Tourism

Weekend Trip

Travel guide to Amed, Bali: Where to snorkel, stay, shop and eat

Shop for locally made natural beauty products or grab sweet and savoury pastries in Amed, a laid back part of Bali.

Weekend Trip

Skip the crowds in and around Bali at these four underrated dive sites

A reef manta at Manta Point in Nusa Penida, an island off the coast of Bali.

Japan ‘snow monkey’ park to cap visitors after overcrowding, bad behaviour

Recent years have seen the number of tourists rise sharply, sometimes totalling 3,000 to 4,000 a day, a park official said.

Cowboy comeback: The Texas road trip that explains America’s hottest travel trend

As the US celebrates its 250th anniversary this July, visitors are rediscovering some of the country’s foundational stories and archetypes, particularly from the era of the cowboy and the Old West.

Dallas’ best-kept secret? A thriving design and arts scene

(From left)The cowboy aesthetic is making a comeback in art and design; porcelain vases shaped like cowboy boots, from Scout Design Studio.

North Korea readies beach resort for more tourists after Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s trip

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre) inspecting the newly constructed Kalma tourist station in the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone on June 24

Chinese travellers swop luxury for short Asian trips this summer

Seoul has taken the top spot for mainland Chinese visitors this summer.

India to resume Bangladeshi tourist visas

The resumption of tourist visas in Bangladesh comes nearly two years after relations soured when New Delhi’s ally Sheikh Hasina was overthrown.

Japan opens luxury hotel housed in former prison in tourist hot spot Nara

A suite at Hoshinoya Nara Prison, which opened on June 25.

Chinese tourists flock to New Zealand under visa-waiver trial

China was New Zealand’s second-largest source of tourists before the Covid-19 pandemic, but it has yet to return to those levels.

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