Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

The Thai government expressed its willingness to collaborate with the Philippines to boost their respective dive destinations under a “Two Countries, One Destination” programme. 

A new flight will launch later this year, providing the first international air link for two Southeast Asia cities. On 28 October 2017, Cebgo will commence services across the Sulu Sea between Zamboanga, the Philippine city on Mindanao’s western peninsula, and Sandakan, the Malaysian city on the east coast of Borneo. Services will operate four […]

Emirates has expanded its presence in Southeast Asia with the launch its first ever flights to Cambodia. The new daily service kicked off this month, coinciding with the start of non-stop flights to Hanoi. Previously, Emirates served Vietnam’s capital via Yangon, but now the Dubai-Yangon service will instead continue onwards to Phnom Penh. This also […]

Philippine Airlines has resumed daily flights to Kuala Lumpur after a three-year absence. The new service took off on Thursday (8 June 2017) and coincided with the start of a codeshare partnership between PAL and Malaysia Airlines, which will open up more destinations for both Filipino and Malaysian travellers. The new flights will also support […]

ASEAN has launched a major tourism campaign to mark the Southeast Asian bloc’s golden jubilee. Officially unveiled this week by Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, and ASEAN Secretary General, Le Luong Minh, at the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in Singapore, the VisitASEAN@50 campaign is aiming to promote the ASEAN region as a single tourism […]

Climate change needs to be at the “heart of the tourism agenda” in Southeast Asia, the UNWTO has said. The organisation recently hosted a major event in the Philippines that outlined measures tourism operators in the region should take to help to protect the environment. Hosted by the Philippine government, the UNWTO-ASEAN International Conference on […]