The boss of one of Asia's biggest airlines has called on governments in the region to open their borders for the sake of people's livelihoods.Cross-border tourism, which accounted for 12% of South East Asia's GDP in 2019, was hit hard by Covid-19 rules.
Ireland's Ryanair, for example, more than tripled its year-on-year revenue in the third quarter of 2021. In the same period, AirAsia's dropped by a third. Other similar schemes in the region - designed to encourage tourism - involve extensive paperwork as well as multiple costly Covid tests and short periods of compulsory isolation.
"We're expecting inter-regional travel to come back soon and for the full market to return to normal by 2023 or 2024," he added.
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