Tokyo’s ever-faithful dog Hachiko turns 100

Tokyo’s ever-faithful dog Hachiko turns 100

In the hustle and bustle outside one of the Japanese capital’s main train stations stands a statue of a dog whose true story of loyalty has made him a beloved mascot for generations. Hachiko, whose birth centenary is this week, belonged to university professor...
The tourist hotspots that are imposing visitor quotas

The tourist hotspots that are imposing visitor quotas

With French Polynesia planning to avoid overtourism by limiting numbers, here are four other locations that have done so or are preparing to introduce restrictions. It was recently reported that French Polynesia plans to avoid overtourism by limiting the number of...
Bohey Dulang Island

Bohey Dulang Island

Located in Semporna, Sabah, Bohey Dulang Island is the second largest island in the Tun Sakaran Marine Park archipelago. With a unique lagoon-like formation created by the flooding of seawater to a crater from the remnants of an ancient volcano, the sea around Bohey...