Govt told to speed up aid to struggling tourism sector

Govt told to speed up aid to struggling tourism sector

Operators badly hit by Covid need help

The government should speed up providing assistance to groups badly affected by Covid-19, such as hotel operators in Phuket, according to academics.

At a forum arranged by the Foundation for Labour and Employment Promotion, Kiriya Kulkolkran, a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics Thammasat University, said the number of foreign tourists in the country has decreased by 80% to eight million from 40 million, and projected that the impacts of the pandemic on the tourism sector would continue for more than three years.

Working people in the supply chain, particularly new…