The colourful dances of Bali's annual Kintamani Festival have fallen victim...
JAKARTA/BANGKOK - The colourful dances of Bali’s annual Kintamani Festival have fallen victim to coronavirus — and travel restrictions to halt its spread could prove costly for other places that rely on Chinese tourists.
In other Asian destinations, too, fear of the virus is accompanied by worries that business is about to disappear. Thailand, the top destination for China’s holidaymakers, forecast that Chinese tourist numbers would fall by as much as 2 million this year from 11 million in 2019. The Tourism Authority of Thailand said it hoped other countries would make up for the lack of Chinese tourists, but Thailand must also contend with having had more coronavirus infections than anywhere outside China — 14 so far.
An officer looks at a thermal screening monitor at the international arrival terminal of I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport in Bali, Indonesia, January 22, 2020 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken January 22, 2020. Antara Foto/Fikri Yusuf/ via REUTERS.
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