Most read of 2023: Airbnb crackdown in Penang, Swiss towns’ morbid art by Alien movie effects designer, 7 world wonders in 7 days – our top travel stories
- A mad dash to see China’s Great Wall, Petra, and other ‘new wonders of the world’ in a week got Post readers’ attention in 2023, as did tips for seeing Shenzhen
- The inaugural World’s 50 Best Hotels rankings interested you, and so did the Chinese influence on Malacca, as well as the dark side of certain tourism spots
From a tour of the Chinese city of Shenzhen, a popular day-trip destination for Hong Kong people, to a look at things travellers don’t get told by tourism boards, we look back at our most popular travel and leisure stories of 2023.
1. Morbid art gets star treatment
In May, we looked at how an Alien special effects designer’s works are the star of two Swiss medieval towns that offer an unlikely mix of idyllic backdrops and morbid art.
H. R. Giger was born in the Swiss city of Chur, where his style of blending human physiques and machines developed, possibly influenced by his surroundings.
Museums, houses and bars in the towns tell the artist’s story and exhibit some of the unusual works that put him on Alien director Ridley Scott’s radar.
2. The world’s best hotels in 2023?
Four of the top five hotels in 2023 are in Asia – two of them in Hong Kong – according to the inaugural World’s 50 Best Hotels list, on which a total of 18 are Asian properties.
