Category - Asia

Alerts: Travel updates from Ottawa Mon 11 June 2012 TRAVEL reports: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada have issued the following updates on the travel.gc.ca website to the following countries: Burma (Myanmar): Exercise high degree of caution The political situation in Burma is volatile and there is always a possibility of civil unrest. Canadians may […]

By Kari Huus, msnbc.com Beijing has banned foreign tourists from traveling to Tibet, reports from the region said Thursday. The news comes amid growing unrest in the Chinese-ruled region, including self-immolations by ethnic Tibetans. Travel agents have been told that the Himalayan region is off-limits to foreign travelers, the Voice of America and other news […]

Section 5 has been updated (the Embassy of Canada in Bangkok has changed its telephone and fax number). The new listing is below For the website: http://www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/report_rapport-eng.asp?id=290000 5. CANADIAN GOVERNMENT CONTACTS You can obtain consular assistance and further consular information at the following addresses: Thailand – BANGKOK, Embassy of Canada Address: 15th Floor, Abdulrahim Place, […]

LIvemint.com: PTI | May 11, 2012, 04.35PM ISTNEW DELHI: Kingfisher Airlines pilots on Friday decided to call off their strike. Kingfisher pilots were striking against non-payment of salaries. Earlier, around 12 Kingfisher flights were on Friday cancelled after the pilots reported sick in protest against non-payment of due salaries. Ten flights from Delhi and two […]

AccuWeather.Com As of Thursday morning, EDT, the center of Tropical Storm 02W was centered near 9.9 north and 111.9 east, or about 370 miles east of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Movement was to the west-northwest at 3 mph. Maximum sustained winds were near 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph. Tropical Storm 02W will […]

Kazakhstan Exercise high degree of caution Some areas along the border with China, as well as the provinces of Zhambyl (Gvardeiskyi village, Rossavel village, Kulzhabasy), Qaraghandy (Priozyorsk village, Gulshad village), Qyzylorda (Baikonur, Karmakshinsky, and Kazalinsky regions), and West Kazakhstan (Bokeiordinsky and Zhangalinsky regions), are closed to travellers. Government authorization is required prior to travel to […]