A dinner of three tech billionaires at a modest yet popular fried chicken franchise in Seoul has drawn global attention, highlighting how Koreans transform everyday eating habits into cultural icons.
With only 32 million foreign tourist arrivals projected for this year, the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) is urging the government to offer more flight promotions, while the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) plans to request “Quick Win” stimulus measures.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has officially welcomed United Airlines’ inaugural flight UA820 on the Los Angeles – Bangkok route, marking the first direct service by a U.S. carrier to Thailand in over 11 years.
Two Temple Place, where fashionista Tien Nguyen—daughter of Vietnam’s luxury mogul Jonathan Hanh Nguyen—and her fiancé Justin Cohen took their wedding photos, is known for lavish Gothic architecture, commanding a daily rental fee of £8,000 (US$10,559).
Australian travel magazine Lonely Planet has named Quy Nhon in central Vietnam among the world’s 25 best destinations for 2026, praising the city’s beaches, cuisine, and easygoing seaside charm.
Although the ancient town of Hoi An in central Vietnam has not officially resumed tourism activities after a historic flood, many foreigners are showing up to admire the travel hotspot despite its dirty roads and closed businesses.
A Japanese travel agency said that it plans to launch a point-to-point transport service in the 2030s that would connect Tokyo with U.S. cities such as New York, using space technology to cut travel time to just 60 minutes.
Banh mi, once praised world’s best by international travel magazines and a symbol of Vietnam’s street food scene, was not on CNN’s list of the 50 best breads in the world because it is typically labeled as a sandwich rather than bread.