On some flights, there can be a difference of nearly £900 between the most expensive and cheapest day of the year. For example, on 9 May, the average flight to Sydney cost just £435. However, just ahead of Christmas on…
Read moreCelebrations are kicking off around the world to mark the new Chinese year – the Year of the Monkey. The new year, which is also known as the Spring Festival, officially begins on Monday, but festivities get going the day…
Read moreBATTAMBANG (THE PHNOM PENH POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Tourists missing Cambodia’s beloved ‘bamboo train’ in Battambang can now board a replacement service that has been set up on a different set of tracks. The improvised rail vehicle, often comprising a…
Read moreMore than 1000 airline, airport and tourism delegates from 100 countries are attending the three-day event to discuss new and existing air services. “To ensure our tourism industry continues to set new records and create more Australian jobs, we need…
Read moreTravellers check in at Samui Airport. Global air passengers soared 7% last year to 3.8 billion. (Photo: Boonsong Kositchotethana) Travel by commercial airlines is an increasingly popular mode of transport, with 3.8 billion people taking to the skies last year….
Read moreAn Air France flight has reported a “general emergency” on its approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport in France, according to International Flight News. The flight has requested priority landing at CDG due to a medical emergency. The plane landed safely in Paris, about 40 minutes ahead of its…
Read moreLYUBAVICHI, Russia (JTA) — At the age of 92, Valentina Prilashkevitch and her twin sister, Claudia, need to cautiously negotiate the dirt road leading to their wooden home in this tiny village near the Belarus border. In winter, frost could…
Read moreI finally got my first glimpse of Crystal River Cruises first purpose-built river cruise ships a few weeks back, in Cologne, Germany. The line’s newly launched Crystal Bach was tied up behind the one I was travelling aboard, and I…
Read moreJamaica, an island country in the West Indies is the third-largest island in the Caribbean Sea, after Cuba, Haiti/Dominican Republic (Hispaniola). It is located 90 miles south of Cuba. With the influx of Jews to Jamaica in the 17th century,…
Read moreThe Indonesian government today enforced a ban on the ‘ojek’ or motorcycle taxi because it does not meet public transportation requirements, according to local media reports. The reports quoted Djoko Sasono, director-general of land transportation of the Transportation Ministry, as…
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