Deputy PM says pandemic exposed problems in Thai economy, time to improve

As the Covid-19 pandemic hit economies all over the world with business closures and travel bans, issues with Thailand’s economy were exposed, according to Deputy PM Supattanapong Punmeechaow. The country cannot go back to the way it was before the global outbreak, he says. Thailand’s large tourism industry was battered by the lack of foreign visitors. Small and medium businesses were also heavily impacted, prompting the government to spend more than 800 billion baht in aid measures, the deputy prime minister said at an event in Bangkok. “It is unacceptable to let Thailand slide back to the period before Covid-19. […]
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