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Advertisement Mainland Southeast Asia once ranked among the top tourist regions in the world, bolstering economies and employing millions, but a rot set in with the rise of authoritarian regimes and a preference for Chinese currency over and above all others. COVID-19 dealt the final blow, as the Chinese visitors evacuated and governments were left … Read more
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