As health officials rushes to contain the resent local outbreaks of covid-19 cases in Thailand, bookings for New Years are being cancelled and travellers are making alternate plans. Airlines are facing a bleak economic winter for the New Year holiday as they are seeing declining bookings. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) estimates only 2.75 million domestic trips for the upcoming period.
Nuntaporn Komonsittivate, head of commercial operations at Thai Lion Air, told the Bangkok Post that tourism demand softened significantly because of a recent surge in new Covid-19 cases locally. The surge began earlier this month first the spread began among Thais who brought the virus over from Myanmar to Chiang Rai. Followed by a big cluster of infections that emerged over recent days in Samut Sakhon.
Prior to the new wave of infections, Thai Lion Air forecast December to be its best month…
