Can the world's oldest and deepest lake finally realise its potential as a world class venue?
Tourism Agency of Thailand (TAT) to push native gastronomy to Russian visitors.
New tourism offices planned across China as government eyes up five-fold increase in visitors crossing the border.
A vision of deepening ties between Russia and China outlined by Ambassador to Beijing Sergei Razov.
Bone-cracking cold, Gulag prison camps, oil flares visible from space, and bleak industrial cities - this is a common Western stereotype of Siberia.
Starting on 16 July, the leading Kazakh carrier will offer twice weekly connections with glittering capital city Astana.
The man was detained in Irkutsk in December during a raid to detect foreign citizens violating immigration rules.
Famous as a place of exile in Tsarist and Soviet times, it could now gets its first international class hotel.
Transit passengers from 20 countries will be allowed 72 hours in Russia without the hassle of obtaining a visa.