The Delta variant and EM tourism troubles

The rapid spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus adds to reasons to think that lacklustre economic recoveries lie in store for tourism-dependent economies in Africa, parts of the Middle East and South-East Asia. The weakness of tourism also threatens to add to balance of payments strains in a handful of EMs – particularly Tunisia, but also Turkey and Sri Lanka.

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