Get your mojo back in a Thai resort and spa

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Anantara Spa rejuvenates through 360 signature massages, herbal steam baths and saunas, banana leaf bath and mud wrap therapies. Wow, that’s a lot of massage!

The elephants have packed their trunks

Kings Cup Elephant Polo

The King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament is celebrating its 10th anniversary in the Thai royal seaside town of Hua Hin, raising money for elephant conservation.

Global tourism is even bigger than oil exports

Tourists in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

The business volume of global tourism equals or even surpasses that of oil exports, ‎food products or automobiles. Now that I have your attention, read on.

Movies that make us pack our bags

New York skyline

Films inspire us to travel. The Lord of the Rings Triology revealed New Zealand’s dramatic scenery, Gandhi unleashed a generation of backpackers on India, and Thailand is about to get a whole lot more drunks with The Hangover Part 2.

A tale of travel and tragedy in Thailand

Chiang Mai

Three young New Zealanders went to northern Thailand for an idyllic holiday. All three got very sick and one died. Her death remains unexplained.