Gary Bowerman
Co-Founder and Host at The South East Asia Travel Show
Producer at Asia Travel Re:Set
Asia Travel & Consumer Trends Analyst | China Author | The South East Asia Travel Show | Speaker & Media Commentator
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3 weeks ago |
asiatravelreset.substack.com | Gary Bowerman
Welcome to Issue 189 of Asia Travel Re:Set. May (plus the first few days of June) was a hectic time for travel talking points in South East Asia. On The South East Asia Travel Show’s monthly round-up, we journeyed from Malaysia to Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Timor Leste and Vietnam – plus China, India (sort of), Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. So, let’s follow that train of thought.
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4 weeks ago |
asiatravelreset.substack.com | Gary Bowerman
Welcome to Issue 188 of Asia Travel Re:Set. Vietnam is the most talked-about travel economy in South East Asia. The force of its overall economy under leader To Lam made last week’s cover of The Economist. Global leaders jet into Hanoi for trade talks. Foreign investment floods in. Vietnam is ASEAN’s most dynamic manufacturing centre, and intends to become its second-largest economy by 2036. BRICS membership seems assured.
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1 month ago |
asiatravelreset.substack.com | Gary Bowerman
Welcome to Issue 187 of Asia Travel Re:Set. Almost 4 years ago, Phuket became the epicentre of South East Asia’s travel reboot. For 16 months, region-wide Covid border closures had curtailed travel activity, and created a horrible mess for supply chains, trade flows, stock markets and SMEs. Then, on 1 July 2021, Thailand introduced the Phuket Sandbox. This was the region’s first - albeit heavily restricted - attempt to reopen to tourism.
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1 month ago |
asiatravelreset.substack.com | Gary Bowerman
Welcome to Issue 186 of Asia Travel Re:Set. Over the coming days, superpower talks in Geneva, US tariff negotiations with leading Asian economies and war in South Asia will dominate regional attention. All 3 situations share a common denominator: they will influence South East Asia’s near-term economic trajectory.
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1 month ago |
asiatravelreset.substack.com | Gary Bowerman
Welcome to Issue 185 of Asia Travel Re:Set. Am back in KL after a frenetic few days at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai. The levels of travel and tourism investment across the GCC region are eye-opening. Next stop: Bangkok for the TDM Travel Trade Global Summit 2025 on Thursday. I’ll be moderating the Rethinking ASEAN & APAC Travel Markets in 2025 and Beyond panel with Patee Sarasin, CEO, Really Cool Airlines and Deepshikha Sehgal, Head of Lodging, Ground & Sea APAC, Sabre.
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