A Chinese man who placed joss paper, known as “hell money”, into a fortune-drawing donation box at Japan’s Sensoji Temple has sparked outrage and renewed criticism of poor tourist behaviors.

Chinese visitors to Vietnam can use their familiar mobile payment apps to scan VIETQR Global codes and make direct payments at shopping, dining and tourist locations nationwide from Dec. 2.

Vietnam’s tourism sector is experiencing robust expansion fueled by surging domestic travel and a sharp recovery in foreign arrivals, cementing its position as one of the region’s fastest-growing destinations, according to a report published by Savills Hotels and international law firm Watson Farley & Williams.

More than 800 Singaporeans have returned home safely from the tourist city of Hat Yai in Thailand which was hard hit by deadly flooding.

Cafés along Hanoi Train Street at the Kham Thiem–Le Duan section resumed placing tables beside the active railway tracks last weekend, attracting large crowds of tourists just days after authorities cleared the area.

A group of 23 tourists from Singapore were pressured by their tour guide to buy items at a shop in China’s Chengdu Province and locked inside when they refused to make purchases.

The coldest capital in the world has an average annual temperature of about minus 1.3 degrees Celsius, and could be frozen in minus 40 degrees in winter.

When Nha Trang was plunged into darkness and its streets were under nearly a meter of water on the night of Nov. 19, South African tourist Arshaad Yousuph joined rescuers to save trapped people.

Phu Quoc, voted the most beautiful in Asia by readers of American magazine Condé Nast Traveler, welcomed nearly 1.6 million international tourists in the first 11 months of this year, up 80.9% year-on-year.

Passengers flying with Vietnamese airlines will be allowed to check in at the counters only when they have checked baggage or in special categories, starting Dec. 1.