Tourism slump: A tourist posing for a photo at the unusually empty Wat Arun temple in Bangkok, Thailand, amid a decline in international visitors due to the Covid-19 outbreak. — AFP
South-East Asia’s holiday hotspots, hit by billions in lost business from Chinese tourists, are turning to markets closer to home to soften the blow from travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 epidemic.
To make up for foregone revenues, firms in the region are dangling discounted airfares, hotel accommodation and tour add-ons in a bid to boost domestic travellers.
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