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Samui Summer Jazz 2022 music festival returns this year to Koh Samui after an eight-year hiatus. Tickets for the six-night programme from June 7-12 are available online through samuisummerjazz.com or the Google Form forms.gle/X2HDVBx9yfRq9KKL9. Sala Samui, one of the venues for Samui…

Japan visitors down 95% in April from 2019 published : 18 May 2022 at 20:07 A tourist takes photos of a commercial airplane preparing to land at Shimojishima airport on the island of Shimoji in Okinawa prefecture, Japan, on April 22, 2022.…

South Korea to add international flights, ease quarantine for overseas arrivals published : 15 May 2022 at 16:44 People wearing face masks to prevent contracting from the coronavirus disease walk at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on March 25, 2022.…

Hong Kong looks to boost tourism with new campaign published : 13 May 2022 at 04:00 newspaper section: Life As the fifth wave of Covid-19 fades and life returns to normal, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) recently unveiled a revitalisation…

Myanmar junta to reopen borders to tourists published : 12 May 2022 at 16:44 In this file photo taken on March 18, 2020, people wear facemasks amid concerns of the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus walk in the Yangon international airport in…

Global tourism is recovering. PARIS: Global tourism is roaring back to life despite Covid travel headaches and the effects of the war in Ukraine, but it has yet to return to its pre-pandemic health. International tourist arrivals worldwide have more than doubled, up…

What are the Covid entry rules for travellers to European countries? published : 9 May 2022 at 15:07 People visit the ancient Parthenon Temple atop the Acropolis hill archaeological site in Athens, Greece, on Feb 26, 2022. (Reuters photo) Most European countries have…

International travellers are now allowed to enter Hong Kong again. (Photo: South China Morning Post) HONG KONG: Hong Kong ended its entry ban on overseas travellers on May 1 but under the city's vaccine pass scheme, arrivals may find they cannot enter certain…

Festival highlights the fruits of Chanthaburi published : 4 May 2022 at 04:00 newspaper section: Life Outstanding fruit products from Chanthaburi are highlighted at a roadshow at five selected Central shopping centres in Bangkok and its vicinity, from Thursday until May…