Travel

People come from all over Japan to climb to the summit of Mount Fuji to see the sunrise. Buses from Tokyo's Shinjuku district conveniently drop climbers off at a station located at the 2,300-metre. The post Making the climb to the summit of majestic Mt Fuji appeared first on The Himalayan Times.

Bangkok was named the most-visited city for the fourth consecutive year, with about 22.8 million visitors reported in the annual rankings by MasterCard Inc. The post Bangkok tops Paris, London as world’s most-visited city – MasterCard appeared first on The Himalayan Times.

The fee of 2,000 baht ($65) is to be waived unil next year for travellers from 18 countries, including China and India. The post Thailand extends visa fee waivers to boost tourism as growth slows appeared first on The Himalayan Times.

Hundreds of tourists, many of them young Westerners, sat on grey stone steps atop the world's largest Buddhist temple, occasionally checking cellphones or whispering to each other as they waited for daylight. The post Not just Bali: Indonesia hopes to develop more tourism sites appeared first on The Himalayan Times.

Paul-Henry de Baere (PH) has set a new world record of highest parachute landing at the West Col of Barunste in the Nepali Himalaya on Sunday. The post Paul-Henry de Baere (PH) sets new world record of highest parachute landing appeared first on The Himalayan Times.

Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports trainer from Ukraine, struck a stoical note. The post Lonely Planet’s top destination suffers a blow after blasts appeared first on The Himalayan Times.

Whenever I told someone I was planning to climb to Mount Everest Base Camp this spring, I received the same shocked and wide-eyed response: "Be careful!" While that's good advice for any adventure, it was difficult to convince friends and family that this trip would not at all be the same thing as actually climbing Mount Everest. The post What it’s like to do the Everest Base Camp trek appeared first on The Himalayan Times.

Amsterdam’s Prostitution Information Center, which is housed in the same building as Proud, offers its own red light district tours. The post Amsterdam sex workers angry at red light district tours ban appeared first on The Himalayan Times.

The villa was like a dream house with a swimming pool. The first thing I did was leave my baggage and go to a local pub for some chilled beers. The post Bali calling appeared first on The Himalayan Times.

Looting has hit Libya’s archaeological sites since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 when the country descended into turmoil with rival administrations competing for control. The post Libya’s ancient ruins blighted by theft, shunned by tourists appeared first on The Himalayan Times.