TY - BOOK AU - BEH Loo-See AU - LIN Woon Leong TI - Impact of COVID-19 on ASEAN tourism industry PY - 2022/// KW - COVID-19 KW - TOURISM KW - ASEAN KW - PANEL VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION N2 - This article aims to examine the extent of the COVID-19 on the tourism industry in ASEAN countries. This study utilized a Panel Vector Autoregression approach to examine the possible bi-directional causality that exists between COVID-19 and tourist arrivals. Data from seven ASEAN nations were used wherein accumulated numbers of cases are hypothesized due to variations in the levels of inbound tourism and other socio-economic differences. The findings indicated two-way causality between COVID-19 and tourist arrivals at the 95% significance level. The results revealed that international tourism can seriously be affected by the COVID-19 outbreak UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17516234.2020.1871180 ER -