Thailand will introduce more stimulus measures to boost tourism, jobs and domestic consumption hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Deputy Prime Minister cum Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow.
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand will introducemore stimulus measures to boost tourism, jobs and domestic consumption hit hardby the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Deputy Prime Minister cum EnergyMinister Supattanapong Punmeechaow.
He revealed that the government plans tointroduce generous subsidies to encourage domestic travel.
Earlier, the government had launched a tourismstimulus campaign known as Rao Tiew Duay Kan (We Travel Together), which willsubsidise five million nights of hotel accommodation at 40 percent of normalroom rates, with the subsidy limited to 3,000 baht (96 USD) per night for up tofive nights.
According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand(TAT), foreign tourist arrivals next year could be as low as 15 percent of 2019levels under a worst-case scenario due to a prolonged coronavirus crisis.
Revenue from international visitors in 2021under the most pessimistic scenario developed by the TAT would shrink to just296 billion baht (9.43 billion USD), or about 16 percent of the 1.9 trillionbaht (58 billion USD) earned in 2019.
Total revenue from domestic and foreigntravellers in 2019 was estimated at 3.2 trillion baht./.
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Visitors in Thailand (Source: VNA) 
