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Tourism veering from bad to worse

Tourism veering from bad to worse

Airlines, hotels struggle amid crisis

Aircraft of Thai AirAsia and Thai Airways International are parked at Suvarnabhumi airport. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand reported that number of domestic passengers stumbled 27.1% year-on-year in the fourth quarter, while international flights dropped by 99.1% during the period. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

Airlines and hotels dubbed the tourism situation this year as being a worse crisis than the first outbreak of the pandemic, leaving them to cling to the hope of a remedy from the government.

Tassapon Bijleveld, executive chairman of Asia Aviation, the largest shareholder of Thai AirAsia (TAA), said when international tourists return in the future, Thailand…

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