Travel
A patient who tested positive for Omicron while in mandatory quarantine is a win for Hong Kong’s unpopular regulation as countries step up measures to prevent its spread.
Foreign holidays will be more expensive than before the pandemic, with airfares, car rental and accommodation all costing more. The era of cheap travel could be over.
Bison once roamed in their millions across the Canadian prairies. Beginning at a national park in the province of Alberta, their return is reviving both nature and cultural traditions.
Meet five vignerons in Champagne, France, who are ready to sell their bubbly to the curious Hong Kong champagne lover. You may even wish to visit them when travel is possible again.
Developers on the Indonesian holiday island are selling investors on a post-pandemic boom in long-term rental demand, but buyers shouldn’t expect to make a quick buck, experts say.
An estimated 15 to 20 per cent of Macau’s gaming revenue came from or via Hong Kong pre-pandemic, so any travel easing could give the gambling mecca a welcome boost.
Norway is known for its fjords and mountains, but its capital hasn’t stood out - until now: Oslo is forging a new identity as a destination for cultural tourists.
Memorabilia of musical and movie stars grace new museums in Los Angeles and Nashville, treasures of ancient Egypt have a new home and with M+ opening, Asia has three new art mega-museums.
As an addition to Hong Kong’s tourism portfolio, M+ will probably be a hit – but given travel restrictions and national security law concerns, it may not put the city on the cultural tourism map as firmly as once hoped.
The Marriott International hotel group has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. How will it go about reaching that goal and will it deliver genuine carbon reduction?
A friendly greeting costs nothing and would be well received by the thousands of Hongkongers dutifully serving their time in quarantine. Instead, they get nothing.
Photographer Palani Mohan’s exhibition at The Peninsula Hong Kong hotel captures vibrant colours and signs of life within the Arabian Peninsula’s Empty Quarter, or Rub’ al Khali, desert.
Thailand is getting back to what it does best after 18 long and economically arduous months, but right now it could just be travellers from India who take advantage.
Unesco’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger includes some spoken only in one village but others that have experienced a renaissance, such as Basque and Welsh.
Of all the regions of China that have modernised since its opening to the world in 1978, none has changed faster than the Greater Bay Area.
As interest in hotspots like Jeju Island surge, Squid Game has seemingly become an ad for South Korea as a tourist destination. But watching the show is a strange reason to want to visit.
Today, China is home to the world’s largest high-speed railway network. We take a trip to Hebei province to see how one of its earliest railway lines put the wheels in motion.
With a business plan to ‘undercut its rivals savagely’, budget long-haul carrier Oasis Hong Kong Airlines took to the skies in October, 2005, much to the irritation of Cathay Pacific.
Hong Kong’s heritage is a victim of the city’s success, killed off by massive urban renewal and soulless revitalisation projects which are hardly tourist magnets.
Forget the standards of cleanliness, the lack of fresh air or the monotony that comes with Hong Kong’s three-week quarantine system – it’s the hungry neighbours you’ve got to look out for.