Three hotels in East Asia – two in Thailand, one in South Korea – made the list of 25, which included properties in France, the Maldives, Brazil, Morocco and Spain.

Cable cars are springing up across Vietnam, but operators stand accused of driving environmental decline and providing little benefit for local communities.

Southeast Asia, Europe and Japan are also on the list, part of a McKinsey survey, but when will people in China actually be able to travel internationally again?

Tourism in Asia-Pacific is widely forecast to rebound, but the road to recovery could be bumpy, with tens of millions of workers having left the industry, and uneven, with some places bouncing back quicker than others.

Launched in 1998, the hotel, which operated in Australia and Vietnam before mooring in North Korea’s Mount Kumgang recreational area, was buffeted by a series of unfortunate events.

The Republic of Palau has launched a new sustainable tourism initiative whereby visitors who do things like use reef-safe sunscreen gain access to unique cultural experiences.

Singaporeans were delighted to cross into Malaysia for the first time in two years on April 1, excited to see friends and family, and go shopping in Johor Bahru.

More countries are accepting tourists who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 without insisting on quarantines, but Russia’s restricted airspace is pushing up the price of flight tickets.

The passing of Nadungamuwa Raja, who was reportedly the tallest domesticated elephant in Asia, has dealt a spiritual blow to the tourism-dependent nation still reeling from war and terrorism.

The MS Westerdam, with its 2,257 passengers, was refused entry by five ports before being welcomed by Cambodia. A tourist park is being created to commemorate the ‘humanitarian gesture’.

Siam Seaplane plans to begin flying passengers around the Gulf of Thailand from Bangkok this year, with tickets expected to be priced between 5,000 baht (US$150) and 15,000 baht.

With flight suspensions to many countries, including Australia, Britain and the US, departees could find suitable boltholes in Thailand, Singapore, Dubai - or even Fiji.

A scramble to find bed space is going on ahead of the Indonesian Motorcycle Grand Prix in Mandalika, on Lombok island, just one of many bumps in the road the event has encountered.

The Trans Bhutan Trail, on which single-use plastics are not allowed, reusable water bottles will be supplied, and a tree planted for every visitor, is a model for sustainable tourism development.

To mark TripAdvisor’s milestone, Destination’s Known discovers Hong Kong’s most reviewed hotel, restaurant and attraction, and the city’s most prolific reviewer.

China’s 14th Five-Year Tourism Development Plan looks to develop the domestic market – particularly rural tourism – with foreign visitors taking a back seat for the time being.

Tourism is bouncing back in Southeast Asia as countries make it easier for international travellers to enter if they are vaccinated and adequately insured and take Covid-19 tests.

Unesco inscribed several of South Korea’s tidal mudflats as a combined ‘property’ on its World Heritage list in July 2021. Sounds dull? A Mad Max-style YouTube video says otherwise.

The tigers, bears and elephants of the zoo, which has long been accused of animal abuse, have all found new homes in Thailand, but the fate of the other ‘inmates’ remains unknown.

Clothes, books, mementoes, a beloved poster – all gone after moving from Hong Kong to Spain. And the movers are too busy to check, thanks to business currently booming.

With airliners grounded by the pandemic from Australia to Taiwan, environmentally damaging circular flights from and to the same airport are proving popular. That’s insane.