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Spain, Greece and other holidaymakers may need extra document

Spain, Greece and other holidaymakers may need extra document

Kieran Isgin Money & Lifestyle writer 13:52, 13 Jun 2025 Holidaymakers heading to Spain, Greece and other countries may need to obtain an extra document if they want to drive while abroad. And if you fail to apply for a permit, you could land...

CresentRating recognises Halal in Travel leaders

CresentRating recognises Halal in Travel leaders

SINGAPORE, 13 June 2025: CresentRating, a leading researcher and promoter of Muslim travel, announced the winners of its Halal In Travel Awards on Thursday. Now in its fourth edition, The Halal In Travel Awards 2025 honours the remarkable...

Bao restaurant founder Erchen Chang leads a food tour of Taipei

Bao restaurant founder Erchen Chang leads a food tour of Taipei

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If you don’t know Taipei but know Tokyo or Shanghai, you might think it’s loads of high-rises. But no, there are probably...

HTS and Virgin add hotels. K-Pop fuels travel surge. PKFARE expands hotel reach. COMO boosts B2B. Stories to sales.

HTS and Virgin add hotels. K-Pop fuels travel surge. PKFARE expands hotel reach. COMO boosts B2B. Stories to sales.

HTS and Virgin add hotels. K-Pop fuels travel surge. PKFARE expands hotel reach. COMO boosts B2B. Stories to sales. Virgin Australia launches hotel booking with HTS Stays Virgin Australia has teamed up with HTS, the B2B division of Hopper, to...

Taking lessons from Ukraine, Taiwan eyes sea drones to counter China

Taking lessons from Ukraine, Taiwan eyes sea drones to counter China

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard WUSHI, Taiwan (Reuters) -Just off the small Taiwan fishing port of Wushi on its Pacific coast, a Taiwanese company is testing what could eventually be a powerful but unglamorous new weapon in the island's military...

Why is Taiwan Still Listed as “Taiwan, China”?

Why is Taiwan Still Listed as “Taiwan, China”?

語言: English Photo Credit: Zairon/WikiCommons/CC BY-SA 4.0 WHEN PEOPLE FROM Taiwan travel internationally, one frustrating experience they face happens long before they board a plane or check into a hotel. Whether booking airline tickets, hotel...

America gets greater the farther away you go: Opinion column by Michael Reagan

America gets greater the farther away you go: Opinion column by Michael Reagan

If you really want to appreciate America, leave. That’s right. Get out. Go somewhere you’ve never been for two weeks. See how the rest of the world lives. It’s not until you travel out of the U.S. that you really learn how wonderful and great our...

Drug smuggler repatriated to Taiwan from Thailand

Drug smuggler repatriated to Taiwan from Thailand

Taipei, June 12 (CNA) A convicted drug smuggler who fled to Thailand was repatriated to Taiwan on Thursday and escorted to the Taipei District Prosecutors Office, according to the Ministry of Justice's (MOJ) Investigation Bureau. Huang Li-wei...

Air New Zealand boosts long-haul travel for summer in the southern hemisphere

Air New Zealand boosts long-haul travel for summer in the southern hemisphere

Air New Zealand is turning up the volume on long haul travel from October 2025 to March 2026, with more choice and comfort on key international routes. Customers travelling to North America will have access to more than 34,000 additional seats,...

world Philippines' president to discuss tariffs in Trump meeting this July, top diplomat says

world Philippines' president to discuss tariffs in Trump meeting this July, top diplomat says

KUALA LUMPUR — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington this month, Manila's top diplomat said on Friday (July 11), with an increased trade tariff on one of Washington's top defence allies set to...

Former Chinese Military Doctor Says CCP May Use Taiwanese Troops’ Organs in Event of War

Former Chinese Military Doctor Says CCP May Use Taiwanese Troops’ Organs in Event of War

A former Chinese military doctor, who witnessed the Chinese communist regime’s forced harvesting of organs from a living person years ago, said Beijing had long made plans to take Taiwanese soldiers’ blood, skin, and organs in the event of a...

Wealthy Foreign Tourists Spent ¥1 Trillion in Japan in 2023, Likely Attracted by Weak Yen

Wealthy Foreign Tourists Spent ¥1 Trillion in Japan in 2023, Likely Attracted by Weak Yen

Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The foot of Kiyomizudera temple is crowded with tourists in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, in August 2023 The Yomiuri Shimbun 16:56 JST, June 12, 2025 Wealthy visitors from abroad spent ¥1.01 trillion in Japan in 2023, up...

Hong Kong flights to 2 Japanese cities cut over sluggish tourism and quake fears

Hong Kong flights to 2 Japanese cities cut over sluggish tourism and quake fears

Hong Kong Airlines is set to cancel flights to Kagoshima and Kumamoto in Japan in July and August, citing sluggish demand for tourism in the country, while flight schedules between the city and Nagoya will also be adjusted. The carrier announced...

Ishigaki Then and Now: The Battle of Okinawa, Grief and Forgiveness

Ishigaki Then and Now: The Battle of Okinawa, Grief and Forgiveness

The Ryukyu Kingdom was formally absorbed into the Empire of Japan in 1872. It was then reorganized as Okinawa Prefecture in 1879. Until the Ishigaki City Council launched an initiative to properly console the souls of the 128 Chinese who died on...

[Vantage Point] Can the Philippines endure economic pain with Trump’s tariff?

[Vantage Point] Can the Philippines endure economic pain with Trump’s tariff?

The Philippines has recently been levied a 20% tariff on exports to the United States, more than the 17% toll that the country’s finance team was expecting from an April 2025 announcement. I’m tempted to say, “I told you so.” Some three weeks...

Guest Column: America gets greater the farther away you go

Guest Column: America gets greater the farther away you go

If you really want to appreciate America, leave. That’s right. Get out. Go somewhere you’ve never been for two weeks. See how the rest of the world lives. It’s not until you travel out of the U.S. that you really learn how wonderful and great our...

SIA, MAS team-up on Singapore-KL route set to shake up world’s fourth-busiest air corridor

SIA, MAS team-up on Singapore-KL route set to shake up world’s fourth-busiest air corridor

[SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR] A planned tie-up between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is set to upset the pecking order on the busy Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route, threatening AirAsia’s long-held grip on the world’s fourth-busiest...

THSR Yilan extension passes initial EIA

THSR Yilan extension passes initial EIA

Taiwan High Speed Rail’s (THSR) Yilan extension project yesterday passed a preliminary environmental impact assessment (EIA), allowing it to proceed to the EIA grand assembly for a final decision after it submits supplementary data. If completed,...

Fantasia Fest 2025 Preview: 20 Films to Look Forward To

Fantasia Fest 2025 Preview: 20 Films to Look Forward To

It’s July, and that means one big thing for genre fans: the Fantasia International Film Festival is back! The festival, one of the most important annual events in North America for genre lovers, celebrates its 29th year in 2025 and runs from July...

TSA allows shoes. Civitatis’ secret sauce. Gen Z’s all-inclusives. Power bank, no fly. Asia’s budget spots. Alipay+, Weixin Pay partner in Malaysia. 

TSA allows shoes. Civitatis’ secret sauce. Gen Z’s all-inclusives. Power bank, no fly. Asia’s budget spots. Alipay+, Weixin Pay partner in Malaysia. 

TSA allows shoes. Civitatis’ secret sauce. Gen Z’s all-inclusives. Power bank, no fly. Asia’s budget spots. Alipay+, Weixin Pay partner in Malaysia. Gen Z goes for booze, buffets, and beachside bliss, but at what cultural cost? A new survey by...

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