Borobudur, in Indonesia’s Central Java province, recently opened to domestic tourists. Photo: Shutterstock Borobudur, in Indonesia’s Central Java province, recently opened to domestic tourists. Photo: Shutterstock
Borobudur, in Indonesia’s Central Java province, recently opened to domestic tourists. Photo: Shutterstock
Mercedes Hutton
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Destinations known by Mercedes Hutton

Asian tourism is in crisis. Will it be Chinese tourists to the rescue?

  • As countries begin to open up for home grown tourists, destinations fear that they cannot depend on domestic arrivals alone
  • Many are hoping for the return of Chinese travellers, but they are held back by economic concerns, travel bans and geopolitics

Mercedes Hutton
Mercedes Hutton

Updated: 11:01am, 10 Jun, 2020

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Borobudur, in Indonesia’s Central Java province, recently opened to domestic tourists. Photo: Shutterstock Borobudur, in Indonesia’s Central Java province, recently opened to domestic tourists. Photo: Shutterstock
Borobudur, in Indonesia’s Central Java province, recently opened to domestic tourists. Photo: Shutterstock
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Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton is a Hong Kong-based journalist. She joined the Post in 2018, where she writes about culture, the environment and history for Post Magazine, and covers travel and tourism in Asia in a weekly column, Destinations Known.