Skyscanner, the leading online travel search engine, has put together data to show emerging destinations gaining popularity among Thai travellers in 2016. Japan is Thai’s favorite travel destination with 4 Japanese cities dominating the top 10 emerging international destinations list; Searches to Fukuoka has grown 93.3%, Nagoya at 50%, Sapporo at 41%, and Osaka at 33.4%.
Category: Taiwan
Cycle in paradise
This file photo shows a cycling route in central Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake area that was chosen by global travel search engine Skyscanner recently as one of the world’s top 8 cycle paths. “You can bring your family members to ride slowly on the smooth bike path to experience the Sun Moon Lake’s paradise-like view from a whole new perspective; or you can challenge yourself to complete the 33-kilometer-long round-the-lake path,” according to a Jan. 17 article on the Skyscanner website.
Taiwan’s $2M ATM Theft Linked to Europe’s ATM Heist: Cyber Security Firm
The group that orchestrated the theft of over $2 million from cash machines at Taiwan’s First Commercial Bank in July was also behind an ATM hacking spree in more than a dozen European nations last year, according to cyber security firm Group-IB. The methods that the so-called Cobalt group used in Europe matched those used in Taiwan, Group-IB said in its latest client report.