News in Asia

China's largest ice and snow theme park, Harbin Ice and Snow World, has opened earlier this week for its 21st winter season. 

Asia’s longest river, Yangtze in China, is getting the world’s biggest river cruise ship. While Yangtze remains a popular destination for river cruises, it's never before seen such a huge cruise ship to ply its waters.

The end of the year is the time for 'the best travel destinations' lists. The Architectural Digest magazine, a specialized website and nine international editions dedicated to international design talents, innovative homes and products, inspiring decorating ideas, culture, and travel, has shared its version of where architecture and design lovers have to head in 2020.

The Lao government is going to encourage the locals to travel domestically more in 2020. Domestic tourism will contribute to tourism in general in addition to attracting overseas visitors.

Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park (TNGGP) in West Java will close for a regular maintenance from December 31 this year to March 31, 2020. The annual closure is aimed at allowing the mountains' ecosystem to restore.

Batik Air, an Indonesian scheduled airline and a subsidiary of Lion Air, now offers direct flights between two SEA capitals: Jakarta in Indonesia and Bangkok in Thailand. The service was launched on December, 20, this year.

It is the last chance to join Museum Night Trail in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Launched last month, the project will go on until the last day of the year.

While Christmas and the Countdown 2020 are almost here, Hong Kong's famous Ngong Ping 360 is preparing for the Chinese New Year that falls on Saturday, January 25, in 2020.

Before the end of the year, at leats 1.3 million foreign tourists and 3.4 million domestic travellers are expected to visit the Cambodian coast, according to anticipations of the country's Ministry of Tourism.

Two airlines, one from Cambodia and the other from China, has announced the launch of new direct air routes between Phnom Penh and destinations in China.

Christmas is almost here but there is still enough time to enjoy the best Christmas markets around the world. Big 7 Travel website compiled a list of 50 destinations you have to check out.

EVA Air, a Taiwanese international airline, has announced it is turning its charter flights between Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan and Da Nang, a coastal resort city in central Vietnam into regular service.

A hill station of Mussoorie, Uttarakand, India, will host Uttarakand Food Festival 2019. The event will take place between December, 26-29.

The Sula Vineyard in Nashik, Maharashtra, India is going to host SulaFest 2020, an annual revelling all about music and wine. The festival will take place on February, 1–2, 2020.

According to the announcement of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Vietnam extended visa waivers for citizens of eight countries including Russia, Japan, South Korea, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Belarus until December 31, 2022.

Air New Zealand started offering promotional tickets for its flights between Vietnam and Christchuch on the Southern Island via Singapore. 

As part of the initiative to promote food tourism in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Philippines' Department of Tourism's (DOT) has recently launched a new mobile application that helps visitors get acquainted with the most iconic dishes in Metro Manila.

Dumaguete City government attributes the steady growth of tourist arrivals to the area during the recent years to the increasing popularity of sports tourism.

New Year is almost here. Here are 10 destinations in Thailand where to head for the best countdown parties. Which one would you like to join?

Nepal is going to develop cycling touirsm. While hiking and trekking in the Himalayas have been the main draw for visitors for decades, bicycle is working its way to the mountainous terrains of the Roof of the World.