Tourism sector gets recovery hopes upghost market: Bang Phli wet market in Samut Prakan province turns empty after the operator was order to close for one month following the rise of Covid-19 cases. According to the Tourism and Sport Ministry, the tourism sector earned 760 billion baht from January to November of last year, a decline of 1.93 trillion baht or 71.75%, compared to the same period of 2019. Hope of a vaccineFor 2021, however, the world is pinning its hopes on an effective Covid-19 vaccine arising from the work of pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca. For Koh Samui, 95% of its income was derived from foreign tourists, and the pandemic has sent its local economy spiralling downwards for most of the year. Before the pandemic, Chiang Mai earned more than 100 billion baht in tourism income annually, but that was slashed in half after Covid-19 hit.

Source: Bangkok Post January 02, 2021 21:22 UTC