With the Iran Conflict about to mark its first month, there has already been a considerable loss of life and livelihood throughout West Asia.
Tourism, one of the key contributors to the regional economy, has taken a serious hit and the West Asian industry is presently losing US$600 million in tourism revenues every day according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
In a statement issued by the WTTC earlier this week, it declared: “Any disruption affects demand worldwide, which impacts airports and flights, hotels, car hire companies and cruise lines.”
Before and after
Consider this before we move on: tourism contributed 6.7 percent of the entire West Asian…