It is expected that the arrival of international tourists will decrease by 10 percent to 15 percent or more in the next two weeks, as the Friday earthquake in Bangkok and other Tiland hot hotspots, and potential travelers.
Thienprascit Chaiyapatranun, the president of the association, cited a preliminary survey among the group’s members, said that about 10 percent of foreign tourists went out early after the earthquake. However, some tourists later returned to their hotels where they had no other options.
“There is expected that there will be a short -term impact on the tourism industry due to safety concerns,” said Thinbrasite on the phone on Saturday.
Even the short -term impact on tourist expatriates will harm the economy, as the industry employs one in five of the workforce in the country and constitutes about 13 percent of the total domestic product.
Thai authorities are betting on improving tourism performance to push growth to 3 percent this year as they face goods exports, an other major growth for growth, the opposite winds of the Trump administration’s commercial definitions.
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