Phu Quoc International Airport in southern Vietnam handled 767 flights and more than 260,473 passengers during Tet holidays from Feb. 14-22, marking its strongest Tet growth since becoming operational in 2012.

Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines, popular tourism destinations in Southeast Asia, have been listed among top global hotspots for taxi scams, according to a study by British travel insurance provider AllClear.

Vietnam’s tourism sector served an estimated 14 million visitors during the nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, up 12% year-on-year, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

An elevator at Tokyo Skytree, a popular tourist attraction in Japan, stopped about 30 meters above the ground on Sunday night, trapping 20 people inside for five and a half hours.

Phu Quoc, voted Asia’s most beautiful island by readers of Condé Nast Traveler, received 366,000 tourist arrivals during the nine-day Tet holiday break, up 30% from last year.

Thai tourism operators are calling on the government to reform law enforcement and regulatory management in a bid to revitalize and strengthen the country’s tourism sector.

Large numbers of travelers flocked to popular southern destinations such as Vung Tau, Da Lat and Phu Quoc during the Tet break, packing beaches and causing severe traffic jams on nearby roads.

Dubai International Airport maintained its crown as the world’s busiest airport for international travel last year as officials said that a record 95.2 million passengers transited through its terminals, part of the emirate’s continued economic boom.

Seven tourists, reported to be Chinese citizens, died on Feb 20 when a tour bus crashed through the ice of Russia’s Lake Baikal in Siberia, local officials said.