Kazakhstan Tourist Association comments on 'Chinese visa issue'
The 'visa-free regime' does not mean cancellation of visas, but involves introduction of ADS visas for group travel: president Assanbayeva.
For one month only, Paris pokes fun at Parisians
A loving couple queues in front of a Parisian cafe. "For the brunch, I've got one table at 6pm", a waiter tells them.
5 million Chinese tourists to visit Kazakhstan during EXPO-2017
Kazakhstan is expecting 5 million tourists from China during the international exhibition EXPO-2017.
Kazakhstan and China to agree on visa-free group travel
Kazakhstan mulls signing an agreement on visa-free group travel with China.
Pollution blamed for drop in Beijing tourism: state media
The number of tourists visiting China's capital fell by more than 14 percent in the first half of this year compared to 2012.
Almaty tagged most expensive post soviet city
Almaty is the most expensive city for tourism in the post soviet space.
Tourists flock to Pakistan Kashmir valley in rare boom
Success stories can be rare in Pakistan, but business is booming in one Kashmir tourist spot as the region rebuilds after a devastating earthquake and shrugs off associations with violence.
Lebanon tourism pays the price for Syria's war
Dia's restaurant in the Lebanese resort village of Aley is deserted. Most years, he caters to thousands of rich Gulf Arab tourists and to visiting expats, but this year no one has come.
World Cup visitors: beware of Brazil's sky-high prices
Tourists planning to flock to Brazil for the World Cup a year from now should brace for some of the world's highest housing, restaurant and transport prices.
Turkish Pegasus to bring Kazakhstan tourists from Turkey
169 Kazakhstan tourists who are stuck in Antalya because of Sky Airlines bankruptcy will be transported to Aktobe by Turkish Pegasus.
Airline bancruptcy gives extra vacation days to 1,000 Kazakhstan tourists in Turkey
Around 1,000 Kazakhstan citizens cannot leave Antalya, Turkey, because of the Turkish air company's bankruptcy.
Turkey tourism takes a hit but visitors shrug off unrest
Hotel reservations may be down after a week of violent mass protests in Turkey, but plucky tourists on the ground have taken the unrest in their stride.
Iraq to restore ancient arch to woo back tourists
Iraqi authorities have contracted a Czech firm to carry out a 10-month restoration of the ancient Arch of Ctesiphon as part of a plan to boost tourism to the once-popular site.
Two Englishmen to horse-ride from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Tashkent
English friends, a writer Jamie Maddison and an entrepreneur Matthew Traver, have decided to ride horses from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Tashkent.
Kazakhstan to make Baikonur rocket launches a tourist attraction
Kazakhstan wants to make rocket launches from Baikonur cosmodrome a tourist attraction.
Almaty to get tour buses
Three tour buses will be purchased in 2013 and will start cruising Almaty city right away: official.
China Nile relic vandal hunted down: report
A Chinese tourist who defaced an ancient Egyptian monument was hunted down by Internet users who prompted his parents to apologise.
Kazakhstan to develop adventure tourism in western regions
A concept for development of tourism in Kazakhstan until 2020 has been presented.
Five dead, 53 hurt in Thai bus cliff plunge
Five people died, including a seven-month-old baby and a Belgian woman, and 53 were injured when a Thai tour bus plummeted off a hillside in northern Thailand after its brakes failed.
Chinese travellers are top spenders: UN tourism body
Chinese travellers are the world's biggest tourism spenders, splashing out a record $102 billion (78 billion euros) on trips abroad in 2012.