Asia’s outbound travel industry to grow strongly in 2005
The number of international travellers from the Asia Pacific will grow strongly in the first half of 2005 as the region’s strong economic growth continues, says a MasterCard survey released on Wednesday.
China, Japan and Indonesia will post the biggest rises in people heading overseas for work and leisure, with outbound travel across all 12 key regional markets to grow by more than 16 percent, according to the bi-annual survey.
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