(AETOS Wire)-- Hong Kong
There’s never really a sleepy year to visit Hong Kong, but 2019 is particularly ripe for visitors. Spearheaded by the dynamic entrepreneur Adrian Cheng of K11 and New World Development, the rejuvenation of Tsim Sha Tsui harbourfront is just the starting point. The city’s iconic harbourside walkway, Avenue of Stars, has just received a much-awaited makeover that’s the brainchild of Cheng and visually conceived by James Corner, the landscape"...

AQABA — Players from around the world on Monday wrapped up their “Journey to Jordan” golf tournament in the Kingdom’s port city.

It was the second time the MENA Tour had visited Aqaba for what organisers said they hoped would build upon the already established attractions in the Kingdom and boost Jordan’s image as a tourist destination. The tournament brought with it 117 players flooding into the city, to chase the"...

TEHRAN, Feb. 12 – The 12th Tehran International Tourism Exhibition opened at Tehran's International Fairgrounds on Tuesday.

Organized by Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO), the four-day event is hosting 660 domestic and foreign companies from 12 countries.

Representatives of Italy, Turkey, Malaysia, Germany, Singapore,"...

Lattakia, SANA _ Building or constructing Tannour ( bread oven) is one of the old folk handicrafts in the villages of coastal region.

Tannour is a three foot by two foot oven made from a special kind of clay that retains heat.

In the village of Ein al-Mejwiya, 30 km away from Lattakia, Um Eyyad is famous of building the clay Tannour . she has practiced this handicraft"...

Nearly five years after Dubai passed a law regulating the leasing of vacation homes in Dubai, there are over 10,766 active listing on AirBnB, according to a new report from Knight Frank.

According to the report, the active listings form just part of the total of 20,395 properties registered on the platform.

The report found that the holiday home market accounts for approximately"...

Hospitality management company, Aleph Hospitality, today has signed a franchise agreement with Marriott International for the first Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Liberia. Located in the capital city, Monrovia, the hotel is due to become the first internationally branded hotel in the country upon opening in 2020 and will be managed by Aleph Hospitality under the Four Points by Sheraton brand.

The landmark property is ideally situated in the city’s central business district, adjacent to the United Nations"...

The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to carry the famed name outside of France, announced Sunday it would roll out works by Dutch masters Rembrandt and Vermeer this month.

Works by the two artists are part of the gallery's first exhibition this year, entitled 'Rembrandt, Vermeer and the Dutch Golden Age: Masterpieces from The Leiden collection and the Musee du Louvre'.

The"...

Urban areas can become the world’s food basket. So said the Crown Prince of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, in a holographic address at the seventh World Government Summit (WGS 2019) in Dubai today.

Also known as “Fazza” by his 7.2 million Instagram followers, Sheikh Hamdan’s futuristic speech was a spectacular display capturing the futuristic ambitions of the emirate in a theatrical setting worthy"...

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Excitement is building in the capital with only three weeks to go until the spectacular Al Mouj Golf hosts the second edition of the European Tour’s Oman Open, and the sultanate is once again set to see tourism boom with the widespread media coverage the tournament attracts.

Promoted by the Oman Golf Committee and Golf Oman, the economic impact of the tournament"...