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Local travel sector unfazed by Ebola so far

But increasing reports of cases outside of West Africa could crimp forward bookings for the year-end holiday break

Nisha Ramchandani

Published Fri, Oct 10, 2014 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

IT appears to be business as usual for the local travel industry this week even as isolated cases of Ebola emerged outside of West Africa. However, if the incidences of such cases rise in popular tourist destinations such as Europe, that could be cause for concern for industry players.

Already, demand for South Africa had started easing in August as news of the deadly virus made headlines.