‘Perfect Japan’ posts spark Gen Z social media backlash
Tokyo (AFP) - Take an everyday video on any suburban transport network, add anime-style music and a rosy filter, and ...
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Chinese tourists ditch Japan for third month running
Tokyo (AFP) - Chinese visitors to Japan tumbled 45. 2 percent in February from a year earlier, official data showed ...
Chinese visitors to Japan plunge 45.2% in February
Tokyo (AFP) - Chinese visitors to Japan tumbled 45. 2 percent in February from a year earlier, official data showed ...
‘Dubai is safe’: UAE pushes to contain fallout from Iran onslaught
Dubai (AFP) - Dubai is scrambling to preserve its image as a safe haven despite Iran's onslaught, with influencers rallying ...
Dubai’s low-paid workers on edge as Mideast war hits tourism
Dubai (AFP) - For thousands of workers in Dubai's tourism sector, the Middle East war has brought business to a ...
Viral drone video fuels debate about Rio favela tourism
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) - A line of tourists touch up their makeup before strutting across a rooftop in ...
Tourism on hold as Middle East war casts uncertainty
Paris (France) (AFP) - Cancelled flights, postponed trips and a great deal of uncertainty: the war in the Middle East ...
‘Nothing is working’: Gulf travel turmoil hits Berlin tourism fair
Berlin (AFP) - Santhosh Kanakandath still managed to fly to Berlin from Oman to represent his travel agency at the ...
Stranded tourists shelter from missile fire in Dubai
Dubai (AFP) - On Dubai's artificial island, empty beaches stand in stark contrast to frantic hotel lobbies, where stranded tourists ...
Stranded tourists shelter from missile fire in Dubai
Dubai (AFP) - On Dubai's artificial island, empty beaches stand in stark contrast to frantic hotel lobbies, where stranded tourists ...
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