NSTworld: Still, as the number of total confirmed cases surpassed 44,000 this week, many worried that the slump would continue for months. China coronavirus Tourism Wuhan Asia covid19
Since word of the Covid-19 coronavirus spread from China last month, he’s seen his daily income drop from about 1300 baht per day to around 400 baht. At first, he noticed not as many Chinese tourists were around. Now, there are few tourists from any country.
A Chinese tourist wears a mask as he arrives at Suvarnabhumi Airport during a welcome ceremony of Chinese Lunar New Year travellers in Bangkok, Thailand January 22. -Reuters “We forecast an overall decline of up to 50 per cent in the number of bookings for the first half of the year, compared with the same period last year,” Alicia Seah, director of communications at travel agency Dynasty Travel, based in Singapore.Tourism-heavy economies like Thailand, which derives around 12 per cent of its GDP from foreign visitors, are especially affected by travel restrictions and warnings.
The decline has been swift and sharp. From Feb 1 to Feb 10, arrivals booked by the Association of Thai Travel Agents dropped by 71 per cent from last year overall and 99 per cent from China, according to the associations. In Indonesia, the tourist island of Bali alone has seen 20,000 cancellations, said Hariyadi Sukamdani, head of Indonesia’s hotels and restaurants association.
Spectators wearing masks in precaution of the coronavirus outbreak watch an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore. -Reuters
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