- China’s travel restart has been slower than many expected, but that is about to end. Recent datapoints have started to show signs that travel demand is turning “red-hot” again, with a ~119% recovery in domestic trips within China in May 2023. A spill-over was also seen in neighbouring travel hotspots Macau and Hong Kong, with recovery reaching ~60% of pre-COVID levels.
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- Direct exposure is highest within South Korea and Japan, but APAC remains a key beneficiary with ~64% of hotel S-REITs seeing near-term upsides.
Singapore’s total visitor days crossed pre-COVID average for the first time in Jul 2023.
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- While hotels within the extreme ends of the value proposition chain (economy and leisure) have recovered room pricing at ~130% of 2019 levels, we expect upscale hotels (~120%) to boost a stronger recovery and support most hotels within our listed S-REITs universe.
Green shoots aplenty & within reach
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