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More holidays next year on the cards for tourism

A health worker sprays disinfectant at the Central Shrimp Market in Muang district of Samut Sakhon province on Thursday, to clear the area for a field hospital set up there on Friday. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)

The government is considering a proposal from travel agents for extra holidays next year to aid the ailing domestic tourism sector, which is being further savaged by the new coronavirus outbreak.

Vichit Prakobgosol, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta), said on Friday that the proposal was made in talks with Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam and other public and private tourism agencies, including the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

Details have to be ironed out before it could be put to the cabinet for approval, he said. But  additional holidays next year could…

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