Myanmar has launched the third phase of capacity building for preserving cultural heritage in the country with the funding of the Italian government and with the cooperation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
A promotional partnership between China's Hainan Airlines and the New South Wales state government which kick started on Tuesday will see the airline flying in about 52,000 Chinese tourist annually from China's Changsha and Xi'an in a new twice-weekly flight service.
A tourist coach caught fire in a highway near Taoyuan Airport on Tuesday, killing 26 people on board, including 24 mainland tourists from northeastern Liaoning Province.
"China's most beautiful old town" will stop charging an admission fee after swathes of complaints from the public.
With Bangladesh's southeastern Bandarban district offering stunning panoramic vistas of beautiful hills and luscious forests, it's no wonder that the area is one of the country's key tourist destinations attracting thousands of people, from backpackers to billionaires, each year.
China's tourism market remained exuberant Tuesday as tourist attractions received large ticket revenues during the first six days of the week-long National Day holiday.
The iconic Tian'anmen Square in central Beijing is usually filled with flowers, pot plants and topiary, but on Thursday there were some new installations: hundreds of toilets. There are now 445 portable toilets in eight locations in the square, and 132 assistants are on hand to point visitors in the right direction.
Visitors around Mount Aso, a volcano and a tourist spot located in Kumamoto Prefecture in southwest Japan, have been ordered to evacuate from the area following the volcano eruption early Monday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has declared a second international tourist zone, the official KCNA news agency reported Thursday.
Chinese tourist authorities plan to start accrediting tourist attractions' ticket pricing practices and give preferential policies and funding support to the best-rated sites this year.
The Sri Lanka Air Force on Saturday carried out a rescue mission to save a Chinese tourist who fell off World's End in Nuwera Eliya, in the island's Central Province, an Air Force official said.
Tourism ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) call for efforts to become a quality tourist destinations under a new ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan (ATSP) 2016-25, said a joint media statement of the 18th ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting (ATMM) released here on Monday.
Myanmar Union Parliament has approved signing agreement on establishing a regional secretariat for mutual recognition of ASEAN tourist experts, state-media reported Saturday.
The upcoming ASEAN Trade Travel Exhibition is expected to see more than 400 booths showcasing tourism products and services of the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Myanmar Ministry of Hotels and Tourism said on Friday.
Myanmar will host ASEAN Tourism Forum-2015 later this month in Nay Pyi Taw aimed at enhancing the country's growth of tourist industry, the Hotels and Tourism Ministry said on Friday.
A Chinese tourist was killed and many others were injured when a hot air balloon hard landed in central Turkey on Wednesday, according to the Chinese embassy in Turkey.
As Myanmar is nearing the target of 3 million visitors by the end of this year, the country anticipates bright prospects for its tourism industry in 2015 .
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