Council hints at layoffs
Tourism operators monitoring latest virus outbreak to gauge travel sentiment
The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) estimates the industry’s unemployment rate in the second quarter could reach between 2-2.5 million as reopening plans might be delayed if the government cannot flatten the virus curve within a month.
Chamnan Srisawat, president of TCT, said staff had been called back to work during Songkran as most operators kept their employees to prepare for an upcoming tourism stimulus scheme in the hopes of gaining business.
The two stimulus packages scheduled for May include the extension of a hotel and airline subsidy called “We Travel…
