KUALA LUMPUR -- The recent opening of a 30-day visa-free facility for Chinese nationals is expected to see Malaysia receive an uptick in inbound Chinese tourists, the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) said on Friday.

China is a lucrative market and a significant contributor to Malaysia's tourism receipts and arrivals, the association said in a statement. (Malaysia-China-Tourism)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park registered 699,996 foreign visitors during the first 11 months of 2023, up 211 percent from 225,191 over the same period last year, said a news release on Friday.

The ancient park earned 32.54 million U.S. dollars in revenue from ticket sales during the January-November period, up 261 percent from 9 million dollars year on year, according to the news release from the state-owned Angkor Enterprise. (Cambodia-Tourism-Angkor)

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MANILA -- The Philippines has started searching for a missing aircraft with two people on board, including the pilot, in the northern Isabela province, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said Friday.

The single-engine light aircraft with fixed landing gear took off at 9:39 a.m. local time on Thursday at the Cauayan City airport, heading for Palanan, a coastal town east of the city. The plane was scheduled to land in Palanan at 10:23 a.m. local time but lost contact on its way. (Philippines-Aircraft-Incident)

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NEW DELHI -- Dozens of schools in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru Friday received bomb threats, prompting school administrations to evacuate students and call police, officials said.

The threat received over emails claimed that explosives had been planted on school premises. (India-Bomb-Threat) Enditem

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