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Bangkok retains crown as top destination

The annual Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index has again named Bangkok the No.1 destination city globally and in Asia-Pacific, with more than 22 million international overnight visitors. The index contains a region-specific subset for Asia-Pacific. This is the fourth straight year the capital has grabbed the top spot in the global index, which ranks cities […]

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Myanmar: Yangon electricity revenues up 65pc

Yangon Region collected K36 billion more in electricity payments for the month of July, which is a 65 percent increase compared to the month before, said Daw Soe Soe Nwe, general manager of Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation (YESC), at a press conference on Monday. The higher revenues was due to the Ministry of Electricity and […]

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Philippines: Rice stocks grow 40% in August

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s rice inventory maintained its upward trend, rising by 40 percent in August, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Latest data from the PSA showed that total rice inventory stood at 2.13 million metric tons (MT) as of August,  40.3 percent higher than  the previous year. However, this is lower by […]

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