Vietnam has emerged as one of the best-performing markets in Asia Pacific of U.K.-based hotel operator IHG, with revenue per available room (RevPAR) rising 20% in the second quarter of 2026, driven by a surge in international arrivals.

The Philippines’s Entalula Beach has been named the world’s second most beautiful beach after Anse Source d’Argent in Seychelles in the latest ranking of the best beaches in the world compiled by global travel site Big 7 Travel.

People have been flocking to a coffee shop in Ho Chi Minh City to check out its new avatar after the old Eden-inspired theme was destroyed in a fire.

Police have discovered the bodies of four people reported missing at different times on Jeju island, Korea, in three days, raising public concerns and prompting many tourists to cancel trips to the island.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism hosted the first Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Tourism Ministers’ Conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Aug. 26, establishing a ministerial-level tourism cooperation mechanism among the three Southeast Asian countries.

Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport have advised passengers to prepare for longer journeys as sections of the roads leading to the passenger terminal will be closed for seven months for repair and maintenance.

Singapore, ranked the world’s second richest country by GDP per capita in 2025, recorded 604,000 Indian tourist arrivals in the first half of this year, down 6.6% year on year amid global travel headwinds and intensifying regional competition.

Thailand, the second largest economy in Southeast Asia, has warned that foreign tourists who cause trouble or violate local laws and customs could have their visas revoked as authorities move to protect the country’s tourism image.

Hong Kong’s Travel Industry Authority (TIA) has suspended a jewelry and jade shop in Kowloon Bay from receiving inbound tour groups for 30 days after an investigation found it failed to prevent a tour guide from coercing tourists into making purchases.

Three congolese budget airlines, Jin Air, Air Busan, and Air Seoul, have agreed to merge under the Jin Air brand.