July 2022: In Review
Blog Published on 6 Aug 2022
In Episode 140, Gary and Hannah discussed the top travel talking points in South East Asia & China from the first half of 2022 - and it was our most downloaded episode in July. Also placed among the Top 5 most listened-to podcasts of the month were our interviews with Stephen King, CCO of Cambodia Airports, Sumi Soorian, Executive Director of the Phuket Hotels Association and Liz Ortiguera, CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).
Click the links below to listen to our top-rated July 2022 shows - listed in ranking order (for total listens during the month):
- Ep 140: The Top 12 Travel Talking Points in South East Asia & China in 2022 So Far
- Ep 142: The Top 10 South East Asian Travel & Tourism Stories This Week
- Ep 141: Charting Cambodia’s Aviation Recovery, with Stephen King, Cambodia Airports
- Ep 139: Positive Vibes in Phuket One Year After the Phuket Sandbox, with Sumi Soorian of the Phuket Hotels Association
- Ep 143: Assessing Asia Pacific’s Travel Recovery Outlook, with Liz Ortiguera, CEO, PATA
Here are our top 4 July podcast stats:
- The show was downloaded in 59 countries during the month.
- Top 10 listener markets were: Australia, US, UK, Canada, Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Laos and Ireland.
- Just outside the Top 10 were India, Vietnam, Sweden, Spain and Hong Kong.
- 34.45% of listeners tuned in via Apple Podcasts, 15.8% on Spotify, 9.5% on Google Podcasts, 2.7% on CastBox and 2.5% via Podcast Addict.
Latest Episodes Catch up with the pods you may have missed
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5 May 2025 • 32m10s
Ep 252: From 40,000 to 152 Billion: South East Asia's Top 8 Travel & Tourism Statistical Talking Points
South East Asia comprises 10 diverse nations and nearly 700 million people spread across a vast landmass. Consequently, the numbers are often large, impactful and scaleable - and travel and tourism are no exceptions.
This week, Gary and Hannah select the Top 8 statistical talking points from across the region. These cover inbound and outbound travel, ASEAN vs APAC airline seat capacity, the Hajj pilgrimage from Indonesia, human capital development in Vietnam – and electrified living everywhere.
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27 Apr 2025 • 33m31s
Ep 251: Mixed Travel & Tourism Vibes Across South East Asia: April 2025 in Review
April began with the announcement of US “reciprocal tariffs”, which ranged from 10% to 49% on exports from South East Asian nations. This has created toxic uncertainty across all industries in the region, notably business travel. But before the tariff turmoil, Q1 had delivered mixed results for travel and tourism, with the Eid al-Fitr holiday numbers particularly weak in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Was this the result of the Lunar New Year and Eid public holidays being in the same quarter, or are we at the start of a cyclical travel slowdown in ASEAN?
