TOKYO • The death toll from heavy rain and flooding in Japan’s south has risen to 18, officials said yesterday, as rescue teams continued their search for survivors..
Japan flood toll rises
TOKYO • The death toll from heavy rain and flooding in Japan’s south has risen to 18, officials said yesterday, as rescue teams continued their search for survivors.
Swathes of Kyushu – the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands – have been left devastated after overflowing rivers and torrential downpours swept away roads, houses and schools last week. Thousands of people have been evacuated to makeshift shelters.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE China in tourism boom
BEIJING • Chinese mainland travellers are a major driving force for global tourism, according to a report released by China’s leading online travel agency Ctrip and a Chinese think-tank, the Centre for China and Globalisation.
Chinese tourists spent US$261 billion (S$361 billion) last year, nearly 21 per cent of the world’s tourist consumption.
