Raini Hamdi, Skift
Though seasoned at crisis management, Asian hoteliers are writing the textbook on how to reopen hotels when the only certainty is occupancy and room rates will be low. So why unlock, or when and how?
3 hours ago
Aradhana Aravindan, Reuters
It has never been truer that the journey is the destination. The global travel industry is recovering lost ground inch by inch. Transit flights are a fulcrum, so Singapore's move is to be applauded.
6 days ago
Reuters
Travel bans are beginning to slowly lift in a piecemeal fashion. Cambodia, now with a reported zero cases, will be a case study for how it goes.
6 days ago
James Pearson, Reuters
For any country starting to reopen its economy in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, it’s inevitable that price will be a key driver in the recovery of its tourism sector.
6 days ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
At first, John Brown cut costs rather than staff, including foregoing his salary for the rest of 2020. But the Agoda CEO now has to take the last measure, citing a deeper and more prolonged recovery than expected.
1 week ago
Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift
Unlike North America and Europe where cruising already has a loyal following — and critics in equal measures — Asia’s nascent cruise market also means the region’s travelers are likely more malleable and open in their impressions of cruising in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
1 week ago
Chantha Lach, Reuters
Despite all the talk about tourism diluting local culture, tourist revenue has, on the other hand, helped to prop up the survival for traditional arts in Cambodia. Without any tourists now, the coronavirus pandemic might be the final push over the cliff's edge for these dying art forms.
2 weeks ago
Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift
It’s hard to imagine how Asian millennials, who have been relatively unscathed by earlier financial crises, would go through the current pandemic without some drastic changes to their lifestyles and habits, travel included.
2 weeks ago
Rocky Swift, Reuters
It looks like the high stakes that casino operators have to put into Japan's integrated resorts scene is too much of a gamble, especially in the post-pandemic climate which makes returns on tourism investment even more uncertain.
2 weeks ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
Astonishingly, Vietnam is the success story in Southeast Asia in the battle with coronavirus. Domestic travel is now kickstarting recovery, while so-called travel bubbles allowing travel with China and South Korea are in the air.
2 weeks ago
Panarat Thepgumpanat, Reuters
For an economy that is highly reliant on tourism as a revenue generator, the dramatic cut to Thailand's foreign arrival projections this year is particularly devastating for the millions employed in the sector.
2 weeks ago
Sam McNeil, Associated Press
Face masks, temperature checks, visitor caps, and assigned entrance times. For a glimpse of what post-coronavirus theme park experiences will be like, look no further than Shanghai Disneyland.
2 weeks ago
