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The area is famous for its beautiful landscape, including its globally rare rhyolitic volcanic hexagonal rock columns. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong environmental issues

Improve transport services at Hong Kong geopark to support tourism: lawmakers

Call to action from lawmakers follows minister brushing aside similar suggestions and stressing importance of conservation over development.

Asia travel

5 things to do in White Lotus country in northern Koh Samui, Thailand

Japan

Japan’s Kyoto offers natural disaster survival tips for foreign visitors

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Aviation accidents

6 dead, including family of Spanish tourists, in New York helicopter crash

The sightseeing aircraft broke apart in mid-air before falling into the Hudson River, with three children among the victims.

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River near lower Manhattan in New York on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Travel Destinations

One of the best train routes in the US offers spectacular scenery

Travel from Seattle to New York for five days on Amtrak’s sleeper trains and witness breathtaking scenery from mountains to the Wild West.

Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Sustainable approach to ecotourism in Hong Kong can be of great benefit to all

In the largest land disposal of its kind in recent years, three Hong Kong sites with tourism potential have been set aside for commercial investment.

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US-China relations

China issues warnings about US travel to its citizens, urging ‘caution’

Tourism ministry advises travellers to ‘assess risks’ while education ministry tells students to ‘conduct risk safety assessments’.

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Beijing’s warnings came shortly after mainland officials announced additional 50 per cent tariffs on all American imports in response to US President Donald Trump’s latest duties. Photo: Shutterstock
Asia travel

Expo 2025 side trip: the Japanese island where onions reign supreme

Overlooking Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, Awaji Island’s soil, rich in volcanic and oceanic minerals, produces exquisite produce – including onions.

Britain

Universal theme park coming to the UK; will rival Disneyland Paris

UK fans of Harry Potter, Shrek and the Minions are in for a treat. Universal’s first European theme park will be built north of London.

Asia travel

In 1994 Vietnam landmines, Viet Cong and the kindness of strangers

Vietnam in 1994 was a place of adventure and the occasional hazard, and one where the people were generous, honest and proud.

Everywhere we went people wanted to talk to us. A road stop on the way to Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1994. Photo: Simon O’Reilly
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong cannot afford another own goal

With five top teams on their way to Hong Kong for a ‘festival of football’, fans must manage their expectations following the Messi farce.

Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi (centre, in pink) and teammates sit on the substitute bench during a friendly match in February 2024. Messi had to sit the game out due to an injury, disappointing many of Hong Kong’s football fans. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong tram fares to rise from May 12 with adults paying 10% more

Hong Kong Tramways is also set to launch a mobile app providing real-time arrival data this quarter.

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Indonesia

Rats and rubbish mar Indonesia’s vision of a futuristic new capital

Indonesia’s US$32 billion dream of a green new capital at Nusantara is facing an early challenge: a surge in rats fuelled by tourist trash.

Japan

Japanese bar district gets bilingual wristbands to gauge revellers’ mood

Six colour-coded wristbands help drinkers start or avoid conversations in Noge, a neighbourhood in Yokohama dotted with bars and pubs.

Tonight’s Wristband declares what sort of mood the drinker is in. Photo: Instagram/SeeYouInNoge
Marathons

Video | North Korea’s first Pyongyang marathon in 6 years

Around 200 foreign athletes took part in the race, one of several events held to celebrate the April 15 birthday of North Korea’s founder Kim Il-sung

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Asia travel

In Philippines, illegal fishermen turn ecotourism operators

Siargao islanders who used to catch fish illegally and cut down mangroves now replant the trees and run ecotours to the community’s benefit.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s office segment to see faster turnaround than retail: Morgan Stanley

‘We think the Hong Kong office market is not structurally impaired,’ Morgan Stanley’s Praveen Choudhary says.

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Asia travel

Innovation, tech and Japanese tradition to meet at Osaka Expo 2025

The event will be held on an artificial island in Osaka Bay that has been developed to welcome some 28 million visitors.

An aerial view of Expo 2025’s Grand Ring, on an artificial island in Osaka. Photo: Kyodo
From our archives

When Hong Kong’s Ocean Park Dragon roller-coaster ran out of puff

The promise of thrills in the revamped park hit snags as power failures left riders stranded, prompting government scrutiny.

Asia travel

China’s salt capital was built on the white gold, as was its cuisine

The spiciest city in spicy Sichuan, Zigong was once home to an empire of salt and has a history of high- and low-end cuisine, starting with ‘Toilet Rabbit’.

Japan

Walk this way: Tokyo’s Ginza to get New York-like ‘High Line’ makeover

To promote a walkable city, Tokyo is converting a clogged motorway into a green pedestrian space, inspired by New York’s High Line.

People enjoying the pedestrian-friendly space during Ginza Sky Walk 2024. Photo: Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Asia travel

Mekong cruise: a passage through history both ancient and modern

A journey along the Mekong River aboard AmaDara, from Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City, comes complete with reminders of the past both distant and recent.

Aerial view of sunset over the Mekong river in My Tho, Vietnam. Photo: Shutterstock
South Korea

Jeju unsettled by rise in crime as Chinese tourists return in droves

Official data shows Chinese visitors accounted for 66 per cent of foreign crimes between 2019 and 2023 67 per cent in 2023 alone.

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India

US tourist arrested after visit to forbidden Indian tribal island

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov tried to make contact with the isolated Sentinelese tribe and left offerings on the island.

China travel

Chinese tourists plan stops to smell the cherry blossoms on holiday weekend

Ching Ming Festival trip bookings were up this year compared to last, travel platforms said, with particular interest in ‘flower tourism’.

Chinese tourists are expected to take advantage of the Ching Ming Festival break to visit sites where cherry blossoms are in bloom. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy

Xia Baolong ‘concerned’ with Hong Kong’s tourism, as minister vows to do more

Rosanna Law pledges to make the most of local resources in response to call from Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs for new offerings.

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Hong Kong tourism chief Rosanna Law (front row, third left) met Xia Baolong (front row, centre) in Beijing. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Then & Now | A perennial Hong Kong pleasure? A springtime picnic in the great outdoors

It’s picnic time and, luckily for us, one thing Hong Kong has done right is provide barbecue facilities at scenic spots for that perfect day out.

Travel Destinations

Fancy getting hands-on conserving African rhinos and elephants?

In drought-stricken Namibia, where conservation groups are fighting to preserve endangered species, paying tourists can join ranger patrols.

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