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Tourism could be hit by re-tightening of travel restrictions, experts warn
Government measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 infections across Bangkok and other five red-zoned provinces will likely have a negative impact on the tourism sector, analysts said Friday, adding that the downside risk was limited.The return of a 14-day mandatory quarantine for all oversea ...
Council hints at layoffs
The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) estimates the industry’s unemployment rate in the second quarter could reach between 2-2.5 million as reopening plans might be delayed if the government cannot flatten the virus curve within a month.Chamnan Srisawat, president of TCT, said staff had been ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thailand to tighten curbs as virus wave risks tourism plans
Thailand is set to ban sales of alcoholic beverages in restaurants and close schools and amusement parks for two weeks to stem a fresh outbreak of coronavirus, potentially jeopardizing its plans to reopen borders to foreign tourists.The closure of bars, pubs, karaoke and massage parlors ...
Most People Support Government’s Travel Incentive Measures
A survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll has found that a majority of people agree with the government’s measures to stimulate domestic travel and the economy.According to the poll conducted online on March 29-April 1 on 1,265 people throughout the country, ...
NNT Reporter
EV outlook more than just numbers
Hailing 2020 as a “great year” for electric vehicle (EV) sales in the global market, Krisda Utamote, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT), is eager to see a similar growth in Thailand with the spotlight on the EV industry.But a focus on ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Manufacturing declines slightly but overall economy has improved
Thailand’s manufacturing production index (MPI) continued to drop in February, falling 1.08 per cent to 99.68 points versus a year earlier due to lower oil production, the Office of Industrial Economics reported Wednesday.The industrial output figure of February was lower than Reuters’ forecast of a ...
Government Expects 2 Million Foreign Tourists to Visit Phuket This Year
The government expects about two million foreign tourists to visit Phuket this year after the island reopens to vaccinated visitors from July 1.Tourism Council of Thailand vice president Vichit Prakobgosol said the holidaymakers may generate about 105 billion baht in revenue in the second half. ...
NNT Reporter
Thailand loses 1.45 million tourism jobs from pandemic: tourism group
Thailand has lost about 1.45 million tourism jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, including 400,000 in the first quarter, a private tourism group said on Monday, as the country gets ready to reopen to visitors to try to rescue the struggling sector,Tourism is a key driver ...
Thailand poised to target 50% EV use, carbon neutrality by 2050
EV committee will discuss at the end of March and prepare to set carbon emission to zero with 50 per cent user to drive EV within 2030.Kulit Sombatsiri, permanent secretary for energy, said during the launch day ceremony for EGAT EV Business Solutions on Thursday ...
The Nation Reporter
Cabinet won't extend tour scheme
The cabinet has turned down a proposal from the Tourism and Sports Ministry to extend the fraud-plagued Rao Tiew Duay Kan (We Travel Together) scheme scheduled to end on April 30.Instead, the Tourism and Sports Ministry and Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) were instructed to ...
Bangkok Post Reporter