Phu Quoc, voted Asia's most beautiful island by readers of Condé Nast Traveler, received 6.8 million tourists in the first seven months this year, up 30% year-on-year and meeting 80% of this year's target.
Security officers at Alabama's Gulf Shores International Airport in the U.S. were shocked to discover a passenger's checked bag containing what officials described as a stolen historic relic — five Civil War-era cannonballs wrapped in paper towels.
An Indonesian man was arrested after allegedly verbally abusing and threatening airline staff and immigration officers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport's Terminal 1 when his flight was delayed by five hours.
A Vietnamese restaurant in Hong Kong that refuses to tone down its idiosyncratic Vietnamese flavors to suit local palates has won Michelin honors for three straight years.
Nördlingen appears to be a postcard-perfect medieval town in Germany's Bavaria, complete with red-tiled roofs, cobbled streets and a stone wall surrounding the old center, yet it is best known among tourists for the diamonds embedded in its stones.
Singapore, ranked the world's second-richest country by GDP per capita, has expanded its culinary credentials after 10 new eateries were added to the 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand list, highlighting the city-state's affordable dining scene.
A barbecue restaurant in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province has seen a surge in visitors after its chef went viral online for his uncanny resemblance to world's richest billionaire Elon Musk.