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Beautiful tradition that’s been junked

It’s been a dream of mine to sail at sunset between the little islands of Vietnam’s Halong Bay in one of those trademark junks that feature on postc... Read Story

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Recent attacks on women travellers spark greater awareness and demand for women-friendly hotels.

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Big vistas and even bigger ambitions

A single glance doesn't really do Hong Kong's iconic panorama justice, writes Tom Peck.

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A general view of the AdLabs Imagica theme park at Khopoli, some 70km southwest of Mumbai.

Welcome to India’s most elaborate theme park
April 18 2013 at 07:46

In the style of a Disney or Universal Studios park, the new tourist site hopes to fill a gap in the Indian leisure market and comes with twists.

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Souvenirs are offered to tourists visiting the floating market, which only opens in the afternoon when the water level in the canal rises.

Step back in time
April 15 2013 at 13:15

You’ll be struck by nostalgia at the traditional Thai stilt houses, Buddhist temples and old-style convenience stores, writes Amy Sawitta Lefevre.

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The border village of Panmunjom, that has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War.

Tourists to N Korea border unfazed by threats
April 10 2013 at 07:49

For some foreign visitors, the hot rhetoric has even become a white-knuckle incentive to travel to the heavily fortified border.

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An elephant sprays water at young Thai revellers during Songkran festival celebrations.

Chiang Mai gears up for Chinese invasion
April 9 2013 at 12:10

Thailand's Songkran festival, the traditional New Year celebrated April 13 to 15, promises to be a chiefly Chinese affair in Chiang Mai.

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India attracted 6.6 million overseas visitors last year - which, given the size and diversity of the country, is a tiny figure.

Women travellers wary of India
April 2 2013 at 07:55

The number of female tourists visiting India has fallen by more than a third since the gang-rape in which a student was killed.

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Students training at the Tiger muay Thai & MMA training camp, in Phuket, southern Thailand.

Thailand does Fight Club
April 2 2013 at 14:12

Foreigners are flocking to Thailand to spend their holidays following a punishing regime of training in Muay Thai.

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Rakhine Buddhist monks pray for peace at the Sule pagoda in central Yangon.

Myanmar unrest: US issues travel warning
March 27 2013 at 07:53

The United States warned against travelling to parts of Myanmar in the wake of unrest that has left 40 dead.

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Sigiriya is famous for the ruins of its fortress with a magnificent palace atop a 400 foot crag, and its treasured frescos dating back to 5th Century A.D.

Explore classical Sri Lanka
March 25 2013 at 14:08

Sri Lanka has beguiled voyagers for centuries with its white-sand beaches, verdant rainforests, blustery mountains and cultural heritage.

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A newly married bride looks on during a mass community marriage.

Colonial echoes in old Calcutta
March 22 2013 at 07:52

It's hard to believe that just over a century ago this was still the “second city” of the British Empire and the capital of India.

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Bowls of pho noodle soup being prepared for customers at Pho Thin restaurant in Hanoi.

A cultural pho-nomenon
March 18 2013 at 13:07

In Vietnam eating pho is akin to a religious ritual and the humble dish can be found on every street corner in the capital Hanoi.

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