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  1. Southeast Asia's Post-Pandemic Tourism Revival

    Credit: Depositphotos. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism industry across Southeast Asia was booming. In 2019, the Philippines received 8.2 million foreign visitors, Indonesia 16.1 million ...

  2. Tourism recovery in Southeast Asia

    Increasing travel activity in 2023 from Asia Pacific countries is helping. In 2019, China was the top visitor market for the 10 countries of South East Asia, contributing 22.5 percent of all visitors. South Korea ranked 4 th, Japan 7 th, Australia 11 th, Taiwan 15 th and Hong Kong 23 rd. Four of South East Asia's top 10 visitor markets were ...

  3. Four Ways to Accelerate Tourism Recovery in Asia

    The pace of recovery also varied across Asia, with around 33% for both Central and South Asia, 12% for Southeast Asia, and 28% for the Pacific. This is likely to change in 2023 as more destinations reopen, particularly in the People's Republic of China, a major driver of outbound tourism, which opened its international borders for tourist ...

  4. Policy Options to Accelerate Travel and Tourism Recovery in Southeast Asia

    Minimum wage employees receive 100% compensation. Singapore has rolled out a US$5 billion Jobs Support Scheme that co-funds the first $4,600 of gross monthly wages. There are three tiers of co-funding, with tourism and aviation in the highest tier at 75%. The subsequent tiers are co-funded at 50% and 25%. 2.

  5. Asia's Tourist Destinations Struggle to Come Back to Life

    August 19, 2022 5:20 AM EDT. H uoch Yen worked hard to become a tour guide at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples. It took the 43-year-old three attempts to pass a test for a license to guide ...

  6. PDF Final Study Report for The Post-covid-19 Recovery Plan for Asean Tourism

    Recommendations for the ASEAN Post-COVID-19 Tourism Recovery Plan´ report submitted by Greenview on February 26th 2021, including virtual consultations with industry stakeholders to ensure that ... documented and, in particular the impact on Southeast Asia which is a region with high dependency on international tourism. On the ground, the ...

  7. Why Southeast Asia Needs to Embrace Sustainable Tourism

    Uno made the statement during the panel discussion, "Driving an Inclusive Tourism Recovery in Southeast Asia," where he and the other speakers agreed that shifting to sustainable tourism is key to reviving the region's travel sector. Tourist arrivals to the region plunged 82% in 2020 as travel ground to a halt after countries imposed ...

  8. Revitalising tourism in Southeast Asia

    With international and domestic travel heavily restricted as a result of COVID-19, Asia Pacific is projected to be one of the most heavily hit regions in terms of tourism, facing potential losses of USD4.5 billion. Some signs of positive recovery are showing.

  9. South-east Asia's tourism industry begins uneven recovery

    Travel and tourism in South-east Asia - known for its white sand beaches, historical architecture and warm climate - contributed US$380.6 billion (S$519 billion) to the region's GDP in 2019, or 11 ...

  10. Making Asia and the Pacific's Recovering Tourism Industry More People

    Before COVID-19, tourism supported 195 million jobs directly and more than 330 million in total. The industry is largely made up of micro, small, and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs), which employ a high share of women and youth. The pandemic put some 100 million of these jobs at risk. Tourism recovery and challenges

  11. Southeast Asia's tourism industry begins uneven recovery

    Travel and tourism in Southeast Asia - known for its white sand beaches, historical architecture and warm climate - contributed $380.6 billion to the region's GDP in 2019, or 11.8% of the total ...

  12. PDF Supporting Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia (ADB Brief

    Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia KEY POINTS • The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economies of Southeast Asia has increased the urgency for structural reform to support recovery and a return to sustainable, broad-based growth. • Post-COVID-19 tourism will focus more on health and safety, attract tourists

  13. APAC tourism: Southeast Asia leading 2022

    Southeast Asia is paving the way for tourism recovery in Asia Pacific and is expected to record USD1.5 billion of hotel investment volume for 2022. Southeast Asia is at the forefront of the tourism recovery in Asia Pacific. By significantly easing or even lifting the restrictions related to travel, countries in the subregion have reopened their ...

  14. Ukraine crisis clouds Southeast Asia's fragile tourism recovery

    4 Mar 2022. Bali, Indonesia - Travel industry figures fear the war in Ukraine could derail the much-anticipated recovery of tourism-dependent economies in Southeast Asia just as COVID-19 travel ...

  15. Southeast Asia tourism rebound to continue in 2024, analysts say

    Maybank Research predicts singled out Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand for the fastest recovery in 2024. Maybank Research has released a report analysing the growth prospects for Southeast Asia's tourism industry. It highlighted expected growth in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The report anticipates a 27 per cent growth in visitor ...

  16. Can India Drive Southeast Asia's Tourism Recovery?

    India is being championed as the next top source market for Southeast Asia due to its high-growth outbound market. India is now one of the top source markets for Southeast Asia in 2022, accounting for 13%. The tourism industry in Southeast Asia is slowly but surely getting back on its feet after two years of being hard-hit by the pandemic.

  17. Travelers return to Southeast Asia but inflation could hurt recovery

    Southeast Asia's travel recovery faces other global headwinds too: rising costs and interest rates, inflation and a potential recession. Jet fuel prices in early June were up 128% from a year ...

  18. Supporting Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia

    Supporting Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia. Publication | May 2022. This report shows why Southeast Asian countries need to prioritize core sectors ranging from tourism to digital trade as they hammer out policies to boost post-COVID-19 recovery and secure a greener future.

  19. Southeast Asia Tourism Industry Is On The Way To Recovery

    Explosive Southeast Asia Tourism Demand Based on searches in Southeast Asia, inbound tourism demand saw the fastest recovery in the Philippines and Indonesia. In March, travel search demand in the Philippines surpassed pre-pandemic numbers (104%) and Indonesia is nearing full recovery (94%). ... Vietnam, along with Thailand and Malaysia, is in ...

  20. ASEAN Boost for Philippine Tourism Recovery

    ASEAN has rallied to show support for the Philippines, especially its tourism recovery efforts, since typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck on 8 November. After consultation with Philippine authorities, ASEAN says that the best way to help the Philippines is to continue with leisure, business and meetings travel to the Philippines as normal.

  21. Malaysia's Growth Accelerates, Signaling Recovery in 2024

    Malaysia's economy quickened by the most in a year, signaling that firmer recovery is underway in the Southeast Asian nation. Gross domestic product rose 3.9% in the January-March period from a ...

  22. Traveloka Repays $300 Million Private Credit to BlackRock, Orion

    Traveloka Indonesia PT, one of Southeast Asia's biggest online travel startups, has repaid a $300 million private credit loan to a group of lenders that include BlackRock Inc. and Orion Capital ...

  23. Mount Ruang: Indonesia volcano eruptions force thousands to ...

    Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago of 270 million people, sits along the Ring of Fire and has more than 120 active volcanoes - more than anywhere else in the world.