(Manila Bloomberg) has a weak tourism demand. In addition, the relationship between Beijing and Manila is tight, and those who come and go in the Philippines and China have greatly reduced. Airlines in the Philippines and China are forced to reduce flights.
The flight schedule tracked by the
Aeroroutes website shows that the Philippine Airlines headquarters in Manila will reduce flights to Beijing and Guangzhou in the next few months.The flight from Philippine to China has not yet returned to the peak level before the crown disease epidemic.
Cebu Pacific Airlines and the Philippines AirAsia have also cut off flights to China in recent months.Southern China Airlines also reduced flights to the Philippines.
During the former President Duterte's office, passengers between the Philippines and China increased greatly, and tens of thousands of Chinese people poured into Manila, driving local real estate prices and consumption.
Since Duterte's steps down, the territorial sovereignty disputes around China and the Philippines have tested relations between the two countries around the South China Sea.Manila has strengthened military activities with Western countries in recent years and anger China.China provides visa -free from dozens of countries this year, but has not included the Philippines on the visa -free list.
Independent Airlines analyst Sobi said that the Chinese now have many attractive visa -free tourist destinations in Southeast Asia."For Chinese tourists, the attractiveness of tourist destinations has been changing, and the Philippines is currently not attractive."
