Either way,it is going to be an expensive trip." The flight cancellations are expected to have additional repercussions for smaller Southeast Asia countries, where travel and tourism is a major share of the economy.
VOA: standard.2010.04.19
Even as the planet has faced an unprecedented global economic crisis and recession, India weathered the worldwide trend and remained the second fastest growing majoreconomy in the world after China - at a time when most countries suffered negative growth rates in at least one quarter in the last four years.
But such forward thinking has transformed South Korea from one of the poorest countries in Asia to an advanced high-tech economy that's home to major tech firms like Samsung and LG, as well as the most wired population on the planet.