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Acts of sabotage hit French trains as Paris Olympics kick off
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/07/2024
» PARIS - Train services in France, including the international Eurostar service, were disrupted on Friday, hit by what authorities called a coordinated sabotage effort just hours ahead of the inauguration ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Bali seeks new kind of tourist after kicking out 136 unruly visitors this year
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/06/2023
» Indonesia’s paradise island teeming with beaches and lush rice fields wants to refocus its tourism away from guests who tend to misbehave and instead lure talented nomads, retirees and health buffs.
Emerging markets stumble as US-China tensions return
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/05/2020
» Just as early bets on an emerging-market recovery start fuelling appetite for stocks and currencies, an old bugbear is reappearing to haunt investors: US-China tensions.
UK locked down after Johnson acts over ‘national emergency’
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/03/2020
» The UK is in lock down after Boris Johnson ordered sweeping measures to stop people leaving their homes “at this moment of national emergency.”
Myanmar sees rise in tourism despite Rohingya crisis
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/02/2018
» Myanmar tourist arrivals rose 18% last year to 3.44 million visitors, despite international condemnation over the treatment of its Rohingya Muslim population.
Chinese overwhelm tourist infrastucture
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/12/2017
» The kingdom of golden temples, white-sand beaches and smiling hosts is also a land of overcrowded airports, epic traffic jams and littered seashores.
Sex shops, street bars survive government's graft crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/07/2015
» Fern’s cocktail bar appears each night on a sidewalk between a group of scantily-clad women from the next-door go-go bar and a noodle stall near one of Bangkok’s infamous red-light districts. By morning it has vanished.
NZ road vigilantes targeting bad-driving tourists
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/03/2015
» WELLINGTON — New Zealand police are urging motorists not to take the law into their own hands as anger mounts over tourists causing accidents on the nation’s roads.
China orders crowd rules after stampede
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/01/2015
» (Bloomberg) -- China demanded a review of crowd-safety procedures as dozens of people remain in Shanghai’s hospitals after a deadly stampede on New Year’s Eve killed 36 and caused the cancellation of celebrations across the city.
'Paris syndrome' drives Chinese away
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/08/2014
» An epidemic is gripping Chinese tourists visiting the French capital: the Paris syndrome.