Travellers are paying double the usual airfare on Cathay Pacific Airways flights from more than 50 cities to Hong Kong as the Iran war drives up demand for routes that avoid the conflict zone, with London, Madrid and Chennai seeing the steepest surges, the South China Morning Post has found. The US-Israeli attacks on Iran…
The Hong Kong women’s football team made it home safely on Friday night after several anxious days stranded in Dubai following the US-Israel attacks on Iran, with members expressing relief at their return but disappointment about having to withdraw from a tournament. Twenty-seven players and staff landed in Hong Kong via Bangkok, where they had…
Adverse impacts from the US-Israel strikes on Iran unfolded on Monday, disrupting supply chains, driving up oil prices and leaving many Middle East business leaders at a major trade fair in Hong Kong in an awkward position. As the strikes entered a third day, oil prices surged 13 per cent – the biggest rise in…
American athleisure brand Alo Yoga has taken over a large waterfront commercial space in Hong Kong after being vacated by a British luxury food retailer, with analysts saying “experience-led” wellness brands are emerging as rare bright spots in an otherwise uneven retail recovery. The local debut of the brand at the 7,000 sq ft, two-storey…
A 62-year-old man who fled Hong Kong after a brutal murder on a Sai Kung beach nearly 37 years ago has been arrested in Thailand and will be extradited back to the city on Thursday, the South China Morning Post has learned. Mui Yiu-keung was reportedly detained on Monday at a house in Bangkok’s Nong…
David Webb, the corporate governance activist renowned for his free public database and his explosive “Enigma Network” exposé that rocked the Hong Kong stock exchange, has died aged 60 of metastatic prostate cancer. A notice posted on one of his social media accounts confirmed his death on Tuesday. He is survived by his wife and…
An extensive study of 16,000 shark fin samples taken from Hong Kong retail markets has found that 6.5 per cent of them were from globally protected species, surpassing the figure officially declared by local authorities under an international agreement. “This translates to over 95 per cent of the trade in oceanic whitetip sharks being illegal,”…
For American painter Spencer Sweeney, the artistic process is less of a linear path and more of an improvised musical composition, filled with subconscious rhythm and unpredictable bursts of colour. This is perhaps unsurprising given that the 52-year-old grew up in a family of musicians and artists, and works as a painter and a DJ…
China stands ready to align development strategies with Thailand for “greater progress” in bilateral ties, President Xi Jinping told the visiting Thai monarch King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Beijing on Friday. The Chinese leader described the two nations as “true good relatives, friends and partners” during his meeting with the king at the Great Hall of…
Home » ASIA » Ho Chi Minh City Joins Bangkok, Hong Kong, Istanbul in Seeing Phenomenal Rise in Global Tourism, Attracting Multi Million Visitors This Year Published on November 3, 2025 By: Tuhin Sarkar Ho Chi Minh City joins the ranks of global tourism giants like Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Istanbul, witnessing a phenomenal rise…