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Japan's thriving corporate museums offer tourism appeal and learning experiences
Corporate museums, where companies showcase their products, values and histories, are taking on roles that extend well beyond public relations in Japan. With more than 1,000 such facilities believed to exist across the country, corporate museums…
Medical tourism drives foreign card spending in Korea
Medical tourism has emerged as the fastest-growing category of foreign visitor spending in Korea during the first half of the year, as overseas travelers increasingly combined health care with leisure activities, according to data released by BC…
Tourism price wars threaten to dim a rare bright spot in China's consumer spending
China's domestic tourism is underperforming expectations, as Hilton's China revenue per available room fell 2.2% year-on-year in the second quarter. Industry RevPAR has deteriorated by 6% in July, according to a Goldman Sachs report. Industry…
Busan turns to tourism to save its female free-divers
Along the rocky coastlines of Korea, the ancient art of the 'haenyeo' — traditional female free-divers who harvest sea life without breathing apparatus — has long stood as one of the country's most remarkable cultural institutions.
El Niño, tourism curbs dampen monsoon travel in Malnad Karnataka
With reduced rainfall due to the El Niño effect in June and July, as well as restrictions and the closure of some camps by the Forest and Tourism departments, monsoon tourism has been badly hit in the Malnad region of Karnataka. /Homestays…
Redefining innovation in Caribbean tourism
One of the Caribbean's foremost tourism strategists, Beverly Nicholson Doty, argues that the region's greatest innovations are not found in artificial intelligence or smart cities but in its leadership in sustainability, resilience and stewardship.
Accor Concentrates on Makkah and Madinah as Gulf Tourism Cools
Riyadh sets the pilgrim quota. Accor is building around it. Accor is accelerating growth in Saudi Arabia's holy cities, as religious tourism acts as a buffer amid the broader pullback in Gulf tourism demand tied to the Iran war disruption. The…
Bali's fishing canoes are vanishing as tourism changes Indonesia's coastline
Five decades ago, Bali's coastline was adorned with traditional fishing canoes with colourful carvings of mythical elephant-fish. Where did they go? The disappearance of these canoes tells a much bigger story about how tourism, collecting and…
Jeju racing park hits 3 million visitors on AI, tourism boost
DSM Corporation, a South Korean company spanning mobility, energy and entertainment, said Monday that its smart racing theme park, 9.81 Park Jeju, on Jeju Island has drawn more than 3 million paying visitors over six years. The company's Monolith…
Cubans struggle to bounce back after 6th nationwide blackout this year
Cubans on Monday were recovering from the sixth islandwide blackout this year, as the nation remains in free-fall after the Trump administration effectively cut it off from oil in January. The energy grid collapses leave people with fewer options…
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How 'Event Tourism' Is Making Pattaya Near Bangkok a Year-Round Destination
Amari Pattaya and OZO North Pattaya invite travellers to extend their Pattaya Marathon 2026 trip into a seaside escape amid the vibrancy of Pattaya — an event city filled with sport, music, cafés and lifestyle activities throughout…
Cubans sleep on Havana's seaside boulevard to seek relief from crippling blackouts and summer heat
HAVANA (AP) — Alexey Ríos García awoke not to his bed in Cuba 's capital on Monday, but to an ocean breeze and the concrete of Havana's famous seaside boulevard. The 30-year-old construction worker ended up curling up with…
Andy Burnham told to scrap 'toxic' major tax plan that could kill one industry
A prominent hospitality trade organisation has called on Andy Burnham to abandon proposals to roll out the so-called 'tourist tax' nationwide as part of his devolution campaign. UK Hospitality (UKH) has penned a letter to the Prime Minister…
Cubans struggle to bounce back after 6th nationwide blackout this year
HAVANA -- HAVANA (AP) — Cubans on Monday were recovering from the sixth islandwide blackout this year, as the nation remains in free-fall after the Trump administration effectively cut it off from oil in January. The energy grid collapses…
Canada's rail renaissance: How hybrid locomotives and high-speed rail are reshaping the transportation future
Canada is embarking on one of the most ambitious transformations of its transportation infrastructure in generations. Long known for the vast railways that helped unite the country, Canada is once again looking to rail as a solution to modern…
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