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Miles of golden sands, towering cliffs, surfing waves, rare conch shells, colorful Pagodas, Buddhist Temples and delightful sea-food – all this makes what Cox’s Bazar is today , the tourist capital of Bangladesh. The World’s longest uninterrupted (120 km.) beach slopes here down to the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal against the picturesque background of a chain of hills covered with deep green forests.

Cox’s Bazar is one of the most attractive tourist spots in the world. The warm, shark free, waters are good for bathing and swimming & while the sandy beaches offer opportunities for sun-bathing. Read the rest of this entry »

Dossier of the Vietnamese Giong Festival which was sent to UNESCO for recognition as intangible cultural heritage has been said to have enough technical factors to submit to the UNSECO’s Intergovernmental Committee for further appraisal.

The Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism made the said-above announcement on January 26.

The result of the second assessment round will be informed in June and the result of the final round will be announced at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritages in Kenya in November.      Read the rest of this entry »

The Singapore Tourism Board and tourism entrepreneurs will make their second fact-finding trip to Vietnam this quarter for a survey to help the country build terminals for cruise ships considered vital for developing the cruise tourism industry, an official said.

Vu The Binh, Director of the Department of Travel under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, said that Singapore consultants and entrepreneurs would survey a sea route from the central city of Danang to Nghe An to find suitable locations for cruise terminals. This survey follows a similar trip to other destinations in the country last year. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo and Text by Steven Muzik

Lake Toba is a place where people come for a week but end up staying for a month, sometimes never leaving at all. Located in northern Sumatra, the largest of Indonesia’s many islands, Lake Toba sits at a high altitude that gives it a year-round cool and comfortable climate. Read the rest of this entry »

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates with award-winning business class flatbeds, will launch services to Nagoya and Tokyo in the first quarter of 2010 – the airline’s first destinations in Japan.

Etihad will operate a four-flights-a-week service to Nagoya via Beijing beginning February 1, increasing to five flights a week from 27 March. A five-flights-a-week direct service to Tokyo’s Narita airport commences on Saturday March 27. Read the rest of this entry »

It took me more than a year to finally bring myself to the now famous Manila Ocean Park in Manila, Philippines. It’s an Oceanarium filled with different variety of open water marine animals. It’s similar to Singapore’s Oceanarium in concept but a bit smaller in area.

It’s located at the back of Quirino Grandstand and a good 15 minutes away from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Entrance fee is P400 for adults and a little bit lower for kids (children below 3 feet are free of charge). Read the rest of this entry »

The dark force is back and this time it’s brought the Alien Invasion with it! An alien spaceship has crash landed in Tomorrowland as predicted by Hong Kong Disneyland’s Alien Intelligence Agency. From September 18 to October 31, those who dare to visit Haunted Halloween and investigate the crash site will find out the reason of invasion.
 
Remain Calm… if you can at Alien Invasion
After investigation, the “Alien Intelligence Agency” has reported that the spaceship is fraught with danger and signs of alien life forms. In the chilling interior of the spaceship, the Agents have uncovered secrets from outer space in its various dark chambers apparently used by the aliens for all kinds of sinister experiments.       Read the rest of this entry »

Phuket Aquarium is part of the internationally renowned Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC), located on the southernmost tip of Cape Panwa on Phuket Island. It is surrounded by breathtaking scenic bays and islands and is the perfect destination for a family excursion.

More than one-hundred species of sea life are on display at the aquarium, many of them taken from the waters around Phuket. The aquarium is located at Cape Panwa, on the island’s extreme Read the rest of this entry »

The 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers, otherwise known as KLCC the world’s tallest twin structures. Located in the heart of the capital city, the crown of the Kuala Lumpur contains a complex of office buildings, conference halls, a sprawling park and an upmarket shopping complex.

Inspired by the geometric shape found in Islamic architecture, this gleaming mega-structure was designed by Argentinian-American architect Cesar Pelli. Read the rest of this entry »

Chinese tourists now have direct access to Aklan, the gateway to the world-famous Boracay Island of the Philippines

Shanghai and Hangzhou now have direct flights to Kalibo, Aklan in the Philippines according to a tourism official. Kalibo is the gateway to the world-famous Boracay Island.

The chartered flights from Shanghai, the largest city in China with over 20 million people, will be carried out by Shanghai Airlines starting July 26, while the flights from Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, will be carried out by Philippine Airlines starting July 27.       Read the rest of this entry »