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Southeast Asia facing billions of dollars in losses from collapse in Chinese tourism due to virus fears

February 18, 2020

https://youtu.be/o15Ei–Kblk by Aidan Jones, with Dene-Hern Chen in Pattaya, Thailand Agence France Presse Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus. From Luang Prabang in northern Laos to Pattaya in Thailand, Hoi An in Vietnam and the Cambodian casino town of Sihanoukville, takings have plummeted as Chinese travellers find […]

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President Duterte to consider DFA proposal to stop “visa upon arrival” practice for Chinese tourists

August 1, 2019

(Eagle News) – Malacanang will be considering the proposal of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., to put an end to the practice of giving visa upon arrival to Chinese nationals that was first implemented in August 2017. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that he himself agreed with the position of Secretary Locsin that foreigners entering the country should be properly vetted. “I agree with Secretary Locsin. Kailangan talaga bini-vet, kasi kapag tayo humihingi […]

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More Chinese tourist arrivals expected as China lifts travel advisories against PHL

October 21, 2016

EXPECT the return of brisk Chinese tourist arrivals in the country, after China lifted all travel advisories to the Philippines which previously discouraged its citizens from coming the country. The announcement on the lifting of the travel advisories was made by Chinese president Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, amid the four-day state visit of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to China which saw the two leaders cementing their brotherly […]

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