All posts tagged "Tourism"
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0TourismMalaysia’s Tourism Recovery Stumbling Behind Regional Neighbours
Nearly a year after reopening its borders, Malaysia is struggling to bring back tourists – especially compared with other Southeast Asian countries....
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0Asia Pacific NewsBeijing Complains About Stricter Covid Travel Rules While Maintaining Its Own Border Closures
Critics have not failed to notice that despite the whinging about some countries requiring testing for arrivals from China, foreign tourists still...
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0ASEAN NewsBack to the Dark Ages: Indonesia Criminalises Sex Outside of Marriage
The newly passed criminal code makes cohabitation and premarital or extramarital sex illegal for everyone in Indonesia – including tourists and foreign...
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0HistoryHashima: Japan’s Forsaken Ghost Island
Abandoned nearly 50 years ago, Hashima Island is today easily one of Asia’s creepiest sites – but that didn’t stop Japan from...
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0Travel News & UpdatesJapan to Allow Visa-Free Individual Tourists to Return from October 11
Japan will soon reopen to individual travellers and will also remove all caps on visitation numbers. According to reports from Bloomberg and...
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0TourismHere’s Why Sarawak Is Better than Bali
The island of Bali is Southeast Asia’s most popular tourist island, but it’s long been in danger of being ‘loved to death.’...
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0Travel News & UpdatesSingapore Set to Ditch VTL Schemes and Just Reopen the Country
Meanwhile, Malaysia continues to plan additional VTLs while announcing that its own borders will be opened on April 1. After about six...
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0MM2HBuilding a Better MM2H
Complaining about something is the easy part. Offering a better alternative requires a bit more effort. So when it comes to making...
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0Local NewsAnother Two Weeks.
As the CMCO is extended again in KL, Selangor, and other states, tourism players are getting increasingly fed up with the government’s...
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0TourismCan Responsible Tourism Pave the Way to Malaysia’s Travel Recovery?
Bouncing back from Covid-19’s devastating effects has proven to be slow and tentative, but it’s also given nations a rare chance to...
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0TravelIf You’re Hoping to Travel Again in 2021, Prepare to Be Disappointed
With nearly two months of the year already gone, governments throughout the region are showing no signs of reopening borders or easing...
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0TransportTouted for Years, the High-Speed Rail Between KL and Singapore Is Officially Dead
Planes, trains, and automobiles. Now just two of those will be viable ways to get to Singapore for the foreseeable future. The...
