Photo: Chinese travellers on January 23, 2020, arriving at an airport in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, wearing masks amid the COVID-19 outbreak. B. Zhou/Shutterstock

Islamic Lifestyle

COVID-19: More than $6 bln in potential losses for Southeast Asia tourism, direct impact on UAE ‘high' - analyst


Apart from the human toll, the December 2019 COVID-19 outbreak in China has led to a significant decline in the travel and tourism sector, with the first impact felt as a result of the plunge in outbound Chinese travelers.

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