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Prayut predicts tourism will be 50% restored by next year

A visitor pours water on Buddha images to usher in the Thai new year marked by the three-day Songkran festival at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha on April 13, 2022. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Thailand can expect to welcome 20 million tourists next year, or about half the pre-pandemic level, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday.

That projection is likely to materialise provided the Covid-19 situation doesn’t deteriorate again and no new threats to tourism appear on the horizon, he said.

Tens of thousands of tourists are arriving in the kingdom daily and the situation has improved markedly since entry restrictions were eased, Gen Prayut noted.

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