The International Rinjani Mountain Climbing event in Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), is scheduled in July 2010, with more foreign mountain climbers taking part.
“I have several times coordinated preparations of the international event in Jakarta, and this time its schedule has been set in July 2010,” Head of the NTB Cultural and Tourism Agency [...]
Vietnam’s capital Hanoi is ranked third among 12 most attractive destinations in the world in 2010 according to Vietnam News Agency.
The announcement was made by Frommer’s, a travel guidebook series and one of the bestselling travel guides in the United States, VNA said.
Frommer’s said that the city will celebrate its 1,000th birthday and this year [...]
South Korea’s Incheon International Airport (IIAC) has been voted the world’s best airport by the Airport Council International (ACI) for the fifth straight year, the airport said in a statement Tuesday.
The IIAC scored the highest marks in the ACI’s annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award, receiving the top honor in three categories to become the [...]
Thailand has been named the world’s Best Tourist Country by a leading Swedish magazine, marking its eighth consecutive year for winning the award, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) office in Stockholm, the Swedish capital.
Thai ambassador to Sweden Thanarat Thanaputt and TAT Stockholm office assistant director Anchalee Kumwong last week accepted the Best [...]
Cebu Pacific (CEB) has joined the ranks of global brands as it enters the highly competitive world of motorsport. The Philippines’ leading airline and Asia’s third largest low-cost carrier is sponsoring young Irish karting champ –-now Formula BMW Pacific contender — Gary Thompson, as he sets out to conquer the region’s circuits.
“Cebu Pacific has been [...]
Nepal enjoyed sustained positive growth in international visitor arrivals since June 2009 and the trend continues even in 2010, according to figures released here on Tuesday.
Figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), show that visitor arrivals in January 2010, compared to last January, increased by 18.8 percent to 26,071.
In January 2010, India recorded [...]
Despite sporadic strikes witnessed in Nepal in 2009, major tourism activities saw a growth compared to the previous year.
According to Monday’s The Kathmandu Post, the number of tourists putting down trekking, mountaineering, rafting and golf as their purpose of visit has gone up.
Tourism entrepreneurs are optimistic of increasing visitor numbers in 2010 and doubling arrivals [...]
