With no customers, bar workers sit outside, staring at their phones.
Unemployment in the tourism industry is predicted to grow to as many as 2 million people this quarter even though most of the country’s coronavirus shutdowns have been reduced or ended.
Chamnan Srisawad, chairman of the Tourism Council of Thailand, estimated about 1 million people were put out of work during the five-week lockdown of four eastern provinces and Samut Sakhon and business shutdowns across the rest of Thailand.
Today only five provinces around Bangkok remain “red zones”, while business is nearly or completely back to normal elsewhere.
Chamnan Srisawad, chairman of the Tourism Council of Thailand, estimated about 1 million people were put out of work during the five-week lockdown and sees unemployment increasing to 1.5-2 million in the first quarter as businesses fail in the aftermath of the…
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