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Police in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong have arrested a driver after a car ploughed into a crowd of people at a bus stop on Sunday afternoon. Authorities in the city of Tengzhou confirmed the crash on Monday afternoon, adding that the driver had been detained, according to Jimu News, an online media outlet…
Hong Kong Airlines continues its goal of elevating its current designation as a local carrier to a full-service global airline – happily, by introducing a range of service enhancements that are sure to upgrade passengers’ travel experience. Coinciding with their recent long-haul routes to Vancouver and Sydney, these upgrades include changes to baggage policy, in-flight…
1 / 6 China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism said that local travellers made an estimated 314 million domestic trips between May 1 and 5. The growth was 6.4% compared to 9.2% a year earlier. However, the travel momentum was 36% higher than in 2019, the year before the pandemic. FILE PHOTO: People walk along…
6th May 2025 – (Hong Kong) The Labour Day Golden Week concludes with a record-breaking influx of 1.1 million visitors to Hong Kong, marking a 22% annual increase. Various regions in Hong Kong faced congestion, with the MTR Lok Ma Chau Station experiencing a temporary collapse of its mobile network. Chief Executive John Lee describes…
The number of licensed restaurants in Hong Kong has dropped year on year for the first time in six years, a Post analysis has found, with experts attributing the decline partly to locals travelling to mainland China and tourists preferring lighter food options such as street snacks. According to data from the Food and Environmental…
Hong Kong recorded nearly 520,000 border crossings through all control points by 4pm on Monday, marking the final day of the mainland’s Golden Week holiday period, according to figures from the Immigration Department. The data indicated that around 260,000 travelers entered Hong Kong, with residents of the city accounting for over 180,000 of these arrivals….
An aerial drone photo taken on May 5, 2025 shows traffic flows on Jiangyin grand bridge on Beijing-Shanghai expressway. On the last day of the May Day holiday, a peak in return trips was observed nationwide. Photo: Xinhua During this year’s May Day holiday, China’s consumer market unleashed renewed and robust vitality. Data from the…
For Hong Kong-born artist Sarah Tse Man-heng, the ultimate studio has no walls. Instead it has beaches, vast savannahs and forest floors blanketed in flowers and fungi. An elephant might swing by, maybe even a monkey. Tse, 39, is a digital nomad artist who combines a love for travel with art, creating works inspired by…
Cycling enthusiasts ride through a park in Changxing county, Zhejiang province, in March. [PHOTO BY CHEN HAIWEI/FOR CHINA DAILY] Decarbonization, focusing on sustainability giving rise to a whole new travel experience As concerns grow about climate change and environmental degradation, the travel industry and governments in Asia are increasingly recognizing the need to reduce the carbon…
Early figures from China’s two dominant mobile payment services, Alipay and WeChat Pay, showed strong inbound travel spending during the country’s five-day Labour Day holiday. Alipay, a unit under Ant Group, said in a statement on Monday that both the number of transactions and total spending by inbound travellers across 13 e-wallets in its network…