A worker at a Japanese restaurant in Bangkok’s Silom area waits outside to greet customers.
The Restaurant Business Association expects more than 200,000 workers to lose their jobs after the government imposed new measures that prohibit dining in at eateries.
New restrictions prevent dine-in services in six provinces — Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Prakan — effective from May 1.
Ladda Sampawthong, the association’s president, said the new restrictions will have a huge impact on medium to large restaurants because all targeted provinces have many such outlets.
“Since the government reduced service hours to closing at 9pm, dine-in customers at restaurants are 65-70% of normal levels. However, with a ban on sit-in dining, I wonder how many will still want to come,” Mrs…
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