Featured stories from TravelWeekly Asia: Worsening haze in Asean region, cash incentives for booking Tasmania cruises, new air terminal in Taiwan
Indonesia haze blows beyond own borders, emergency declared
While Indonesia has declared a haze emergency in Sumatra’s Riau province, the smoke has already blown into neighbouring countries causing haze issues in several countries.
Singapore’s Straits Times reported that the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) readings have already reached the unhealthy range (101-200) and are expected to worsen.
Agents incentivized with cash to book Tassie cruise
Coral Expeditions is offering cash incentives of AU$200 per client to agents to book its inaugural 2015/16 Tasmania cruises.
This is in celebration of Coral Expeditions’ first cruise season exploring the Tasmanian coastline. The seven-night expedition round-trip from Hobart will showcase the natural and culinary wonders of Australia’s island state.
Taiwan to build terminal to cope with increase
Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport Corp plans to build quickly a smaller terminal ahead of the planned Terminal 3 as the increase in passenger numbers means it cannot wait too much longer, according to local media Taipei Times.
The airport’s current two terminals can handle 32 million passengers per year but last year’s volume topped 35 million and is expected to exceed 40 million this year.
