South-East Asia’s tourism industry is hobbled by uncertainty
1 year, 5 months ago

South-East Asia’s tourism industry is hobbled by uncertainty

Hindustan Times  

A THAI BEACH in high season is normally a carnival of umbrellas and selfie sticks, drained coconuts and peeling skin. This was supposed to be the year that South-East Asia’s tourism industry—on life-support since the pandemic struck—began to recover. South-East Asia’s economy relies on tourism more than any other region in the world bar the Caribbean, according to the World Trade and Tourism Council, an industry body. The pandemic’s impact on the tourism sector in Asia and the Pacific “has been nothing short of catastrophic”, says Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, its regional director. A survey conducted by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism last June found that nearly a quarter of “highly qualified workers” in the tourism industry had moved on.

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