Tourism Ministry to return B1.4bn in deposits
The Tourism Ministry is poised to return 1.4 billion baht in deposits to tour companies that registered with the Tourism Department, while acknowledging that a year-long pandemic could slash the number of international visitors in 2020 to 10 million.
“If the pandemic is still uncontrollable on a global scale until the end of this year, even if Thailand can successfully restrict the contagion, it’ll be useless because international tourists will not come anyway,” said Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn. “Based on that scenario, to achieve 10 million international visitors is already good enough.”
Bangkok Post Reporter
