SE Asian travel revival hopes kept in check

May 6， 2022 （China Daily） — For travel and tourism industry players welcoming the reopening of borders in Southeast Asia， their optimism is tempered by the realization that the industry won’t return to pre-pandemic levels anytime soon. There may be some boost to domestic tourism in the first week of May as Muslims celebrate the Eid al-Fitr， the festival marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. In the Muslim-majority countries like Malaysia and Indonesia， there were traffic jams in cities as people rushed to go back to their hometowns.