- The 25th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers (25th M-ATM) was held on 19 January 2022 in Sihanoukville, Kingdom of Cambodia. The Meeting was chaired by the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Republic of Indonesia as the Vice-Chairman. The 25th M-ATM was preceded by the Preparatory Meeting of the ASEAN National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) and other Senior Official Meetings with Dialogue Partners.
- With the theme “ASEAN – A Community of Peace and Shared Future”, the Meeting focused its discussion on the development of the tourism sector since the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic hit the region early 2020. The Meeting shared information on the impact of COVID-19 that affected ASEAN Member States and exchanged views on the way forward for the region to recover. The Meeting noted that based on the preliminary figures of 2021, the tourism sector continued to suffer declines in tourism receipts by approximately 94.33 per cent and a sharp decline in international arrivals by approximately 90.03 per cent, with average hotel rate occupancy of 27.45 per cent even as ASEAN Member States vaccination programme has enabled domestic travel.
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