If you're planning a trip to New Zealand, your choice of whether to visit the South or North Island depends to a large extent on what kind of person you are. The South Island is much more sparsely populated and very rich in natural life. You'll be able to see dolphins, penguins, seals and a fantastic variety of other bird and sea life. The Island has some of the most breathtaking scenery in the world, including mountains that drop dramatically down to lakes at places like Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound. The Fiordland National Park is listed by UNESCO as…

The Yuan has weakened significantly against the dollar this year – much to the relief of the Chinese leadership. But Chinese holidaymakers are faced with tough decisions on how to make their Yuan go further. Their changing priorities will definitely affect the travel and tourism industry. Chinese people still very much want to travel abroad. A Shanghai-based travel agency said recently that during the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival (the Chinese New Year), 6 million Chinese tourists would take a trip to overseas countries. Chinese tourists as a whole spend the equivalent of $14.37 billion overseas – a staggering amount of…

Southeast Asia Travelling through Southeast Asia, or to be more precise, Peninsular Southeast Asia, is one of the most amazing experiences you can have. Peninsular Southeast Asia is a region that contains seven uniquely fascinating countries: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore, and, time permitting, you can easily arrange to visit some of them or even all of them within the same travel plan. All are very hot tropical countries with drenching rainy seasons, but from November to around mid February, they all enter their annual cool-dry season, a period with warm unbroken sunshine almost every day. To…