Perth Airport launches major travel sale with Click Frenzy

Perth Airport has launched a major travel sale in first-ever partnership with Click Frenzy and a lineup of major international airlines to make overseas travel more affordable. Thirteen global carriers – including Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific,...

How water guns became the symbol of Barcelona’s anti-tourist movement

The humble water gun — the cheap, squirt-squirt variety — has become the weapon of choice to symbolize Spain’s anti-tourism protests A group of tourists were sitting at an outdoor table in the Spanish city of Barcelona, trying to enjoy their...

How water gun became the symbol of Barcelona’s anti-tourism movement

A protester holds a water gun during a protest against overtourism in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Pau Venteo) BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A group of tourists were sitting at an outdoor table in the Spanish city of Barcelona,...

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Perth Airport Click Frenzy: Cheap flights to Bali, New York, London as part of travel sale exclusive to WA

Perth Airport is set to launch a major travel sale in its first-ever partnership with Click Frenzy. Thirteen airlines — including Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, Air Mauritius, China Southern Airlines, Air Asia and Scoot — will offer West Aussies a...

Asia Society honors ‘Taiwan Travelogue’ with inaugural Baifang Shell Book Prize

Lin King (left), translator of 'Taiwan Travelogue', receives the Award for Outstanding Translated Literature from Chinese Language in New York. (Photo: Taipei Cultural Center in New York) Asia Society presented the Outstanding Translated...

Watch live: Luxon on visas and travel in China

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has touched down in China early on Wednesday, kicking off his first visit there as prime minister - a trip analysts say will seek to consolidate the relationship rather than reinvigorate it. The RNZAF Boeing 757...

Japan Railway, logistics firms launch more luggage service options for tourists

Such services are expected to alleviate congestion from bulky luggage taking up space on trains and at tourist spots.PHOTO: AFP TOKYO – More railway and logistics companies are offering luggage storage services in Japan. As this allows foreign...

‘Legacy of Kain: Defiance’ Rated for PS4, PS5 in Taiwan

Legacy of Kain fans are apparently in for more treats after the release of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered last December. While nothing has yet been officially announced, Crystal Dynamics’ 2003 action-adventure game Legacy of Kain:...

World News | Taiwan Bars Chinese Officials from Taipei Tourism Expo, Citing Security Concerns Amid Rising Cross-strait Tensions

Taipei [Taiwan], June 16 (ANI): The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) defended its choice to prohibit Chinese officials and tourism representatives from participating in a tourism event in Taipei next month, citing unsafe conditions for Taiwanese...

Singapore travel rewards platform HeyMax eyes expansion to Japan and other popular destinations

SINGAPORE – Singapore-based travel and loyalty platform HeyMax is seeking to expand to overseas markets such as Japan amid strong travel demand. The start-up also plans to double its current Singapore headcount of 16 over the next year, and hire...

The return of Taiwan's epic century-old forest train ride

ShareSave (Credit: Wu Ming-Han)The historic Alishan Forest Railway, once crippled by typhoons and earthquakes, is running again – and helping revive mountain villages, celebrate Indigenous heritage and redefine slow travel in Taiwan. A fun fact:...

Malaysia retains the top spot among OIC destinations, new trends shaping Halal travel

Malaysia retains the top spot among OIC destinations, new trends shaping Halal travel As awareness of Muslim travellers’ needs grows, Halal travel is increasingly shaping how destinations design and deliver experiences. According to the newly...

The Impact of NIH Cuts Ripples Beyond U.S. Borders

Rory De Vries an associate professor of virology in the Netherlands, was lifting weights at the gym when he noticed a WhatsApp message from his research partners at Columbia University, telling him his research funding had been cancelled. The next...

Hong Kong visitor arrivals up 20% in May, thanks to China’s Golden Week holiday, large-scale events

Hong Kong logged 4.08 million visitor arrivals in May, a 20 per cent year-on-year increase, thanks to China’s Golden Week holiday and large-scale events that attracted regional tourists, the city’s tourism board has said. A woman takes a photo at...

Humble water gun becomes symbol of Barcelona's anti-tourism movement

Photo: AP Photo/Pau Venteo A protester holds a water gun during a protest against overtourism in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, June 15, 2025. A group of tourists were sitting at an outdoor table in the Spanish city of Barcelona, trying to enjoy their...

How the humble water gun became the symbol of Barcelona's anti-tourism movement

Her weapon of choice — the cheap, squirt-squirt variety — is an increasingly common fixture at anti-tourism protests in the southern European country, where many locals fear that an overload of visitors is driving them from their cherished...

The humble water gun — the cheap, squirt-squirt variety — has become the weapon of choice and symbol of Spain’s anti-tourism protests.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A group of tourists were sitting at an outdoor table in the Spanish city of Barcelona, trying to enjoy their drinks, when a woman raised a cheap plastic water gun and shot an arc of water at them. Her weapon of choice — the...

Busan hits peak foreign tourism with more than 1 million visitors this year

Published: 16 Jun. 2025, 14:11 Foreign tourists crowd Gamcheon Culture Village in Busan on May 26. [YONHAP] Over one million foreign tourists visited Busan in the first four months of 2025, a pace faster than any year since the city began...

The Conscious Traveller: See remote Lishan through Taiwan’s indigenous Atayal people

LISHAN, Taiwan – Lishan, the most remote and mystical part of Taiwan I have visited, had a special place in the heart of Taiwan’s former president, Mr Chiang Kai-shek – as it does mine. In the 1960s and 1970s, he visited Lishan frequently during...