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Tourist arrivals may fall by 65%
Reuters, Published on 11/05/2020
» The number of foreign tourists may plunge by almost two-thirds to 14 million this year, the lowest level in 14 years, as the coronavirus pandemic hits global travel, estimates from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) showed on Monday.
Businesses urge relaxing lockdown to stem job losses
Published on 11/05/2020
» The private sector is calling on the government to continue easing its lockdown measures to allow other businesses, particularly those related to tourism and supply chains, to restart to curb escalating unemployment.
PTT books losses, cuts investment
Reuters, Published on 11/05/2020
» PTT Plc, the country's largest oil-and-gas company, said on Monday it planned to cut investment by up to 15% after booking quarterly losses due to a sharp drop in oil prices and weak demand for petrochemicals amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Premier League presses on with 'Project Restart' despite mounting problems
AFP, Published on 11/05/2020
» LONDON: Premier League clubs meet on Monday for further talks on "Project Restart" despite growing disquiet among players over safety issues and divisions over proposals on how to end the season.
Medical tourism drop hits Bumrungrad Hospital
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/05/2020
» Bumrungrad Hospital Plc said the plunge in medical tourists traveling to Thailand amid the coronavirus pandemic has squeezed its business, as the majority of the health-care operator’s revenue typically comes from international patients.
Covid to cost 71,700 overseas Filipino workers their jobs
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/05/2020
» The Philippines expects 45,000 overseas workers to return home in May and June, adding to the 26,700 that have already been repatriated after losing their jobs due to the pandemic.
Foreigners caught partying on Koh Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/05/2020
» SURAT THANI: Twenty-four people, 22 foreigners and two Thai nationals, were arrested at a beer bar on Koh Samui island district on Sunday night for violating the emergency decree, police said.
Plastic piles up as pandemic sidelines pollution fight
Reuters, Published on 11/05/2020
» Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi hoped would cut back the waste that puts her country among the world's top five choking the oceans with plastic.
Cow killed, man injured by thunderbolt
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 11/05/2020
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man was injured and a cow killed when a thunderbolt struck in Phimai district on Monday afternoon, local media reported.
Stunned buyer won't be sitting on this chair
Post Reporters, Published on 11/05/2020
» A woman bought a stylish wooden chair from a major online-shopping platform, but when it was delivered she was a tiny bit disappointed.