Southeast Asia Travel News | Update 27th July
Vietnamese opt for sustainable tourism after COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic has changed the perception of Vietnamese holidaymakers in a more sustainable way. So what is sustainable tourism?
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Inside luxury resorts, outdoor theaters offer new travel experience
Resorts in popular tourist destinations across Vietnam have set up outdoor cinemas surrounded by mountain ranges or palm forest, or beside the beach and in parking lots.
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Thai tourism likely to hit rock bottom this year
The Tourism Authority of Thailand says both international and domestic tourism are likely to drop to an all-time low this year. The Bangkok Post reports that the TAT predicts international arrivals may only number 1 million, with domestic tourism dropping to just 50 – 60 million trips.
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The Maldives is the country people are most looking forward to visiting post-Covid
Despite the high levels of COVID-19 present in the country, India is in second place with 130,750 monthly average searches. In third place is Greece with 108,780 searches per month.
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Philippines reiterates call for safe travel amid stricter quarantine measure
The Department of Tourism (DOT) of The Philippines reiterated its call for safe personal travels as the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) placed Metro Manila and other areas under a stricter quarantine measure to prevent local transmission of the Delta Variant of COVID-19.
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Pangkor Island Malaysia is set to be the next Covid-19 free destination
Lumut, Malaysia – The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Malaysia has started its second phase of the Tourism Recovery Plan in Pangkor Island, Perak, with a mass vaccination programme to prepare the island as the next Covid-19 Free Destination.
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