News Snapshot:
Tourism recovery gaining momentum in Philippines, Southeast Asia MANILA, Philippines — Recovery of the tourism sector is gaining momentum in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries following the removal of pandemic-induced restrictions, according to a United Kingdom-based think tank. “The recovery in tourism in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) gathered pace in the second quarter as the region moved on quickly from the sharp, but short outbreaks of Omicron earlier this year,” Miguel Chanco, chief Emerging Asia economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said in a report released yesterday. He said the almost in sync removal of border restrictions put...
