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The best tourist city in China is …
In-flight speed dating -– would you?
How to protect your home while on holiday
Singapore lifts travel warning to Bangkok
九龍城讓人喜愛之處
7 best Indian seafood restaurants in Mumbai
Richard Stupart: Voluntourism does more harm than good
Shark attack hot spots identified on West Australian coast

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:18 AM PST

If you are planning your Christmas or New Year's holidays and would like to experience the best of Chinese tourism, head to Suzhou (苏州), which lies about 30 minutes' west of Shanghai by bullet train.

A recent survey among Chinese and internationals travelers indicated that Suzhou was the "most satisfactory" tourist city in China for the third quarter of 2011.

In-flight speed dating -– would you?

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:40 PM PST

Airport nightclub, virtual chess games and airport speed dating. These are just a few of the suggestions for the second installment of Finnair and Helsinki Airport's "Quality Hunters" campaign to improve the air travel experience.

The ideas, which members of the public can submit to the Quality Hunters website, will eventually be shortlisted for a public vote, with one winning entry to be implemented on Finnair routes next year.

How to protect your home while on holiday

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:13 PM PST

Many travelers ponder how to keep their home and belongings safe while on holiday. Perhaps this story answers that, but it also raises some serious questions about the holidaying habits of modern Australians.

An Aussie on vacation in Mauritius logged on to his iPad. What did he do while holidaying in one of the most beautiful places in the world?

Maybe he was homesick. He watched footage of his house -- 8,000 kilometers away in suburban Melbourne.

Singapore lifts travel warning to Bangkok

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 08:39 PM PST

Bangkok die-hards can once again get their fix.

Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has lifted its travel advisory and is no longer telling Singaporeans to consider deferring non-essential travel to Bangkok.

According to Channel News Asia, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has announced that inner Bangkok will be safe from floods as measures to stem the flooding have been successful.

九龍城讓人喜愛之處

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 02:00 PM PST

九龍城 — 一個歷久不衰的經典舊區。以下是令人喜愛九龍城的理由。

CNNGo 帶您看更多：九龍的9個最佳體驗

清早上市場

一天醒來，先到九龍城街市吃個港式 brunch。

街市位於九龍城市政大廈內，並有受歡迎熟食檔數個。

不像北角那些知名熟食檔那樣觀光化，這裡的攤檔保留了地道風味。還比較整潔。

甫進入熟食區便看到大排檔「樂園」。奶茶妅豆冰和沙嗲牛肉西多士是這家的創意招牌菜。

不諳廣東話的朋友，為了品嚐美食，好好運用身體語言溝通吧。

九龍城市政大廈，九龍城衙前圍道100號

CNNGo 帶您看更多：香港熟食中心：沒有鼠患的大排檔

復古懷舊

名叫「1950」的店舖當然是走懷舊路線。這家古董店專賣各式復古傢俱。

店裡陳列著多款懷舊燈飾、扶手椅和工作檯，親臨50至70年代的傢俱店猶如時光倒流。

7 best Indian seafood restaurants in Mumbai

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 02:00 PM PST

Thanks to its large multi-ethnic population and location on the Arabian Sea, Mumbai is blessed with an abundance of choice when it comes to seafood.

The list below reflects the best coastal Indian cuisine from Malvan to Bengal, and the Mumbai restaurants that do a fine job of keeping their food tasting authentic.

Some of these eating places are so small and so good they don't have, or even need, a website.

Konkan Café: Best fine-dine option

Designed to recreate a seaside bungalow on the palm-fringed Malabar coast, the warm, muted colors are welcoming at this fine-dining seafood restaurant at the Vivanta by Taj hotel.

Richard Stupart: Voluntourism does more harm than good

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 02:00 PM PST

Whether it's spending time at an orphanage in Cambodia, or helping build houses in Haiti, ethical tourism, or voluntourism, seems pretty morally unambiguous.

What could possibly be wrong with helping the unfortunate?

This feels even more the case when we are personally involved in making the difference, rather than throwing coins in a collection tin thousands of kilometers away.

The result has been a boom in tour companies offering voluntourism opportunities in a wide range of destinations, catering to all levels of commitment.

Shark attack hot spots identified on West Australian coast

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 11:58 AM PST

For the millions of Australians and tourists who head to the country's beaches every year, there's nothing more terrifying than the possibility of a shark attack.

And while experts point out that 87 people drown off Australian beaches every year, a rise in shark attacks has created a wave of fear.

Five people have died from shark attacks in Australia this year. More people have been attacked. Such incidents are on the rise.

It started at the holiday resort of Coffin Bay in South Australia, where abalone diver Peter Clarkson perished after being attacked by two great white sharks on February 17. Then Queensland's Fantome Island recorded a fatality in August.