Philippines expects basketball World Cup to trigger travel boom

Airlines and other tourism industries vie for demand from 'revenge travelers'

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Spain won the 2019 FIBA World Cup in Beijing. The 2023 tournament will be hosted by the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan. © Reuters

YUICHI SHIGA, Nikkei staff writer

MANILA -- Airlines and tourism companies are expanding their services in the Philippines, anticipating a tourism boom in a country that, finally free of some of the world's tightest COVID-related restrictions, is preparing to host the basketball World Cup.

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