News in Asia

Lao Airlines has received a green light from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau to launch two new routes between Laos and Japan.

PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), Indonesia's  state-owned railway operator, is going to implement new Train Route Graphics (Gapeka) this December.

Pyin Oo Lwin, a scenic hill town in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, in the Shan Hills, is going to host its 15th hot air balloon festival. The five-days event will last from November, 8, till November, 12, 2019.

By the end of 2021 Myanmar will get the country's first five-star Westin hotel, a representative of Marriott International's Asia Pacific confirmed recently.

Indonesia's Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park has been declared an ASEAN Heritage Park. The park is home to the Rammang-Rammang karst area, the second largest karst  area in the world after the one in Southeastern China.

Etihad Airways, the second-largest airline in the UAE, joined hands with Tourism Malaysia, an agency under the Malaysia's Ministry of Tourism, to attract visitors from Europe and the Middle East to Malaysia via the airline’s hub in Abu Dhabi.

Do you like coconuts? Then Bến Tre province in the Mekong Delta, southern Vietnam, is where you should be on November, 16 as the annual Bến Tre Coconut festival 2019 hits the province.

Travellers alert! VietJet launches the biggest ever promotion campaign to welcome the airline's 100 millionth passenger. Who's going to be the one?  

Cambodia is preparing to celebrate one of the most authentic and colourful festivals of the year: Bon Om Touk, or Water Festival. This time, it falls on November, 10.

Dharamshala, a popular hill station in Himachal Pradesh, India, will soon be connected by a direct flight with Chandigarh, the capital of the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, effective mid-November.

100 new airports will be built in India by 2024. They will probably transform the travel pattern in the country making planes the most convenient, efficient and affordable means of transportation.

Delhi to host North East Festival (NEF) that will showcase the diversity and beauty of the North East of the country and boost tourism and business in the region.

AirAsia Philippines, the Philippine affiliate of AirAsia, a low-cost airline based in Malaysia, launched direct Manila–Bacolod flights last Sunday, October, 27.

Vietnam is gearing up to welcome 18 million foreign tourists by the end of the year – some 15.7 percent more than in the previous year. 

November is rich in festivals and cultural events in Thailand. Ushing in the high season, a batch of great festivals are calling travellers to have fun. Here are some of the best ones to visit.

The Guide to Sleeping in Airports website has recently released their annual list of best airports-2019. Six of the best 10 airports in the world are located in Asia – we are not surprised, frankly speaking!

Thailand is preparing for one of the most colourful festivals of the year – Loy Krathong. This time, it falls on November, 11. Here are the best ideas on where to celebrate Loy Krathong in Thailand.

Chongqing Eling Park in Chongqing, in the southwest of China, currently hosts the Autumn Chrysanthemum Exhibition. Opened on October, 25, the exhibition will last the whole month till November 25. This time the theme of the exhibition is "Chrysanthemum Ocean, Bayu Culture".

Nine border checkpoints in Laos will discontinue granting visas on arrival to tourists, according to the a notice from the Prime Minister’s Office ussued earlier this month.

Laos, Indonesia and Thailand are named among the most remote countries with the best Internet by a Berlin-based travel website.