November 4, 2019

Competition

Thailand Cave Reopens for Visitors after Wild Boars Football Team Rescue Last Yearedit

News 18 – Online Web

In this handout photo released by Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center, Thai rescue teams use headlamps to enter a pitchblack cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing, in Mae Sai, northern Thailand on July 2, 2018.

Industry

SCTH: Saudi Arabia to boost tourism to 10% of GDPedit

The Rahnuma Daily – Online

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has shared its vision for the future of tourism in an address by Ahmad Al-Khateeb, at a meeting of G20 tourism ministers in Japan. Al-Khateeb, chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, shared Saudi Arabia’s strategy for developing its emerging tourism industry insights with Vision 2030 goals to build a thriving community and a diversified economy.

Specific

Candyman creates fantastical creatures from molten sugaredit

The Asian AgeDeccan ChronicleThe TribuneHindustan Times Daily Hunt – Online Web

Using a pair of scissors, a blow pipe and small metal tools, Hong Kong shopkeeper Louis To whittles a chunk of molten sugar into a dragon, a talent he began honing during China’s Cultural Revolution.

To’s shop on Cheung Chau, a small island in the waters west of Hong Kong’s famous Victoria Harbour, has become a must-see for visiting tourists. There they can watch a man locals dub “The Candyman” sculpt sugar into a host of animals and fantastical creatures.

 

DANE CHENG Appointed as the New Executive Director of the Hong Kong Tourism Boardedit

Travel Rasoi – Online Web

The Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) Dr Pang Yiu-Kai has announced that Dane Cheng will assume position as the Executive Director of the Board from the 1st of November, 2019.

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