PM2.5 dust poses threat to tourism
SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand’s largest cement maker and industrial conglomerate, has raised fresh concerns about unpleasant impacts on the local economy caused by three risk factors: high energy costs, PM2.5 ultra-fine dust and drought.
High energy costs have mainly resulted from an increase in coal and liquefied natural gas prices.
“SCG is concerned these three factors would affect businesses at at a time the domestic economy has begun to recover, driven by the improving tourism industry,” said Roongrote…
