Concern mounts over gap in GDP inputs
Tourism-driven areas contribute the most
An economist is concerned that a gap in terms of contributions to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) between tourism-dependent provinces and agriculture-reliant provinces will become wider in the post-pandemic era.
The Fiscal Policy Office’s senior expert on macroeconomic policy, Pongnakorn Pochakorn, said even before the pandemic, there was a huge gap in terms of GDP contribution between the two groups of provinces.
Fifteen provinces account for 70% of the country’s GDP. They are Bangkok and its five surrounding provinces — Samut Prakarn, Samut…
