The Tourism Industry Council of Chiang Mai and seven other groups in the tourist-reliant province on Tuesday vowed to pay 100,000 baht to anyone who contracted Covid-19 while visiting the province.
The move is designed to boost tourists’ confidence in local Covid-19 control and prevention measures and comes after a new local infection was confirmed that placed more than 300 people at risk.
This latest case has dealt the province yet another bitter blow just as its tourism industry finally begins to recover from the destructive pandemic.
About 5% of hotel rooms booked in the province have been cancelled since news broke of the latest infection and that is thought to be people scared off by it, said Industry Council president Phanlop Saechiew.
The 100,000 baht compensation offer is aimed at reassuring all visitors about Chiang Mai’s Covid-19 measures, he said,…
