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Summer sojourns in and out of Thailand
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 16/07/2025
» With the onset of the monsoons, coupled with the heat in the Thai capital (and yes, we are talking about the weather, for once), it is time to experience the onslaught of milder summer. Guru By Bangkok Post lists places where you can chill in the cool summer breeze.
Summer sojourns outside of Thailand
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 04/07/2024
» With the onset of the monsoons coupled with the heat in the Thai capital (and yes, we are talking about the weather, for once), it is time to experience the onslaught of milder summer. Guru By Bangkok Post lists places where you can chill in the cool summer breeze.
Da Nang gears up for fireworks festival
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 20/05/2024
» Visitors to the coastal town of Da Nang in Vietnam will have another option to take in breathtaking views of the Han River at night thanks to the Danang International Fireworks Festival, which will light up the sky from June 8 to July 13 to celebrate the arrival of the summer.
Fun in the sun on the Vietnam coast
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 29/08/2023
» Vietnam, deemed to be the next tourist hotpot in Southeast Asia, is busy. If you can get past the online visa hassles (should you need it), which require at least 10-15 days application in advance to be on the safer side, nothing like a mini break to revive the soul. Enter Danang, the popular resort and casino town with an endless coastline that stretches far beyond the eye line.
A city of bridges and splendour
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 18/05/2023
» Da Nang is a name heard frequently but a place less visited.
Bangkok tops poll of regional cities
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/07/2022
» Bangkok on Monday topped a poll of the top 10 cities in Southeast Asia, as voted for by visitors to the Travel + Leisure Southeast Asian website.
Prayut joyed by latest travel rankings
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/07/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was made very happy by the Travel + Leisure website's ranking of Bangkok at the top of the Best Cities in Southeast Asia list, and Phuket and Samui as first and second in the Best Islands in Southeast Asia list, government spokesman Thanakorn Boonkongwanchana said on Monday.
TAT looks to short-haul markets
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 03/03/2022
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) aims to attract at least 1.5 million tourists from short-haul destinations to compensate for the Chinese market by teaming up with airlines to spur demand.
Rice fields and Rihanna: the Vietnamese couturier with a celeb clientele
AFP, Published on 22/12/2021
» HO CHI MINH CITY: When billionaire singer Rihanna posed for an ad campaign by luxury shoemaker Manolo Blahnik, she also made a star out of the little-known Vietnamese designer who made the oversized white shirt she posed in.
New virus cases knock hopes of reviving SE Asia holiday hotspots
Reuters, Published on 08/09/2020
» BALI/BANGKOK: A spike in coronavirus infections in Indonesia's holiday island of Bali and Thailand's first locally transmitted case in 100 days have dealt further blows to Southeast Asian hopes of reviving vital tourism industries.