TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN ASIA AND PACIFIC ARE OPENING THEIR BORDERS

Gary Diskin -
Gradually more and more tourist destinations in Asia announced opening their borders to international visitors. Various restrictions however are still in effect. ...

CHINESE TOURISTS ARE FINALLY ALLOWED TO TRAVEL. WILL THEY REALLY?

Denise Chen -
Chinese tourists are the most likely to go out of their country and they are also the ones who spend the most. In 2019 - the last year before Covid-19 - 155 million Chinese went on holiday abroad. The ...

FLIGHT RUSH IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Justin N. Froyd -
Southeast Asia is becoming a new hub for aviation, with billions of euros invested in larger airports to accommodate the expected increase in passenger numbers. Despite concerns related to geopolitics ...

CHINESE TOURISTS REGAINED THE LEADING POSITION IN VISITING RUSSIA

Andrea Hausold -
According to the border service of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the number of foreign tourists visiting Russia has tripled from January to September 2023 in comparison to the previous year. ...

CHINA-LAOS RAILWAY TOURISM HELPS LAOS REVIVE THE ECONOMY

Pat Hyland -
Laos shows signs of economic improvement as its projected growth rate is expected to reach 4% in 2023, 1.7 percentage points higher than in 2022. It is also expected to return to pre-pandemic levels. ...