The year of 2023 has been a year of recovery and boom, with tourism and travel hitting new heights. It has also been a year of joy and achievements. Here are a few highlights.
For Costa Ricans in Central America, UIBE scholar Felipe Mora's compatriots, China may not be the first-choice destination for higher education, given their motherland's proximity to the fabled United States, but Mora would not settle for anything else. He even disregarded his father's advice and decided he would pursue his master's as well in China.
When Clifford Long Junior, 70, son of Clifford Long Senior, a member of the "Flying Tigers" — the US World War II air force veterans helped the Chinese people in their War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) — visited the Liuzhou Military Museum in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in November, his eyes welled up on seeing the wartime archive of photographs, weapons, remnants and artifacts that were on display.
The crime thriller Wolf Hiding is making waves in China, raking in over 200 million yuan ($28 million) within 12 days after its release.
Artists from across the world, including China, France, Morocco, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Laos, joined the third season of Legend of Ocean - New Year Poem Concert, which was held in Hainan Ocean Paradise Resort in Lingshui Li autonomous county, South China's Hainan province.
Professor Jian Zhimin, who was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences this year, is dean of the School of Ocean and Earth Science at Tongji University. He believed that oceans offer clues on global climate change patterns and the causes behind natural disasters.
Rural-themed content is making waves across major Chinese short video apps such as Kuaishou, Douyin and Xiaohongshu.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences recently announced the results of this year's election of academicians, which is the highest academic honor in the field of science and technology in China. Among the 59 academicians who were elected in November, only five are women.
The high proportion of spas is one area where Thailand stands out. It accounts for nearly 2 percent of the global spa market and is forecast to have an overall value of $151 billion in 2025, according to the Global Wellness Institute in Florida.
If there is a destination in Thailand that can meet diversified wellness demands from the young and old alike, it would surely be Krabi on the west coast of southern Thailand.
Chosen, an upcoming animated film that combines sci-fi elements and Chinese culture, is scheduled to open in theaters nationwide on Jan 6.
China Ice and Snow Tourism Overseas Promotion Season was launched in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Dec 8.
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