CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has formally unveiled its five-year tourism plan, which emphasizes, among others, the need to pivot from recovery to ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Southeast Asia finds itself in unfamiliar territory. On the surface, it has been a good year: the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur admitted Timor-Leste as the bloc’s 11th member.