This article was published in the Bloomberg Weekend Edition (© 2025 Bloomberg L.P.) on January 8th, 2025. Written by By Jinshan Hong, Josh Xiao, K Oanh Ha, and Danny Lee, with assistance from Spe Chen, Adrian Leung, and Jane Pong. Guy Rubin, founder of Imperial Tours, was a source used for this article.   The billions of dollars in spending that an unprecedented lifting of visa requirements could have brought simply hasn’t materialized.  » Read more »

“Travel advisers can help you research the best destinations, lodging, or activities for your particular group and travel goals, offering up specific advice that might be hard or time-consuming to find yourself. Those specializing in cruises might know which cabin to choose if you are prone to seasickness, while a safari planner could help you decide which park would be best for bird-watching or seeing specific animals, like rhinos. Travel advisers typically have relationships with tour companies,  » Read more »

How To Sort Out Your China Tourist Visa From 2018, in the years leading to the Covid pandemic, China unfurled in step-wise fashion a global tourist visa application program that was as bureaucratic as it was prickly. But since the end of the pandemic, coinciding with her rising economic woes, China’s been accelerating in the exact opposite direction. Recently, it’s become far more flexible and welcoming to foreign travelers. Read on to find out how.  » Read more »

Whether you’re a tourist, visiting business person or recently arrived expat, I hope this subjectively-prioritized list of contemporary art museums in Shanghai inspires you to further enjoy one of the greatest cities on earth! Not covered here are first tier city museums like Shanghai Museum or her Urban Planning Centre. Also not included are private art galleries, such as those gathered at M50, or museums covering other cultural areas like, for example,  » Read more »

A well-known Brazilian agent told me about the futuristic Flyzoo Hotel soon after it opened in 2019. As it turned out, I was unable to visit this 290 Room 4-star hotel packed with the latest hotel technology until a month ago, after Covid had passed. I had ventured to Hangzhou, the hometown of Jack Ma, the business genius who in the late nineties launched Alibaba, now a golgothan Chinese B2B company that helps many importers around the world connect with exporting Chinese factories.  » Read more »