Asia Pacific seen to be hardest hit with 15.4% decline in travel forecast

Governments' drastic measures to contain the pandemic causing major disruption to travel. FMTNews Asia

LONDON: International travel is expected to fall at least 10.5% this year, the biggest year-on-year drop as the rapid spread of coronavirus sows chaos across the tourism and leisure sector, according to industry consultancy Tourism Economics.

Under that scenario, the virus would be contained by the end of the first half of the year and travel rates would start to recover by July. Asia Pacific will be the hardest-hit region, with a 15.4% decline in travel forecast for 2020 and China driving much of the decline.

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