Tourism Ministry hopes for post-virus bounce

14 March 2020
Bangkok Post
Tourism
Covid-19 / post-virus bounce / tourism revenue

The Tourism and Sports Ministry is expecting 36.9 million foreign tourists to visit Thailand this year if the Covid-19 outbreak grinds to a halt by next month.

However, if the spread of the new coronavirus continues, it will be a “big issue” and deepen fears not only in terms of public health but also of the tremendous loss of tourism revenue, Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said yesterday as he prayed for the end of the current global pandemic as declared by the World Health Organization.

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 Bangkok Post Reporter

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