Asia tourism takes double hit.

Australasian Business Intelligence, March, 2003

Mar 25, 2003 (The Asian Wall Street Journal - ABIX via COMTEX)

Asia's airline and tourism industries are under threat from the war in Iraq and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Airlines and hotels have reported a wave of postponements and cancellations. According to the World Health Organization, SARS has already killed at least 11 people. The Hong Kong Tourism Board advised that some hotels reported that up to 80 per cent of bookings have been postponed. Tour operators and hotels in China and Vietnam are also suffering because of SARS.

Publication Date: 24 March 2003

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: 

HONG KONG TOURISM BOARD

By Scott Neuman and Charles Hutzler and Margot Cohen

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