Golden getaway: cost, safety prompt more Chinese tourists to stay closer to home
SHANGHAI – As China’s army of tourists prepares for this week’s “Golden Week” vacation, the hottest destinations aren’t Paris, New York or Tokyo. Instead,...
Chicago is more popular with tourists than ever
By Nikki Ekstein
Bloomberg
CHICAGO, described by President Trump and others as a hellish, dystopian crime scene akin to a “war-torn nation” and “worse than Afghanistan”...
The Chicago Cheat Sheet
WHERE TO STAY
• The Viceroy: A mix of Art Deco and mid-century flourishes -- with plenty of brass embellishment -- feels at home in...
Bangkok remains top global tourist destination
By Melissa Luz T. Lopez
Senior Reporter
SINGAPORE -- Asian cities -- led by Bangkok -- remain the destinations of choice of global tourists this year,...
Beatles fans, start planning your pilgrimage to India now
By Patrick Scott,
Bloomberg
PAUL SALTZMAN was stoned — not on drugs, but on inner peace — as he sat cross-legged in an ashram bungalow...
Tapping into its ‘race-cation’ potential
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo,
Reporter
BLESSED with an ideal beach and well-manicured landscape, Hamilo Coast in Nasugbu, Batangas is a “paradise” for people looking to...
Conquering Fuji-san
By Lourdes O. Pilar, Researcher
I HAD to hit the half century mark before I dared scale Mt. Fuji and fully realize what this Japanese...
Morocco tourists make tracks on 007’s ‘Desert Express’
BOUARFA, Morocco – Edouard Kunz knows timekeeping is important but the former Swiss watch precision mechanic admits that James Bond’s Oriental Desert Express in...
Packed with tourists, Ibiza struggles to house locals
IBIZA TOWN, Spain – Gabriel Alberto Andrade has lived in a van for a year, unable to pay for a home in Spain’s Ibiza...
Walking through history
Text and photos by
Zsarlene B. Chua Reporter
MANILA, the Philippine capital, might have been left behind by other burgeoning cities in the metropolitan area but...
Romblon’s attractions
LONG-KNOWN as the “Marble Capital of the Philippines,” the island-province of Romblon is now one of the country’s emerging tourist destinations.
The island province is...
Paris revels in tourism surge, but cautious after Barcelona
PARIS – Paris is on track to welcome more tourists this year than ever before after a bumper first half, a senior official said,...