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More than 80,000 hit Sydney streets for City2Surf fun run
Reuters, Published on 13/08/2017
» SYDNEY -- More than 80,000 runners took part in Sydney's annual City2Surf race on Sunday, with 2016 champion Harry Summers defending his title in 42 minutes and 16 seconds, media reported.
Priced out of home property market, Chinese swoop in
Reuters, Published on 02/08/2017
» Mainland Chinese are snapping up more properties in Thailand for both personal and investment purposes, after being priced out of the market in big cities at home, developers said on Wednesday.
Australia battles 50 fires in heat wave
Reuters, Published on 11/02/2017
» SYDNEY - Australian emergency services were bracing against "potentially catastrophic" fire conditions on Saturday, as firefighters battled nearly 50 blazes in the state of New South Wales, sweltering in a heat wave sweeping the country's east coast.
Surge in tourists strains infrastructure
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2016
» Thailand's success in attracting huge numbers of tourists has put some infrastructure for handling the influx under pressure, an economist with the World Bank said on Monday.
Thailand still golden for Chinese tourists despite Zika fears
Reuters, Published on 01/10/2016
» Confirmation that the Zika virus had caused microcephaly in Thailand is not likely to scare off large numbers of Chinese tourists due to jet in for holidays in the next week, tourists and industry operators said.
Thailand expects huge jump in tourists, thanks to Chinese
Reuters, Published on 19/09/2016
» Tourist arrivals are expected to rise 17.8% in the last quarter of 2016 year-on-year, the Tourism Council said on Monday, driven mostly by an increase in Chinese visitors.
Landmark US flight lands in Cuba
Business, Reuters, Published on 02/09/2016
» SANTA CLARA, Cuba: The first scheduled commercial passenger flight from the United States to Cuba in more than half a century landed on Wednesday, opening another chapter in the Obama administration's efforts to improve ties and increase trade and travel with the former Cold War foe.
Asian Beach Games may go global
Reuters, Published on 06/11/2014
» The Asian Beach Games, whose fourth edition starts next week in Phuket, may go global in 2017 under a proposal endorsed by the Association of National Olympic Committee’s Executive Council.
Malaysia eyes medical-tourism crown
Reuters, Published on 30/07/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR — Muslim tourists have long chosen Malaysia, its beaches and its malls as a holiday destination thanks to cultural affinity. Now the Southeast Asian country, where Muslims make up about 60% of the population, wants to parlay its visitor dividend into a bid to overtake its neighbours for the world's medical-tourism crown.