Traveler Tips - Guides for Travelers and Tourists

Most people have heard how bad the traffic is in Bangkok, Thailand. Until you've spent any time in Bangkok, though, it's difficult to imagine how bad traffic really is. Stationary cars stretch for miles, getting through a red light can…

Tourism Malaysia Promotion Board is now tapping the senior citizens or "third golden age" market in Singapore as part of efforts to lure more of the republic's aging population to visit Malaysia. Tourism Malaysia Director in Singapore…

Thanks in part to the Internet, more tourists have discovered this Cordillera town famous for its hanging coffins and many natural wonders. It’s nice to know, however, that despite the influx of tourism, locals remain accomodating to…

Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) believed Yogyakarta and its surroundings are still sought foreign tourists from Japan after the earthquake and tsunami in the country. “Until now no significant decline in Japanese…

Interested in backpacking in Thailand but not sure where to start? Here’s a quick run down of ideas of what to see and do while you’re in this spectacular country. Here’s some of the things I wish people had told me before I went…

Chiang Mai is a tourist city with hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. From my personal travels worldwide I would rate it as very safe. There is only one area in which we would caution and that is in respect to jewelry purchases.…

In Europe, no concensus exists on how to refer to the former ritish colony of urma, which won independence in 1948. oth versions have linguistic legitimacy. In the urmese language, Myanmar is the formal term and urma is the informal,…

Credited nowhere near enough for its infectiously languid pace of life, Malaysia time arguably runs at least as slow as famously sleepy Laos a few hundred miles to the north. In fact, mediocre press is a bit of a theme for Malaysia, causing…

Thailand, the backpacker’s paradise, is a country full of history and culture. With so many tourist attractions on offer, how does a first timer to this far-flung land know where to start? Well, I have made up a list of the top 10 places to…

Planning to spend a few days in Hong Kong on a shoestring budget? Yes, it's possible. For every ultra-expensive hotel room that boasts of panoramic views of the city, there's a cheap little corner somewhere. It won't hurt, though, to treat…