ธhailand has lost about 1.45 million tourism jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, including 400,000 in the first quarter, a private tourism group said on Monday, as the country gets ready to reopen to visitors to try to rescue the struggling sector.
Tourism is a key driver of Thailand’s growth, typically accounting for 11-12% of gross domestic product. The group says there were 4.5 million tourism jobs before the pandemic, from a workforce of about 38 million people.
The country could see 3 million foreign tourist arrivals this year under plans to waive quarantine for visitors vaccinated against Covid-19 in some parts of the country later this year, Vichit Prakobgoson,…
