Japan to ease visa rules for more ASEAN countries
After relaxing visa rules for tourists from Thailand and Malaysia, Japan plans to also ease visa requirements for Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos by the end of 2013 as part of efforts to boost tourism in...
View ArticleThailand expects 4m Chinese tourists in 2013
More than four million Chinese tourists will likely visit Thailand for the whole year since a total of 3.2 million have already visited the kingdom in the first eight months of this year, according to...
View ArticleThailand to expand Don Mueang airport
Bangkok’s old airport Don Mueang may be expanded and reopened as a full service airport to rival Suvarnabhumi by 2015, Airports of Thailand (AoT) vice chairman Pongsak Semson said, according to a...
View ArticleTourist arrivals in Thailand jump 23%
International tourist arrivals in Thailand between January and September 2013 increased 23 per cent over the same period of 2012, Thailand’s Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports, Suwat Sidthilaw,...
View ArticleMyanmar expects 2 million tourists in 2013
Myanmar is expecting to receive two million foreign tourists to the country by the end of 2013, according to Vice President Sai Mauk Kham. There has already been a sharp rise in the number of tourists...
View ArticlePhilippine tourist arrivals target ‘a hard task’
The Philippines will have a tough time getting 10 million tourists each year by 2016 amid bad roads and unexpected setbacks, industry officials said on October 22 according to a report in the Inquirer....
View ArticleThailand tourism arrivals grew 22% this year
Despite political instability, plans for introducing an entry fee and higher airport taxes, as well as security issues at popular holiday spots, tourism arrivals to Thailand have surged from January to...
View ArticleMore tourists, less spending in Singapore
More tourists visited Singapore in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, but they spent less, the Straits Times reported. According to the Singapore Tourism Board’s (STB)...
View ArticleThai tourism starts to feel impact from riots
Street protests in Bangkok over the past weeks and a still tense situation on who will rule the country in the future have finally taken their toll on the tourism industry. According to official...
View ArticleIndonesia eyes 8.6 million tourists in 2013
With a growth of 8.36 per cent in international tourist arrivals to Indonesia in the first 10 months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, the government in Jakarta is confident that the 2013...
View ArticleMalaysia eyes 2 million Chinese tourists in 2014
Malaysia is expected to attract two million Chinese tourist arrivals in 2014 as a result of the Visit Malaysia Year 2014 promotion. From January to September 2013, Malaysia managed to attract 1.45...
View ArticleInterview – Philippines Tourism Board
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View ArticleThailand reports 26.7 million tourists for 2013
With anti-government rallies in Thailand going on since November 2013, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) had at least the satisfaction to claim record numbers of tourist arrivals for the last...
View ArticleNumber of hotels in Myanmar increasing
The number of star-rated hotels, motels and guesthouses in Myanmar has reached 923 by the end of 2013, with more than 300 guesthouses in operation, according to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. The...
View ArticlePhilippines welcomed 4.68m foreigners in 2013
Nearly 4.7 million foreigners visited the Philippines in 2013, according to a statement by the country’s Department of Tourism (DOT) on February 13. The DOT said foreign visitor arrivals jumped 9.56...
View ArticleTourism numbers in Laos up 13% in 2013
Laos’ Ministry of Tourism and Sports’ Tourism Development Department reported last week that international arrivals to the country had soared 13 per cent to close 3.7 million visits in 2013. The...
View ArticleLaos expects tourism boom
About 3.9 million foreign tourists are expected to arrive in Laos in 2014 according to new forecasts and modeling, an official in the sector has announced. The new forecast comes after some 3.7 million...
View ArticleThis should be the ‘Visit Malaysia Year 2014’
The unfolding tragedy of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is likely to have an impact on tourism numbers in Malaysia this year, although the effects are being downplayed by the country’s tourism...
View ArticleThai tourism numbers could drop by 10%
The Tourism Authority of Thailand said on March 31 that international tourism arrivals could drop by 10 per cent in the first half of 2014 if the political problems in the country are not solved by...
View ArticleMyanmar: E-visa for tourists available from today
Myanmar’s immigration authorities on Monday, September 1 formally introduced online electronic e-visas for all foreign tourists in a bid to boost tourist arrivals in the country. The formal launch of...
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