Yearning for tourism return

WHILE some South-East Asian countries have gradually reopened their borders to foreign travellers, many feel that the region’s tourism industry has a long way to go before it dispels the gloom brought by the Covid-19 pandemic on “a bumpy road” to recovery.

As part of encouraging moves in the region, Singapore lifted border restrictions for visitors from the Chinese mainland from Friday, as announced late last week by the city state’s authorities.