The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) said about 10 percent of businesses in the country’s tourism industry have closed with almost 540,000 workers laid-off due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bangkok (VNA) – The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT)said about 10 percent of businesses in the country’s tourism industry haveclosed with almost 540,000 workers laid-off due to the economic impact of the COVID-19pandemic.
The Bangkok Post quoted the council’s president Chairat Trirattanajarasporn assaying that tourism operators in the southern and central region seem to be themost affected as they heavily rely on foreigners.
Other business sectors that took a hit include entertainment venues forced toclose during the lockdown, hotels and theme parks.
Chairat said400,000 tourism workers lost their jobs during the third quarter of the year asthree per cent of companies shut down and seven percent temporarily closed.
Although 88 percent of companies continue to operate, 13 percent reducedemployee headcount by 30 percent, causing 137,280 to lose their jobs.
He said that the by year-end, the number of unemployed will rise to more thanone million if the government cannot implement effective aid measures and allowmore international tourists into the country.
The number of tourists will depend on the reopening plan from the government,but the limited number of 1,200 tourists per month is inadequate to help thetourism industry recover, according to him.
TCT estimatesthat Thailand will only welcome 6.74 million international tourists this year,down 83.1 percent compared to last year, with an estimated revenue of 337billion THB, a dip of 82.6 percent./.
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