an eerie atmosphere. At the height of the tourism boom, the district was filled with

The number of Chinese visitors to South Korea has declined sharply this month compared with a year earlier, after Beijing imposed a group tour ban to protest Seoul’s deployment of an advanced US anti-missile battery,