With tourism in Asia and the Pacific contributing over $3 trillion to annual GDP, this brief shows how strengthening regional cooperation, transport infrastructure, and institutional connectivity can make the sector more resilient.
Assessing tourism’s pandemic recovery, it highlights regional gaps and considers factors including uneven transport infrastructure and overdependence on source markets. It explains why better air and sea access is crucial for island economies with seamless corridors key for landlocked areas. It shows how increasing air, land, and sea infrastructure investment, expanding visa facilitation, and creating tourism corridors helps support interregional travel and insulate the sector against future shocks.