KUALA LUMPUR: More than 200,000 visitors attended the Two Years of Madani Government Programme (2TM) and the 2024 National Convention on Public Service Reform at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) that kicked off on Friday (Nov 22). In a statement, the Performance Acceleration Coordination Unit (Pacu) said that the programme, held from 9am to … Read more
The Madinah Region Development Authority announced a remarkable milestone in tourism, revealing that the number of visitors to Madinah in 2023 exceeded 14 million, a 124 per cent increase compared to 2014. The historic leap reflects Madinah’s growing status as a pivotal religious and tourist destination in Saudi Arabia. Madinah continues to attract millions of … Read more
Perched on New York’s High Line, a six-metre-tall (20-foot) pigeon is watching over the city’s residents and challenging their views about themselves and the place in which they live. The hand-painted statue, called Dinosaur, was created by Colombian artist Iván Argote and is on show at the converted elevated railway line in southwest Manhattan. “I … Read more
Starting from Monday, foreigners may enter China via Zhengzhou, Henan’s provincial capital, under the policy, but they are only allowed to stay within the province. They have also been granted visa-free access to eight more cities or prefecture-level areas in Yunnan, including tourism hotspots Lijiang, Dali and Xishuangbanna. Previously, foreign visitors could enter Yunnan for … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed frustration with the Nigerian government over unresolved issues, which it claimed had at different times in the past led to industrial actions. The union accused President Bola Tinubu of ignoring issues affecting the nation’s university system. Speaking at a press conference held at Olabisi Onabanjo University, … Read more
He told Sun Yeli, party secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism during a closed-doors meeting that Hong Kong’s tourism industry had made a fast recovery after the last Covid-related travel restrictions were lifted earlier this year. Lee added that the number of visitors to the city in the third quarter of the year … Read more
