From Seoul to Zagreb

IN 2019 Korean Air will celebrate its 50th anniversary and celebrated its inaugural flight from Seoul, South Korea to Zagreb, Croatia on September 1, marking the first regular service connecting Croatia and Far East Asia directly.

The airline’s maiden flight KE919 from Seoul, which took 11 hours and 40 minutes, was welcomed with a water cannon salute upon landing at Zagreb (Franjo Tuđman) International Airport on Saturday. 

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Visitors number grow down under

#AUSTRALIA welcomed 694,300 international visitors in October, up 11% on the same month the previous year, taking the total number for the year ending October 2016 to a record 8.14 million. 

These figures mark the 10th consecutive month of double digit year-on-year growth in visitor arrivals to Australia with arrivals from China, Japan and South Korea up 20 per cent, 21 per cent and 28 per cent respectively over the period.

“It’s fantastic to see the number of international visitors from all of the markets Tourism Australia targets grow over the past year with a particularly strong performance from key Asian markets and the US,” said Tourism Australia Managing Director John O’Sullivan.

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Lonely Planet releases guidebook to Nikko

LONELY Planet has released a custom guidebook for #Nikko in #Japan which can be downloaded in PDF format for free. 

The guide is called “Discover Nikko”, and offers readers an impressive 36 pages of information on attractions in Nikko and how to get there via Tobu Railway from the convenient jumping-off points of Asakusa or Skytree in Tokyo.

The guide is split into 5 themed sections: Shrines and Temples, Nature, Eating, Excursions and Festivals, with a final section, Getting Around, on local transport options once in the Nikko area.

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Connection to China

NEW connections from Gatwick to key markets in the Far East were revealed. Tianjin Airlines has announced a new connection to Xi’an home of, UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Terracotta Army - providing the UK’s only direct route to the city.

The airline will also be increasing its existing Tianjin and Chongqing services from Gatwick to three services a week, plus providing a direct onward connection to Auckland, New Zealand, via Chongqing.

Gatwick’s growth has seen the airport chart among top five fastest growing airports in Europe, as announced this week by the Airport Council International.

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