Ep 154: South East Asia Prepares for an Uplifting Holiday Season

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28 Oct 2022 • 30m34s

South East Asia is eagerly anticipating a strong end-of-year holiday season, which is nearing fast. We’ve already completed 10 months of 2022 – and October was another busy period for new travel policies, announcements and developments.

This week, Gary and Hannah round up the latest travel travel and tourism talking points across the region.

En route, we discuss a new Hotel Industry Transformation Roadmap in Singapore, a debut South Asian flight route in Vietnam, and media controversy around flight prices during Malaysia’s upcoming general election.

Plus, Indonesia turns from high-quality tourists to high-quality residents, the Philippines drops its indoor mask mandate and Cambodia opens a new expressway between two key tourist destinations.

And, which ASEAN country is Thailand’s top visitor source market in 2022?

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Ep 154: South East Asia Prepares for an Uplifting Holiday Season

About This Episode

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Ep 259: South East Asia's Top 10 Talking Points of 2025 So Far: Travel & Tourism in a New Era of Global Uncertainty

Ep 258: Is an ASEAN Tourism Visa South East Asia's Most Pressing Travel Concern?

Hannah Pearson

Gary Bowerman