In 2022, the travel and tourism industry contributed just over 241.7 billion U.S. dollars to the GDP in Southeast Asia. Comparatively, this value was 379.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2019. GDP contributions from this industry in Southeast Asia saw consistent increases throughout the past decade until they halved in 2020 due to the global pandemic.
Tourism in Southeast Asia is recovering
The number of tourists in Southeast Asia increased significantly in the last decade. While the COVID-19 pandemic affected the tourism sector heavily, the Southeast Asian region is recovering the fastest by
