This is part of the Asean initiative to kickstart tourism in the region in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. FMTNews Covid19
Malaysia says intra-Asean travel is the best way for the tourism industry to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
Some countries have already started this. The three Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania last week started a travel bubble whereby individuals who have not travelled outside the three nations over the last two weeks and who have not been infected are allowed to travel without restrictions among the three states.
Noor Zari said there was a need to focus on intra-Asean travel as international tourism from medium and long-haul destination markets would take a longer time to recover. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s ministry of tourism assistant undersecretary for marketing development, Vinsensius Jemadu, said his government was looking to open up travel to Bali and Jakarta first, by 2021.
The Philippines’ undersecretary at the Department of Tourism, Benito C Bengzon Jr, said tourism in the country registered a record-high of 8.3 million international tourist arrivals last year, which contributed 12.7% to their GDP.
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