Maldives tries to fight off travel alerts as tourists stay awayDestinations

Maldives tries to fight off travel alerts as tourists stay away

Tourists have been cancelling hundreds of hotel bookings in Maldives every day since the imposition of a state of emergency…

Thailand expects 300,000 tourists from China during Lunar New YearTourism Insight News

Thailand expects 300,000 tourists from China during Lunar New Year

Thailand’s tourism body expects 300,000 visitors from China during the Lunar New Year holidays, a nearly 18 percent rise from…

Thailand bans smoking, littering at popular tourist beachesDestinations

Thailand bans smoking, littering at popular tourist beaches

Thailand banned smoking and littering at 24 beachside locations that are popular with tourists over environmental concerns on Thursday, the…

Coral reefs get sick from plastic waste

Coral reefs get sick from plastic waste

Billions of bits of plastic waste are entangled in corals and sickening reefs from Thailand to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef,…

Thailand plans for even more tourists as numbers top 35 million

Thailand plans for even more tourists as numbers top 35 million

Thailand  forecast a rise of 6 percent in tourist numbers this year, after a jump of 9 percent to 35 million…

Thailand November tourist arrivals up 23.2 pct

Thailand November tourist arrivals up 23.2 pct

Thailand welcomed 3 million foreign tourists in November, the tourism ministry said on Monday, 23.2 percent more than the same…

Go-go going as Chinese women fuel Thai tourism boom

Go-go going as Chinese women fuel Thai tourism boom

For decades since the Vietnam war, the scantily clad dancers in the go-go bars of Bangkok’s Patpong red-light district have…