International visitor arrivals to Laos plunge 60% in first half 2020

LAOS, July 24 (Vientiane Times/ANN): International tourist arrivals to Laos in the first six months of this year were down 60 percent compared to the same period last year due to the closure of border checkpoints to prevent the Covid-19 outbreak.

According to a report by the Tourism Marketing Department, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, international visitor arrivals dropped from 2,228,459 for January to June in 2019, to 886,447 for the same period this year.