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Travel industry pleads for flood relief

Travel industry pleads for flood relief

A man wades through floodwaters in front of a Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya province on Tuesday. Tropical storm Dianmu caused flooding in 30 provinces across the country. (AFP photo)

Tourism operators in flood-hit provinces are urging the government to help resolve the flooding before the domestic subsidy campaigns start next month.

Wiwat Tharawiwat, president of the Thai Hotels Association’s lower northern chapter, said prior to the flooding, the occupancy rate for 150 hotels in Sukhothai was in the single digits because of…

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