THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN WEEKLY SUMMARY TOURISM 11 OCT 2020 Hannah Pearson INDUSTRY
[email protected] INTRODUCTION As a market highly dependent on both Chinese outbound tourism and the Chinese economy, Southeast Asia is a region which was heavily affected by COVID-19 even in the early months of 2020. With the declaration of a pandemic, as well as the closing of borders and imposition of lockdowns, Southeast Asia’s tourism economy will continue to be impacted for the foreseeable future. View this information online and more on our frequently updated dashboard at: https://www.pearanderson.com/coronavirus/ Sign up to be added to our weekly mailing list, with this report sent out every Sunday: https://insights.pearanderson.com/sea-covid-summary THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY IMPACT SUMMARY Week ending Sunday 11th October 2020 INBOUND TRAVEL OUTBOUND TRAVEL COUNTRY LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS RESTRICTIONS CASES DEATHS Cambodia Partial Visa restrictions Discouraged 283 0 Indonesia Partial Visa restrictions Restricted 333,449 11,844 Laos None Visa restrictions Discouraged 23 0 Malaysia Partial Visa restrictions Restricted 15,657 157 Myanmar Partial Visa restrictions Discouraged 26,064 598 Philippines Partial Not permitted Not permitted 339,341 6,321 Singapore Partial Visa restrictions Restricted 57,876 27 Thailand None Visa restrictions Flight restriction 3,636 59 Vietnam None Visa restrictions Restricted 1,107 35 Data accurate as of 20:02 (UTC+8) on 11 Oct 2020 Partial lockdown = closure of schools or some non-essential services (e.g.