The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has worked with six airlines to cut domestic airfares by 15% to 30% and boost seat capacity to meet surging travel demand during the Songkran holiday, one of Thailand’s biggest holidays.

The Middle East conflict has driven up fuel costs, and the resultant higher transport prices are threatening the recovery of Southeast Asia’s tourism industry.

Myanmar’s ageing railway stations are bustling with life, crowded with passengers as surging fuel prices due to the Mid-East war drive travelers to choose trains over costly planes and cars.

Hong Kong’s Cantonese restaurant Chairman has been named Asia’s best restaurant in the 14th edition of the awards voted by hundreds of experts comprising food writers, critics, chefs and restaurateurs.

Ferry operators in Malaysia’s Langkawi, voted Asia’s second most beautiful island after Vietnam’s Phu Quoc last year by American magazine Condé Nast Traveler, have cut daily services by 40% after industrial diesel prices more than doubled.

Australia banned visitors from Iran on March 26, saying war in the Middle East increased the risk they would refuse to fly home once their short-term visas expired.

A bun rieu (crab noodle soup) eatery in Hanoi that was forced to shut down following hygiene complaints from a Chinese tourist has reopened at a new location with major upgrades.

An American traveler has drawn widespread attention online after claiming he spent 10 days sleeping and eating inside Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand, saying high airfares linked to conflict in the Middle East prevented him from continuing his journey.

Sun PhuQuoc Airways, the airline of Sun Group, hosted the “Phu Quoc – Your Ultimate Escape” seminar on March 25 in Seoul, alongside the official appointment of its General Sales Agent (GSA), with nearly 100 representatives from travel agencies attending.

Phu Quoc, voted Asia’s most beautiful island by readers of Condé Nast Traveler, received 2.97 million tourists in the first quarter of this year, up 43% year-on-year as it seeks to compete with regional destinations.