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Asian Stocks Decline on Signs Global Recession Is Deepening (Bloomberg)
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks dropped as falling commodity prices dragged mining shares lower and the failure of homebuilder Morimoto Co. drove bankruptcies by listed companies to a postwar record in Japan.
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Bangkok feeling the pain of isolation (Thailandnews.net)
BANGKOK : The Four Seasons hotel has taken French oysters and artichokes off the menu. Frustrated orchid growers cannot export their flowers, so they are selling them on the local market for one-third...
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Japan, Australia Stocks Decline as Global Recession Deepens (Bloomberg)
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese and Australian stocks dropped as falling commodity prices dragged mining shares lower and the failure of homebuilder Morimoto Co. drove bankruptcies by listed companies to a postwar record in Japan.
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DOT shifts target market in tourism drive (Sun Star)
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) is shifting its target tourist arrivals from Europeans to the neighboring Asian countries. The move was initiated as a strategy to counter the impact of the global financial crisis.
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Healthy airport food (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a doctors advocacy group that supports vegetarian nutrition, released its eighth annual report on healthful food options at airports.
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Tourist arrivals up despite gloomy outlook (The Star)
PETALING JAYA: Tourist arrivals in the third quarter showed an 8% increase despite the gloomy outlook on the sector.
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My life in travel: Jonathan Agnew (Belfast Telegraph)
'My dream trip? Places where they don't play cricket!'
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Where's Our Thomas Cook? (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
In the 19th century, an Englishman called Thomas Cook made the arrangements for his church members to travel from Leicester to Liverpool for a meeting. That was the first time he had organised an outstation tour.
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My life in travel: Jonathan Agnew (Independent)
'My dream trip? Places where they don't play cricket!' Agnew says: "I want to go to places where they don't play cricket!"
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Disney parks target Chinese, others with cash (The Japan Times)
Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo's Disney theme parks, is targeting wealthy Chinese and other overseas tourists to maintain growth as Japan's declining birthrate cuts its domestic market. Overseas visitors to the company's Disneyland and DisneySea resorts may rise as much as 22 percent to 1.3 million over the next three years, Executive Vice President Akio Nagaoka said. Read the full ...
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