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Tourism

Hong Kong’s iconic floating restaurant sailed away from the city this week
Jun 17, 2022 (WiC 589)

Aberdeen harbour in Hong Kong Island is called ‘Hong Kong Tsai’ in Cantonese, which means ‘little Hong Kong’. As the oldest fishing village in the area, one suggestion is that it was actually called ‘Hong Kong’ more than two centuries ...

A revival of China’s Grand Canal grabs media attention
Jun 17, 2022 (WiC 589)

Running from Beijing to Hangzhou, the 1,400 year-old Grand Canal was a vital artery of transportation, boring through China’s ‘north-south divide’. At more than 1,700 kilometres, the waterway is the world’s longest of its type. It’s ...

Airbnb calls time on its Chinese operations
Jun 3, 2022 (WiC 587)

In March 2017, Brian Chesky, co-founder of Airbnb, travelled to Shanghai to unveil the Chinese name of Airbnb. Aibiying, according to Chesky, means “to welcome each other with love”. At the time, the chief executive of the online platform ...

How the metaverse may help local rivals challenge Disney and Universal
Jan 21, 2022 (WiC 570)

For decades South Sky Column, a 1,080-metre sandstone pillar, has been a must-see for visitors to Zhangjiajie in Hunan province. In 2010 the authorities at the national park renamed the popular spot ‘Hallelujah Mountain’ because it was ...

Tourism deals point to post-pandemic recovery
Jun 5, 2020 (WiC 498)

The coronavirus pandemic has upended daily life in much of the world for so long that the idea of travelling again feels almost far-fetched. Lay-offs in the sector are mounting at the alarming rate of one million jobs a day, according to the ...