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Meliá Chiang Mai resort launches social enterprise to improve lives of Thai communities
Meliá Chiang Mai has unveiled a social enterprise that promotes talented Thai designers, artists and craftsmen to ultimately help communities in need and preserve Thai culture.…
read morePatrick Johnson awarded 2023 IOC Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions Award for Oceania
Dual Olympian and Culture and Sport Advisor Patrick Johnson secured the 2023 IOC Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions Award for Oceania. The award, announced in Lausanne last…
read moreTokyo light and sound experience makes it into Guinness World Records
Tokyo’s latest attraction to brighten the nightlife ‘TOKYO Night & Light’ – has gone down in the Guinness World Records™ as the ‘largest…
read moreHiroshima Peace Museum attracts record number of visitors in 2023 fiscal year
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in central Hiroshima, Japan, has already reached a record 1,760,252 visitors with still just over a month to go…
read moreATTA reveals key trends and issues shaping adventure tourism in 2024
Taking account of issues as diverse as sustainability, overtourism, climate change, artificial intelligence and regional conflict, the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) has released…
read moreInternational esports exhibition match in Darwin to blend culture and entertainment
With support from Northern Territory Major Events Company, Darwin will host some of the best Tekken players from the Philippines and Australia when they compete in an esports exhibition…
read moreNew inclusive heritage conservation campaign launched for Saudi Arabia’s AlUla
Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), has launched a new, inclusive heritage conservation campaign aiming to enahnce the public's knowledge, awareness, and desire to…
read moreIranian Government eases restrictions on women entering football stadiums
Longstanding restrictions on Iranian women watching live football in the nation’s sport stadia -marked by high profile protests over the years - appear to have been eased with 3,000…
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