Asia has always been a favorite destination among foreign visitors. According to Statista.com, in 2019, over 360 million tourists flocked there. Border closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic drastically reduced the number of foreign arrivals in the Asia-Pacific area to below 60 million in 2020 and to only 20.9 million in 2021. Still, numbers are rising again as the pandemic continues to wane.