FILE PHOTO: Immigration officers stand in front of an empty arrivals hall at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International airport in Samut Prakan province amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), June 3, 2020. REUTERS/A
Thailand could see a million more jobless tourism workers in the first quarter after its latest wave of coronavirus infections, while relief measures are urgently needed to support the struggling sector, a private tourism group said on Tuesday.
The Tourism Council of Thailand will later on Tuesday propose to the government measures including a 50% co-pay scheme to retain workers, utility bill cuts, soft loans and a two-year debt moratorium, said its president, Chamnan Srisawat.
The proposed co-pay scheme will help some 800,000 people keep their jobs, he told a briefing.
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