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Triumph at 29,000 feet: Everest has seen over 6,500 footfalls since 1953 https://tkpo.st/3lThHQ1

In recent years summit hopefuls have been growing since the tragedy on the mountain in 2014 and its closure following the 2015 earthquake.
On the road to ancient Srihatta

Two ages-old statues found in Sylhet temple open new avenue of study
Japan, Vietnam set to allow short-term business travel

TOKYO - The Japanese and Vietnamese governments are set to come to an agreement to allow businesspeople to resume traveling between the two countries for short work-related trips as early as this month, it has been learned.
China's holiday travel is back to 80% of pre-pandemic level

Travel in China rebounded over the eight-day holiday period this month as the nation displayed further evidence that it is overcoming the coronavirus pandemic, with about 637 million trips made, government data show.
Remote islands of Japan eyed as 'workation' hubs

The government plans to promote teleworking on remote islands close to its borders by supporting travel there, as it aims to preserve the nation's territory in addition to assisting local tourism.

An undated photo shows a queue of climbers making a final push towards Everest summit. Photo courtesy: Kami Rita Sherpa

Triumph at 29,000 feet: Everest has seen over 6,500 footfalls since 1953 https://tkpo.st/3lThHQ1

Beyond public knowledge, Panchakhanda Basudeva Angan, a 1,000-year-old temple in Supatala village of Sylhet’s Beanibazar, houses two more statues -- one of a Dhyani (meditating left bottom) Buddha and another of a Garudashin Vishnu (Lord Vishnu sitting or riding on Garuda, a mythical bird-like creature) -- alongside one Basudeva statue. Photo: Tarun Sarker, Sagar Das Chowdhury

On the road to ancient Srihatta

Japan, Vietnam set to allow short-term business travel

China's holiday travel is back to 80% of pre-pandemic level

Remote islands of Japan eyed as 'workation' hubs

Halted stimulus talks undercut already ailing airlines and transit systems

Disney lays off 28,000 as coronavirus slams its theme-park business

Nepal offers people a chance to follow in Buddha’s footsteps

Thailand knocked off top of travel-search rankings

A sample of Emirates Airlines business-class travel in 2017 at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Flying business class isn't what it used to be, with a pandemic on. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Natalie Naccache

Covid-19 makes flying business class feel more like economy

Anti-landing barricades protect Kinmen from Chinese invasion. The mainland city of Xiamen rises from across a channel that was previously filled with undersea mines. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Gerry Shih.

On China's front line, emerging Cold War haunts battle-worn Taiwanese islands

Upscale motels are the perfect prescriptions for a pandemic vacation

The upper deck of an Excursion houseboat on Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, which spans northern Arizona and southern Utah. MUST CREDIT: Aramark

Vacationers take to the water at a safe distance aboard rented houseboats

2nd wave of virus could stall travel recovery, Ryanair warns

A fountain within a walled garden at the Stevens-Coolidge Place in North Andover, Mass. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Alexandra Pecci

At botanical gardens, let serenity bloom

Femke Halsema, mayor of Amsterdam, in her office on Nov. 30, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Jasper Juinens.

Amsterdam wants nothing to do with Europe's tourism revival

Southwest announces it will no longer allow customers without masks to fly

William Torres, president of DC Trails, on his lot Wednesday in Lorton, Va., where many of his 70 motor coaches have been parked. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Marvin Joseph

America's 3,000 bus companies make appeal for economic relief amid pandemic

With only one entrance open to Glacier National Park, outdoors-eager visitors have faced long lines to get to the wilderness in this corner of northwestern Montana. MUST CREDIT: Glacier National Park webcam.

Logjam of tourists at Glacier National Park

Disney World set to reopen despite severe outbreak unfolding in Florida

A cyclist passes the Merlion Statue in a near-empty Merlion Park during the lockdown in Singapore on May 20, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Lauryn Ishak

Singapore's staycations can't fill $20 billion tourism gap

People watch the sunrise from Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park in 2014. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Matt McClain

Maine's Vacationland hot spots are ghost towns as tourism struggles amid coronavirus

Airplane of Southwest Airlines/File photo

U.S. airlines will ask travelers to take covid- 19 health questionnaires at check-in

The first tour bus arrived in San Fele this past week. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Federica Valabrega for The Washington Post.

This Italian hilltown is covid-free. But as it reopens to visitors, will it lose that status?

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