Passengers at six regional airports in Thailand will pay higher service fees, 75 baht (US$2.32) for domestic flights and 425 baht ($13) for international ones, effective from Wednesday.

The People’s Committee of Ta Van Commune in Lao Cai Province reported that the local rescue force found two foreign tourists on Monday in the Hoang Lien National Park in Sin Chai village.

Two Vietnamese favorites, banana fritters and mung bean-filled doughnuts, have made it to international food magazine TasteAtlas’s list of world’s best street food sweets.

Many foreign tourists traveling around Vietnam when Storm Bualoi hit had their travel plans disrupted by rain and flooding, but were touched by the hospitality of local people.

Thailand will focus on stimulating inbound tourism over the next months, targeting key markets or countries experiencing a decline in visitor numbers, including China, Japan, South Korea, India, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

Raja Ampat, a famous archipelago in Indonesia’s West Papua Province, has been recognized as a biosphere reserve.

South Korea began offering visa-free entry for Chinese tourist groups on Sept. 29, a measure it hopes will boost the economy and help improve ties with its Asian neighbor.

Thailand is launching a major security overhaul backed by advanced technology in a proactive push to welcome at least two million Chinese tourists over the next four months.

Indonesia has issued 1,012 golden visas to foreign citizens, securing more than 48 trillion IDR (around US$2.9 billion) in investment as of Sept. 23.