THE Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) has seen a typical drop of 2,000 showing up worldwide travelers daily as the travel sector continues to reel from impacts of the coronavirus illness 2019 (Covid-19) on international tourism.
Andrew Acquaah-Harrison, chief executive advisor at GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. (GMCAC), said the heavy hit on air travel was also the case in other Asian transit centers like Singapore which saw its inbound travelers fall by 20,000 daily.
Seat sales
Philippine Airlines (BUDDY) senior assistant vice president for sales Harry Inoferio stated the scenario gives the airline industry the opportunity to support domestic tourism as business are looking at improving domestic travel to balance out losses from the dwinding worldwide volume.
Meanwhile, Cebu Pacific (Cebpac) has actually minimized its year-round fares in over 70 domestic locations in assistance of government initiatives to spur domestic tourism.
Recovery programs
MCIA saw its domestic and worldwide traveler traffic reaching 6.3 million and 3.2 million, respectively, from January to September 2019.
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