Thailand, the second-largest economy in Southeast Asia, will ban the sale of alcoholic beverages nationwide during the Buddhist holidays of Asalha Bucha Day and Buddhist Lent Day, and businesses who fail to comply face fines and possible jail time.

Thailand, voted as the world’s No.1 country for food by readers of British magazine Condé Nast Traveller last year, has launched the Thai Street Gold Star mobile application alongside a quality certification program for street food vendors.

A tea appreciation tour inspired by U.S. tech billionaire Bill Gates’s visit to Ban Co Peak in Da Nang in central Vietnam has launched with an eye on high-spending tourists.

The Thai passport ranked 63rd in the latest Henley Passport Index, dropping two notches from last year but remained the fifth most powerful in ASEAN region.

Breakfast took a wild turn at a bar in Spain’s northern Catalonia when a 900-kilogram bull wandered through the front door after becoming separated from its herd on Monday.

China’s market regulator has fined and confiscated a total of 5.2 billion yuan (US$765 million) from Trip.com Group for abusing its dominant position in the domestic online hotel-booking market.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai has dropped out of this year’s list of the world’s 10 best airports, based on 661,000 reader votes in the American magazine Travel + Leisure.

The Maldives, named the world’s second best island after Thailand’s Koh Samui at 2026 Travel+Leisure awards, recorded 1.04 million tourist arrivals in the first six months this year, down 5% year-on-year.

Domestic airfares in Vietnam have dropped by 30-50% since the start of the summer travel season.

The southern Philippine province of Bukidnon has been offering all-you-can-eat durian buffet where visitors can feast on what is usually dubbed “the king of fruits” for just P100-P150 (US$1.70-2.60).