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BANGKOK -- Thailand will emphasize high-standard services such as convenient entry, comfortable hotels as well as delicious cuisine to attract tourists, especially tourists from China, said Nithee Seeprae, deputy governor for marketing communications at the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Thailand Tourism Forum 2024 was held in Bangkok on Monday, with scholars and business leaders gathering at this event and sharing their opinions about promoting Thailand's tourism industry. (Thailand-Tourism-China)

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TOKYO -- Two passenger planes made contact on the ground at New Chitose Airport in Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido on Tuesday evening, with no reports of injuries so far.

At around 5:30 p.m. local time, a Korean Air aircraft and a Cathay Pacific plane "came into contact with each other," according to national broadcaster NHK, citing the operator Hokkaido Airports Co., Ltd. as saying. (Japan-Airplane-Collision)

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Islamabad International Airport recorded its highest passenger flow in 2023 with a whopping 6 million people passing through it, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan said on Tuesday.

Out of this number, domestic flights saw about 11,000 trips transporting approximately 1.5 million passengers, while the international ones served around 4.5 million individuals, the CAA said in a statement. (Pakistan-Transportation-Airport)

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HANOI -- Vietnam's business confidence has recovered with more investors optimistic about the country's current macro-economic situation, according to the Private Economic Development Research Board under the Prime Minister's Administrative Reform Advisory Council.

Compared to the board's April survey, the rate of enterprises that intend to expand their business scale strongly doubled, Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday. (Vietnam-Business Confidence) Enditem

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