Original article: How Thailand vs Philippines tourism supply chains are managing cost and capacity pressures in peak season
Peak-season tourism pressure is producing opposite strategies: Thailand monetizes throughput, while the Philippines still cushions bottlenecks.
Authors
Pichaya "P'Chai" Srisuk
Thailand Correspondent — Travel, Aviation, Tourism (also covers Myanmar & Cambodia)
Pichaya "P'Chai" Srisuk is a Bangkok-based business and policy reporter who specialises in tourism recovery, aviation route economics and the hospitality sector across Southeast Asia. With a BA in International Relations and more than six years of reporting experience, he blends data-driven analysis, interviews with industry insiders, and on-the-ground reporting to show how airline strategies, tourism campaigns and policy shifts reshape regional mobility and local economies. Fluent in Thai and English, P'Chai regularly files pieces from Thailand and provides contextual reporting on Myanmar and Cambodia when regional policy or tourism links are relevant.
Maria Lourdes "Lourdes" Reyes
Philippines Correspondent — Finance, Remittances, Consumer Fintech
Maria Lourdes Reyes reports on the Philippines’ banking sector, remittance corridors, consumer finance, and fintech adoption among migrant communities. Her work focuses on how remittances and digital finance shape household economics and financial inclusion.
