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Travelling? eSIM from Simify makes the process super simple — Australian Review
Ausdroid
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June 26, 2025
We wrote earlier this year about Simify’s rebranding and new offers for Aussies heading overseas. Taking your mobile with you on an overseas jaunt used to be a bit of an effort – you’d have to arrange roaming with your Australian telco, and...
Africa and Indian Ocean’s travel and tourism elite honoured at VIP reception in Tanzania
Breaking Travel News
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June 29, 2025
Tourism and hospitality dignitaries from across Africa and the Indian Ocean convened in Tanzania for the opening leg of World Travel Awards 2025 to honour the organisations pushing the boundaries of excellence and innovation across the region....
From stickers to safety checks: Line Taiwan’s rise as digital super-app
The Straits Times
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June 29, 2025
What is a social network to do when it becomes the biggest game in town? In Taiwan, the most popular app is Line, the online service that started as a chat app and has expanded into lifestyle, fintech, content, gaming and e-commerce. After...
Taipei Zoo extends Saturday hours from July 5 to Aug. 23
Focus Taiwan
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June 25, 2025
Taipei, June 25 (CNA) Taipei Zoo will extend its nighttime opening hours to 9 p.m. during the summer vacation for eight consecutive Saturdays from July 5 to Aug. 23 and there will also be night tickets available for purchase from 4:30 p.m.to 8...
Taiwan Tourism Information Center opens in Seattle
TTG Asia
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June 25, 2025
Taiwan’s Tourism Administration has established its first Taiwan Tourism Information Center in heart of downtown Seattle at Two Union Square. The facility will boost travel ties, cultural exchange, and visitor engagement between Taiwan and the...
Taipei Songshan Airport reimagines check-in experience with suite of advanced SITA technologies
Future Travel Experience
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June 24, 2025
Share on LinkedInLinkedIn Share on TwitterTwitter Share on FacebookFacebook Share on RedditReddit Share on FlipboardFlipboard Share on TumblrTumblr Share via EmailGmail Share on WhatsAppWhatsApp Taipei Songshan Airport has selected SITA to lead...
Taiwan man who lost both feet after soaking legs in dry ice sentenced to 2 years
Hindustan Times
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June 25, 2025
A Taiwan man has been sentenced to two years in prison for trying to defraud insurance companies of $1 million. The accused, identified as Zhang (last name), was given a suspended prison sentence by the Taiwan High Court on June 20, South China...
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Taipei Songshan Airport reimagines the check-in experience
Travolution
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June 25, 2025
Passengers departing from Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) will soon benefit from a lightning-fast, fully streamlined check-in experience thanks to SITA technology. The airport has selected SITA to lead its next-generation shared check-in counter...
EVA Air Celebrates 10 Years of Flying the Houston-Taipei Route
Breaking Travel News
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June 29, 2025
EVA Air’s Houston to Taipei route reached an important milestone this year with its 10th anniversary in June. To celebrate this special occasion, EVA Air and Visit Houston hosted a press conference at the Houston Zoo. EVA Air President Clay Sun...
Taiwan adjusts school calendar to ensure uninterrupted winter break
Focus Taiwan
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June 25, 2025
Taipei, June 25 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Education has revised the school calendar to avoid a short interruption between the start of the new semester and the Lunar New Year holiday in 2026, ensuring a continuous winter break for students....
Across China: Taiwan night market finds new home in Chinese mainland
Xinhua News Agency
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KUNMING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- In downtown Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, a vibrant night market blends the flavors of Taiwan with the charm of Yunnan. Under a lantern-lit archway, Chen Chi-han busily prepares her famous...
Humans May Have Crossed from Taiwan to Yonaguni 30,000 Years Ago; Strategically Navigated Currents Following Sun, Stars
The Japan News
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June 29, 2025
Courtesy of Yosuke Kaifu An experimental voyage conducted in a dugout boat in July 2019 The Yomiuri Shimbun 13:52 JST, June 29, 2025 It is possible Paleolithic humans in a rowboat were able to cross from Taiwan to Yonaguni Island, Okinawa...
High speed rail to only run all-stop, non-reserved trains Monday
Focus Taiwan
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July 6, 2025
Taipei, July 6 (CNA) With Typhoon Danas approaching Taiwan on Sunday, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSR) announced that it would overhaul its entire train schedule Monday and run only all-stop trains with non-reserved seating (excluding business...
‘Bising’ aka ‘Danas’ now a typhoon
Manila Standard
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July 6, 2025
The weather bureau on Sunday upgraded cyclone “Danas” (formerly “Bising”) as a typhoon, threatening Batanes and other parts of northern Luzon. In its 5 pm bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...
Team What’s On share where they’ll be travelling this summer
What's On
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June 29, 2025
Destination: Dubai, UAE Having just moved to Dubai, I’ll be spending the summer settling in and getting to know the city better. I’m looking forward to discovering its hidden gems – and its air-conditioned ones, too. I will be making quick trips...
Taiwan man soaks feet in dry ice for 10 hours to con insurance firms, loses feet
South China Morning Post
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June 25, 2025
A man in Taiwan shocked the internet after attempting to defraud five insurance companies by immersing his feet in a bucket of dry ice for 10 hours, resulting in the amputation of both feet. The man, surnamed Zhang, was an undergraduate student in...
#BestDoneisFun online initiative by Taiwan Excellence PH sparks movement of excellence for Filipino netizens
Manila Standard
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June 28, 2025
The social media movement showcases the Taiwanese culture of enjoyment in excellence in all aspects of life, motivating Filipinos online. Garnering over four hundred and eighty thousand views and more than four thousand comments, the...
China planned car crash during Taiwan vice-president’s Prague visit, says Czech intelligence
The Indian Express
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June 28, 2025
Taiwan’s Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim has said she will not be intimidated after Czech intelligence revealed a reported Chinese plan to stage a car crash during her official visit to Prague in 2024.According to The Guardian, the Czech Republic’s...
Sabah leads the way with community-based tourism expo, says state minister
The Malaysian Star
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June 28, 2025
KOTA KINABALU: Community-based tourism (CBT) is more than just a travel model, it is a dynamic movement that preserves culture, protects nature, and creates economic opportunities for local communities. "In a world searching for sustainable and...
Did Chinese Efforts to Intimidate Taiwan in Czechia Include an Attempt on Hsiao Bi-Khim’s Life?
New Bloom Magazine
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June 28, 2025
語言: English Photo Credit: Hsiao Bi-khim/Facebook A RECENT INTERVIEW by the Director of the Czech Military Intelligence Agency, General Petr Bartovský, with Czech Public Radio stated that China sought to intimidate Taiwanese vice president Hsiao...