In a world of COVID-19 travel bans, border closures and lockdowns it is hard to imagine a return to free movement between countries and recovery for the vast world of travel and vacation websites. When the Singapore-based online booking portal Agoda slashed 1,500 jobs in Asia in May, cutting its workforce by 25%, nobody was surprised.
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Pandemic hits 'couchsurfing' travel bug
Decline of social hospitality platforms takes spontaneity out of tourism in developing Asia
The author, second from right, and photographer wife Kit Yeng Chan, right, enjoy a pasta meal they prepared for their Couchsurfing hosts in Guwahati, Assam, India, in 2018. (Photo by Kit Yeng Chan)
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