The Crag Hotel: The Beginning of Penang’s Medical Tourism
by
Enzo Sim
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The Sharp Turn from Tourist to Traveller
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HAVE YOU SEEN bus-loads of tourists disembarking at places where you, as a local, wouldn’t personally patronise? It usually has some tell-tale sign: an obscure...
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How We Now Holiday, Post-Covid-19
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TRAVELLERS ARE SEEING green after the Covid-19 pandemic ‒ no, not green with envy, but in the literal sense with nature. When international borders shut after t...
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Kompang Jidor: The Rhythm of the Nusantara
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When Einstein Cruised into Penang
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THE CRUISE SHIP, Spectrum of the Seas, a behemoth 18-storeys high and a third of a kilometre long, sailed into Penang’s Swettenham Pier on 2 July 2022 guided by...
