The message that came out of the 7th MeTAG webinar, organised by the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) in Bangkok last week, was clear - domestic tourism is going to play a very important role for countries looking to rebuild their tourism revenue. COVID19 has caused over 508,000 deaths and, as of 04:33 GMT +7 on 1 July, there were 10,393,467 cases globally - an increase of over 193,669 since 05:43 GMT +7 on 30 June. That`s roughly 8,420 new cases globally, every hour. Many people around the world have had to take pay without leave, had their salaries reduced, or even lost their jobs. Just in the past few days, Qantas announced it would be laying off over 6,000 jobs, Airbus is to...
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