Travel & Culture

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December 22, 2006

There’s Always Room for Sleepy the Teddy

How to stay fit in spite of stress and sleeplessness while traveling By Richard Quest And so, dear fellow traveler, – Read More...
December 22, 2006

Malaysia’s Low-Cost Terminal ‘to Expand’

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysia’s recently opened low-cost airline terminal is to be expanded and upgraded next year in response to – Read More...
December 15, 2006

Tourism, Development Seen Threatening Goa’s Environment

By Pratap Chakravarty Agence France-Presse PANAJI, India ~ The once low-budget tourist haven of Goa is facing a crisis, environmentalists – Read More...
December 15, 2006

Singapore Receives Record Visitors

SINGAPORE ~ Singapore visitor arrivals for 2006 set a new milestone as the city-state welcomed its nine millionth tourist, eclipsing – Read More...
December 8, 2006

Province Mulls Ban on ‘Flirting Eyes’

BEIJING ~ Lawmakers in a northern Chinese province are considering a sexual harassment law that bans looking at women with – Read More...
December 8, 2006

Wearing Out Our Welcome

By Susan Spano Los Angeles Times I will probably never visit Prague in the Czech Republic. Though I once spent – Read More...
December 8, 2006

India Eases Visa Restrictions

NEW DELHI ~ India has unveiled a long-term tourist visa with multi-entry facility to nationals of 18 pre-selected countries, officials – Read More...
December 8, 2006

Priciest Hotel Room Lowers Price

BEIJING ~ A luxury hotel near Beijing that launched what is believed to be Asia’s most expensive room four months – Read More...
December 1, 2006

Tourists Flocking to ‘Scalpel Safaris’

JOHANNESBURG ~ South Africa’s medical tourism industry has skyrocketed, with the number of overseas patients drawn by “scalpel safari” packages – Read More...
December 1, 2006

Millionaires Only at Matchmaking Party

SHANGHAI ~ China’s booming economic hub of Shanghai held its first exclusive “love boat” party aimed at hooking up the – Read More...