Travel startups targeting domestic travel market

Singapore

ONLINE travel agencies (OTAs) and travel startups are now shifting gears to capture the rising domestic tourism market in Asia-Pacific, but industry players say this still might not be substantial enough for them to return to previous levels of growth.

"This year will likely be a write-off for most travel firms," Ling Vey-Sern, a senior technology analyst at Bloomberg, told The Business Times.