Competition
Philippines sends these provinces in lockdown amid Easter holiday travel seasonedit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
The Philippines has reported more than 721,800 confirmed Covid19 cases with 13,170 deaths, the second-highest in Southeast Asia after Indonesia.
Industry
Coronavirus: Tourists are jangling Spanish nerves this Easteredit
Hindustan Times – Online Web
Spain’s economic love affair with tourism helped drag it out of the 20078 financial meltdown and the ensuing eurozone crisis. But its been an Achilles heel during the Covid19 pandemic, with travel bans, quarantines, and social distancing throttling global travel. The country posted an eyewatering 11% contraction in gross domestic product last year, the worst since its Civil War, after several pandemic waves and a botched attempt to save Christmas.