Bangladeshi passport drops to 100th spot in new ranking

Holders of the Bangladeshi passport can travel to the following destinations visa-free: Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde Islands, Comoro Islands, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Fiji,...

Passport stamps are a map of my life in travel. I’ll miss them

Surely I can’t be the only one who stands in line at the airport thumbing the pages of my passport as if I’ve just got my hands on a first edition of my favourite book. Nor can I be alone in handing my passport to border control in the quiet hope...

Canadian Government Updates Travel Advisories After Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Warning In Southeast Asia

On Friday, October 10, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck offshore in the region of Mindanao in the Southern Philippines. According to civil defense deputy administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV, one person passed away after being hit by...

Hōkūlea And Hikianalia To Set Sail For Aotearoa As Part Of The Moananuiākea Voyage

Press Release – Polynesian Voyaging Society Photo/Supplied (Rarotonga, Cook Islands) Two traditional Polynesian voyaging canoes, Hklea and Hikianalia, are preparing to depart Rarotonga for Aotearoa as part of the Moananuikea Voyage, a multi-year...

U.S. passport no longer one of the top 10 most powerful

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OPINION Tydingco: Cultivating connectivity, aviation as Micronesia's lifeline

As Micronesia seeks to rebuild its tourism economy, aligning aviation with regional strategy is no longer optional—it is essential. When the Pacific Asia Travel Association, PATA, Micronesia Chapter gathers in Yap from Oct. 19 to 21, the...

GVB takes part in Tourism Expo Japan 2025 in Nagoya

BY JULIAN RYALL Japan Correspondent NAGOYA, Japan — Japanese travelers are rediscovering Guam as a vacation destination, with arrivals from Japan in the January-July first half of the year out-performing the average growth from all markets. While...

UPDATED: Philippine Airlines launches direct Guam-Cebu flights starting Dec. 16, in time for the holidays

Correction: The story has been updated to reflect correct flight times. Other information was sent in a previous release. Philippine Airlines said it is launching a new direct service between Guam and Cebu in the Philippines starting Dec. 16. The...

Philippine Airlines launches direct Guam-Cebu flights starting Dec. 16, in time for the holidays

Philippine Airlines said it is launching a new direct service between Guam and Cebu in the Philippines starting Dec. 16. The new Guam–Cebu–Guam route will operate three times weekly, providing passengers with more convenient travel options, just...

The U.S sees Pacific Islands as ‘tip of the spear’, but locals fear becoming China’s ‘bullseye’

KOROR (ABC PACIFIC) — When the United States launched its historic military gambit against Iran’s nuclear programme, the world’s gaze was trained thousands of kilometres away on a Pacific Island. Officials made a decoy of the U.S territory of Guam...

Celebrities: Death in September 2025

Dhimitër Anagnosti, 89, Albanian film director (The Return of the Dead Army, Përralle Nga e Kaluara) and politician, minister of culture (1992–1994) and MP (1991–1996). Jimmy Bone, 75, Scottish football player (Partick Thistle, St Mirren) and...

International Dance Festival aims to diversify tourism markets

Guam will host the first-ever Guam International Dance Festival in Tumon this December, as part of the Guam Visitors Bureau's strategy to diversify tourism markets and showcase the island as a cultural hub. Guam's tourism arrivals numbers although...

A Japanese ‘ghost fleet’ of rusting WWII wrecks is poisoning this Pacific paradise

CHUUK (SCMP) — Beneath the turquoise waters of a remote Pacific atoll, a Japanese warship sunk more than 80 years ago has begun leaking fuel oil, threatening ecological disaster. The source of the leak is the Rio de Janeiro Maru, a huge vessel...

Thinking a little too hard about the Dodgers’ massive payroll

In an article published yesterday, MLB.com Brewers beat writer Adam McCalvy wrote that the Dodgers “outspend the Brewers by the GDP of a developing nation.” That line was no doubt intended simply as a humorous remark, but thinking about how...

From remote islands to the DMZ, UC Santa Barbara student hit 118 countries before turning 20

Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. Arjun Malaviya is an overachiever and a...

From remote islands to the DMZ, an intrepid teen hits 118 countries before turning 20

Arjun Malaviya is an overachiever and a planner. So, when he told his parents that he wanted to save up for a solo gap year to travel the world, they weren't all that surprised. Now, at 19 years old, he's got five completely full passports and a...

Celebrating Achievements and Progress in the Division – August 2025

Halo Olaketa from the SPTO Division of Sustainable Tourism! We are excited to provide you with another monthly issue of key updates from the Pacific on sustainable and responsible tourism developments and successes. In this August issue, we take...

Healing Our Soldiers — Hawaii’s MRPU

Circa 2006 There are too many stories for Major Edna Smith to narrow it down to just one. Selecting one single soldier’s rehabilitation testimony is like picking which child has left a greater impression on a mother. Each is unique. Each is...

Senator Moran commends Senate approval of 2026 defense authorization act

Sen. Jerry Moran, US Senator for Kansas | Official U.S. Senate headshotSen. Jerry Moran, US Senator for Kansas | Official U.S. Senate headshot U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense,...

Video: AHICE Far East Asia attracts over 300 leading Japan investors and hoteliers in Tokyo

The 2025 Far East Asia edition of the Asia Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition (AHICE) attracted over 300 leading Japanese investors and hoteliers at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo recently for an event that affirmed Japan is a...