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67 storiesJapan's first Disney cruise ship named Disney Imagination for spring 2029 debut
Oriental Land announced on October 14 that its new Disney cruise ship will be named Disney Imagination and enter service in spring 2029. The ship will mainly offer two- to four-night cruises from Tokyo, with capacity for about 4,000 passeng…
Seoul foreign visitors hit record 11.56m in Jan-Aug; card spending up 59.9%
Seoul received a record 11.56 million foreign visitors in January-August, up 21.6% from 9.51 million a year earlier, with 1.72 million in August alone, according to city data reported by Yonhap, Dong-A Ilbo and Asia Economy. Card spending b…
China logs 826 million domestic trips, 738 billion yuan spent over National Day holiday
China recorded 826 million domestic trips during the seven-day 2026 National Day holiday, with total domestic travel spending of 738.375 billion yuan, according to calculations by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism data centre reported on …
China logs 15.462 million border crossings over National Day holiday, up 6.7%
China's border inspection authorities handled 15.462 million entries and exits during this year's National Day holiday, a daily average of 2.209 million and 6.7% more than a year earlier, the National Immigration Administration said. Crossi…
Hengqin Port single-day passenger flow tops 150,000, setting record
Hengqin Port in Zhuhai handled more than 150,000 inbound and outbound passengers on Oct 4, the peak of the National Day holiday and a record since the port opened, the Hengqin border checkpoint said. The figure surpassed the previous single…
Cyprus visa centres in six Russian cities halt applications over technical problems
Cyprus visa centres in Moscow, St Petersburg, Samara, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk temporarily stopped accepting visa applications on October 8 because of technical problems, visa operator BLS International said. Applicants with a…
Zhuhai border crossings top 2.24 million in first three days of National Day holiday
Zhuhai's border checkpoints handled more than 2.24 million inbound and outbound passenger trips in the first three days of the National Day holiday, up about 5% year on year, the Zhuhai General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection …
Incheon's Sorae Port festival draws 510,000 visitors after overcharging crackdown
The 2026 Sorae Port Festival in Incheon's Namdong District drew about 510,000 visitors over three days from Oct. 2 to Oct. 4, the district said. Held under the slogan “Sorae-eseo nollae,” the event linked Haeeoreum Plaza with the Sorae Hist…
Hoengseong opens 10-meter Dragon Slide at Hanwoo experience center for Oct 7–11 festival
Hoengseong County in Gangwon Province has renovated its Hanwoo Experience Center ahead of the 22nd Hoengseong Hanwoo Festival on Oct 7–11 and will run a new 10-meter-tall Dragon Slide during the event. The slide is to open daily from 10:00 …
Korea Tourism Organization releases 2026 autumn foliage map with peak dates and 36 spots
The Korea Tourism Organization and the Korea National Arboretum of the Korea Forest Service released a 2026 autumn foliage map on Oct. 8 giving expected peak times for six regions and 36 recommended destinations. Leaves in the capital regio…
Dubai Miracle Garden opens 15th season with weekly themes, runs until May 2027
Sheikh Theyab bin Tahnoon bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, chairman of Miracle Group, inaugurated the 15th season of Dubai Miracle Garden on October 8 under the theme "Fifteen Years, Blooming Together". The season runs until May 31, 2027 and, for th…
Guangdong received 62.789 million tourists over 2026 National Day holiday
Guangdong province received 62.789 million tourist visits during the 2026 National Day holiday, with tourism spending of 58.44 billion yuan, according to a preliminary estimate published by Guangdong Release. Daily averages rose 10.1% and 8…
Incheon Airport app adds food reservation, ordering at 202 outlets
Incheon International Airport Corporation said it is operating a mobile service that lets travelers reserve seats and order and pay for food at restaurants and cafes inside Incheon Airport, with menus, prices and locations for about 202 out…
China-Vietnam border Hekou port crossings top 5 million in 2026, up 6.12%
Cross-border traffic at the Hekou port in Yunnan, China's largest land crossing on the border with Vietnam, passed 5 million people for the year as of October 6, according to the Hekou Exit-Entry Border Inspection Station. The station count…
Guangdong says 4A-rated and above scenic spots drew 4.04 million visitors on holiday's third day
Guangdong's provincial culture and tourism department estimated that 4A-rated and above scenic spots in the province received 4.044 million visitors on Oct 3, the third day of the National Day holiday. Monitored sites also drew visitors: 61…
Russian tourism bodies say Thailand's new tourist fee unlikely to cut demand
Russian tourism associations say Thailand's planned 450-baht tourist fee, about 1,200–1,300 rubles, is too small to reduce Russian demand for trips there. The industry says the main open question is how the fee will be collected, with the p…
Shanghai Pudong airport port logs over 319,000 crossings in first three days of National Day holiday
Shanghai Pudong International Airport's port handled more than 319,000 inbound and outbound travellers and over 2,100 passenger and cargo flights in the first three days of the National Day holiday, from October 1 to 3, the Shanghai Airport…
Russian tourism body denies mass hotel refusals for single men in Turkey
The Russian Union of Tourism Industry said reports that Turkish hotels are mass-refusing single men and male groups are incorrect, though it confirmed some individual hotels do so. Its press chief, Artur Abdyukhanov, said the practice is lo…
Russian tourism union warns Schengen visa issuance may fall in 2027
The Russian Union of Tour Industry (RST) said the volume of Schengen visas issued to Russian tourists could decline in 2027, while adding that no new decisions changing visa issuance have been adopted. A review of visa requirements and visa…
Samcheok Miin Falls trail 90% built; 346m bridge and 2028 opening planned
Samcheok in Gangwon Province is pushing ahead with a 21.539 billion won project to build trails, a 346-metre suspension bridge and a 134-metre cliff path at Miin Falls in Dogye-eup, aiming to turn the former coal-mining area into a stay-typ…