Tourists visit the Emerald Buddha Temple inside the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: EPA-EFE
Asia-Pacific tourism won’t recover until 2024 in absence of mainland Chinese visitors, say analysts
- Even now that Asia-Pacific countries have scrapped most of their travel curbs, the lack of Chinese tourists continues to weigh on hotel occupancy
- Before the pandemic, they accounted for 40 per cent of tourists within Asia-Pacific, according to property consultancy JLL.
Tourists visit the Emerald Buddha Temple inside the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: EPA-EFE