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 Age, Deccan Chronicle, The Tribune, Hindustan 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.