Tourism

Making local Hong Kong a main tourist attraction

22 May 2013

The need to stay ahead in an increasingly competitive tourism market is universal. The emergence of new attractions and destinations means travellers are spoiled for choice. Inevitably, places...

2:53AM

North Korea attracts end-of-term tours for Hong Kong students

19 May 2013

Encounter Korea, the organiser of the trip to the world's last Stalinist outpost, which has in recent times been issuing bellicose military threats to its enemies, says that despite the political...

4:16PM

China's tourism law will benefit everyone

13 May 2013

China has finally passed a tourism law to regulate the industry and give tourists more protection. First raised in the 80s but shelved as travelling was still considered a novelty, the new law has...

1:52AM

Hong Kong needs new attractions, says tourism chief

8 May 2013

Hong Kong should look into expanding the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens event and organising a large-scale cycling competition to attract more tourists, the new Tourism Board chairman said.

4:09PM

Avian visitor curries favour with Hong Kong

7 May 2013

That duck - don’t pretend you don’t know the one I’m talking about - is the talk of the town.

11:47AM

New fee put off May Day visitors, Fenghuang hotel operators claim

5 May 2013

Tourism operators in the historic city of Fenghuang, Hunan province, claim the introduction of an entry fee caused a sharp drop in visitors over the three-day May Day holiday.

5:32AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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4:27AM

Free toilets, Wi-fi to lure tourists back to historic Fenghuang after entry fee

A historical city in Hunan province is desperately trying to lure visitors back with free toilets and wireless internet after the introduction of an entrance fee caused a local protest and left...

11:45AM

Britons in Dubai torture row jailed on drug charges

Three Britons were each sentenced to four years' jail on drug charges in a Dubai court yesterday - a decision that may overshadow a visit to Britain by the United Arab Emirates president because...

2:14AM

How Chinese tourists are shaping world's retail and travel sectors

Global retailers and travel companies are vying to capitalise on a surge of Chinese tourists, one of the most visible symbols of the country's increasing wealth.

5:35AM

TERRITORIAL DISPUTE

Chinese tour ship sets sail to disputed Paracel islands

Plans to allow tourists to visit the Paracel Islands is the latest stage in China’s development of the territory, which has previously angered Vietnam and caused concern in Washington.

4:39PM

LEGAL REFORM

Protection for visitors as Tourism Law is approved

Mainland lawmakers signalled a crackdown on cheap group tours yesterday when the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved the country's first Tourism Law.

5:07AM

The rise of the tourist hordes

The world has serious concerns over fiscal crises, security crises and environmental crises. And then there are holidays - when we can put aside lofty concerns and remember what living is all...

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