https://www.scmp.com/rss/328992/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com I could be in an open-air market, one of those places you go to find key chains and shrink-wrapped T-shirts, or in a restaurant district where men in aprons wave tourists into empty bistros, when I hear: “Konichiwa. Ni hao ma. Chinese, or Japanese?” It’s impossible to overstate how grating I find this comment, and those like it. I travel, in part, to be decontextualised: anonymous, outside the grooves of my routine and home culture. But it’s in these moments I feel shackled by the stereotypes... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3005360/asians-who-travel-and-racial-stereotypes-follow-asian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3005360/asians-who-travel-and-racial-stereotypes-follow-asian?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:00:04 +0000 The once lost city of Machu Picchu stood before us: a cluster of Incan ruins nestled on an Andean mountain ridge, the green fang of Huayna Picchu hulking in the background. It was like all the pictures I’d seen. Unfortunately, we’d arrived in the afternoon – after queuing for a train, then a bus – and the place was swarming with other tourists, who nudged me out of the way for their once-in-a-lifetime but identical photos. Sitting ducks for selfies: Galapagos welcome Chinese tourists There was... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2168910/why-great-tour-guide-can-make-all-difference-your-holiday?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2168910/why-great-tour-guide-can-make-all-difference-your-holiday?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:02:13 +0000