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Asia Pacific tourism slows down amid coronavirus crisis

Destinations
13 February 2020

Travel to the wider Asia Pacific region has taken a hit because of the coronavirus outbreak, new figures suggest. 

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Statistics collected by travel analytics company ForwardKeys indicates outbound bookings for March and April to countries in the wider Asia Pacific region, excluding China and Hong Kong, have decreased by 10.5% year on year.

This comes as coronavirus has killed more than 1,300 people in China and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is currently advising against all but essential travel to the country.

North-east Asia seems to be most impacted, with outbound bookings for March and April behind 17.1% on this time last year.