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Typhoon Matmo threatens holiday travel in China
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2025
» HONG KONG - Chinese authorities were preparing to cancel all flights and ferries serving Hainan on Saturday night before Typhoon Matmo strikes, disrupting a peak holiday travel period for the southern resort island.
Vietnam plans mass evacuation, China's Sanya shuts as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies
Reuters, Published on 24/08/2025
» HANOI/BEIJING - Vietnam plans to evacuate more than half a million people and has ordered boats to stay ashore, while the southern Chinese city of Sanya closed businesses and public transport on Sunday as the two countries braced for an intensifying Typhoon Kajiki.
Vietnam struggles in aftermath of worst storm in decades
Bloomberg, Published on 09/09/2024
» Super Typhoon Yagi has left more than 60 people dead or missing across northern Vietnam and southern China, wreaking havoc on agriculture and damaging energy infrastructure.
Hong Kong Airlines: 2-hour wait online to book free flights to Bangkok
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/08/2024
» HONG KONG - Customers scrambling to get hold of free round-trip flight tickets to 13 destinations in Asia courtesy of Hong Kong Airlines were told they would need to wait online for more than two hours on Tuesday to take advantage of the promotion.
China kicks off Lunar New Year travel rush, expects record 9 billion trips
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2024
» BEIJING - China on Friday kicked off its busiest annual period of mass migration with a record 9 billion domestic trips expected to be made during a 40-day travel rush around the Lunar New Year holidays, state media predicted.
Hawaii eager to further tap Chinese tourism market
Xinhua News Agency, Published on 07/08/2023
» HONOLULU: "In 2019, the visitors from China ranked number one in terms of overall visitor expenditures per person for a day. We are eager to welcome these wonderful travelers to our shores," Daniel Naho'opi'i, chief administrative officer of Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), told over 100 guests from China and the United States here on Friday.
China only 'refining' Covid rules
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/11/2022
» BEIJING: China’s top health officials say that a sweeping overhaul to its zero-Covid playbook was a refinement of rules and not a relaxation of controls, dismissing interpretations that the changes were a step toward living with the virus.
Tourists in Chinese beachside resort city protest Covid lockdown
Bloomberg, Published on 14/08/2022
» Tourists in the Chinese seaside resort of Sanya on Hainan Island are protesting after being stranded for over a week due to Covid-19 lockdowns.
Over 80,000 tourists trapped in 'China's Hawaii' after Covid outbreak
AFP, Published on 07/08/2022
» Over 80,000 tourists are stranded in a resort city popularly known as "China's Hawaii" after a Covid-19 flare-up led authorities to impose strict travel restrictions.
Chinese resort city Sanya locked down
Published on 06/08/2022
» SHANGHAI: The southern Chinese beach holiday city of Sanya imposed a lockdown on Saturday and shut its public transport system to try to stop a Covid-19 outbreak during its peak tourist season.