TOKYO/BANGKOK -- Cratering demand for travel in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak is battering Southeast Asian economies heavily dependent on tourism.
As cross-border travel slows to a trickle after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Nikkei estimated that eight of the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will incur deficits if the number of foreign tourists drops by half for the year.
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