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Equities related to tourism see sell-off

Equities related to tourism see sell-off

Hotel stocks face B12bn loss this year

Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus vaccines are displayed at the Suvarnabhumi Airport Free Zone. The doses are the first lot of Covid-19 vaccines to arrive in Thailand. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

Tourism-related stocks were sold off to take profit on Wednesday following the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines to the country in what analysts are calling “selling on fact”, after speculation in advance of shipment caused shares to surge over the past few weeks.

Analysts believe tourism-related stocks including hotel operators, airlines, airports and hospitals will face a loss of at least 12 billion baht this year, likely not seeing profits until 2022.

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