Tourism

BEIJING – The number of trips taken over China's three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday shrank, with tourism revenue also falling, official data showed, as strict Covid-19 rules discouraged people from travelling. The number of trips made by tourists fell 16.7 per cent from a year earlier to 73.4 million trips during the holiday, which ended on Monday, according to the … [Read more...] about China’s Mid-Autumn Festival tourism hit by Covid-19 curbs

Phuket readies to host PHIST 2019 in the fight against environmental degradation in Southeast Asia’s idyllic island destinations. PHIST (Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism) 2019 is a free-to-attend one-day conference that takes place on Thursday, September 23, 2019 at the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa. The important event will gather approximately 1,000 … [Read more...] about Phuket fights for sustainable tourism at PHIST 2019

Thailand could be an attractive and realistic option for men fleeing military conscription in Russia . Reports say that men are fleeing Russia after President Vladimir Putin announced a plan to conscript 300,000 civilians into military service in Ukraine. Several European countries such as Lithuania have already closed their doors to Russian citizens, citing … [Read more...] about Military conscription in Russia could benefit Thailand’s tourism revenue

Pattaya officials are trying to set more modest goals for the upcoming tourism season as an unnamed official says it is unlikely Pattaya will get a million tourists a month during the high season. Well, yeah! Tourism Business Association figure Bunawan Patanasin says if 200,000 visitors travel to Pattaya each month of the high season it will be considered a significant … [Read more...] about Pattaya readjusts tourism goals for high season

The coronavirus outbreak has hospitals across the world at their limits, but at one Thailand’s largest and most famous hospitals, the number of patients has been cut in half. Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok heavily relies on medical tourism. Since the pandemic has ground much of international travel to a halt, Bumrungrad is getting hit hard. 50% of the patients … [Read more...] about Bangkok’s largest international hospital hurts from halt in medical tourism