Read more about the article China’s Most Famous Scenic Waterfall Comes From Tap Water – Not Natural Mountain Springs
A pipe is seen at the top of Yuntaishan Waterfall, in Xiuwu County, China, undated. Authorities claim its there to help during dry season. (Farisvov/AsiaWire)

China’s Most Famous Scenic Waterfall Comes From Tap Water – Not Natural Mountain Springs

A scenic beauty spot has been accused of fraud after an enthusiastic climber wanted to go to the source and was shocked to discover a huge water pipe. The man…

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Read more about the article Outrage As Famous 60-year-Old “Welcoming” Tree Attracting Countless Visitors Is Vandalised
The video shows a woman wearing a yellow short-sleeved shirt and holding a kitchen knife stood nearby a silk cotton tree that is more than 60 years old and is known as the "welcoming pine.". The famous internet celebrity tree was cut out illegally in Bianshan Mountain in Xiangyang, Hubei Province on 30 May 2024. (@896723229/Asia Wire)

Outrage As Famous 60-year-Old “Welcoming” Tree Attracting Countless Visitors Is Vandalised

An online-famous 60-year-old tree that drew in countless tourists hoping to get an Insta-worthy photo next to it has been vandalised, sparking fury among locals. Known as the "Xiangyang Welcoming…

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Read more about the article Attempt To Create Picture Opportunity For Tourists Goes Pear-Shaped
Photo shows a frozen pear snow sculpture in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, undated. The sculpture is nearly five to six meters high. (AsiaWire)

Attempt To Create Picture Opportunity For Tourists Goes Pear-Shaped

As one of China's tourism hotspots, Harbin is famous for its offerings over the winter period where there is often thick snow and ice on the ground. But some were…

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Read more about the article Fury Over Historian Who Says Nazis Boosted Tourism
Image shows the municipality of Goldegg, in St. Johann im Pongau District, in the state of Salzburg, Austria, undated photo. Historian Johannes Hofinger from the Salzburg City Archives reportedly wrote a brochure in which he glorified the technical achievements of the Nazi regime in the municipality. (Newsflash)

Fury Over Historian Who Says Nazis Boosted Tourism

A historian has been accused of glorifying the Nazi regime in a new history of their brutal hold on power in Austria during World War II. Writer Johannes Hofinger apparently…

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Read more about the article Billionaire To Build World’s Biggest Buddha Statue
Picture shows a rendition of the planed Buddha statue in Cambodia, undated. It was President of Sokha Hotel, Sok Kong, and is going to be 100 metres tall, 3 times higher than the worlds current biggest statue of the on Bokor Mountain in Kampot, Cambodia. (Newsflash)

Billionaire To Build World’s Biggest Buddha Statue

A billionaire is to build the world's biggest statue of Buddha on a remote Cambodian mountain. The 330ft high (100m) statue -to be built by wealthy tourism tycoon Sok Kong…

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Read more about the article GBP 3.5 Million Looted Ancient Egyptian Artefacts Seized From Dealers
Photo shows one of the 16 Egyptian artifacts recovered from the United States of America, undated photo. (@tourismandantiq/Newsflash)

GBP 3.5 Million Looted Ancient Egyptian Artefacts Seized From Dealers

Looted Egyptian artefacts worth GBP 3.5 million have been returned after an international police probe into stolen treasures. Officials say 16 rare artefacts have been returned to their homeland after…

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Read more about the article Record Number Of Bee Colonies Despite Virus Deaths
Picture shows the beekeeper Heinz Hoffmann, 90, undated. He lets himself be stung by bees in Frankfurt, Germany. (Newsflash)

Record Number Of Bee Colonies Despite Virus Deaths

More people than ever have taken up beekeeping in Austria - despite fears of virus deaths and the effects climate change. Statistics provided by the Austrian Ministry for Agriculture, Regional…

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Read more about the article Egypt Finds Temple Dedicated To King Of The Gods
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on 25th April 2022 that the Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the ruins of a temple for the ancient Greek god Zeus in the Tell el-Farma archaeological site in northwestern Sinai. (@tourismandantiq/Newsflash)

Egypt Finds Temple Dedicated To King Of The Gods

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient temple to Zeus - the god of the sky in ancient Greek mythology - in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The ruins were unearthed…

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