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Italy's tourist gems struggle to stay afloat
Business, Published on 30/03/2021
» MILAN: Just over a year into the pandemic, Venice remains a ghost town. Portofino, a colourful playground for the jet-set on the Ligurian coast, and Varenna on the shores of Lake Como are also deserted.
Super Nintendo World finally opens
Business, Published on 19/03/2021
» OSAKA: Here we go! After months of pandemic delays, Nintendo Co's first ever theme park, featuring a "Mario Kart" ride in a real-life Bowser's Castle, opened in Japan yesterday to delighted fans.
Sapporo snow fest cancelled
Business, Published on 15/12/2020
» SAPPORO: The annual Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Japan's biggest winter events held in the northernmost main island of Hokkaido around February, will be cancelled for the first time since its inception in 1950 amid a surge in novel coronavirus infections.
Machu Picchu reopens to tourists
Business, Published on 03/11/2020
» MACHU PICCHU: The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, reopened on Sunday with an ancient ritual after a nearly eight-month lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Belgians go camping in tree tents
Business, Published on 10/07/2020
» BORGLOON, Belgium: Rather than take a summer holiday abroad during the coronavirus pandemic, some Belgians are trying a novel camping experience at home, spending a night in a tear drop-shaped tent hanging from a tree.
HK Disneyland reopens after five-month closure
Business, Published on 19/06/2020
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's loss-making Disneyland theme park reopened yesterday to a limited number of local visitors and with enhanced health measures after the coronavirus outbreak forced it to close in late January.
Hallstatt debates post-Covid tourism
Business, Published on 24/06/2020
» HALLSTATT, Austria: Only a few months ago residents of the impossibly picturesque Austrian village of Hallstatt were debating how to stem the influx of tourists thronging its narrow streets, nestled between soaring mountains and a sparkling lake.
Reopening date set for Disney park
Business, Published on 29/05/2020
» Walt Disney Co plans to reopen the world's largest theme park, Walt Disney World, in phases beginning on July 11, if the governor of Florida approves.
Southeast Asia's holiday hotspots woo domestic travellers
Business, Published on 19/02/2020
» MANILA: Southeast Asia's holiday hotspots, hit by billions in lost business from Chinese tourists, are turning to markets closer to home to soften the blow from travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus epidemic.
Tourist arrivals to Japan down
Business, Published on 19/12/2019
» TOKYO: The number of foreign visitors to Japan fell 0.4% in November from a year earlier to 2,441,300, declining for the second straight month due to a continued sharp fall in tourists from South Korea amid a deterioration in bilateral ties, government data showed on Wednesday.