This year was filled with efforts by heavyweights from the world of business and young talents aimed at ushering Thailand through the Covid-19 crisis and shaping its future along a path towards a digital and more liveable society. In addition to economic boosters and digitalisation, LGBTQ+ also made the headlines in a business context.
The coming year looks to be an eventful one with activities that could have a big impact on Thailand, ranging from the country's hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit to the trial of the retail Central Bank Digital Currency (retail CBDC).
A rapid increase in Covid-19 infections across continents triggered by the highly contagious variant Omicron looks certain to mar the festive mood during the year-end holidays, but has yet to grip the whole business sector.
The Industry Ministry is joining the festive mood by preparing a New Year's gift of 32 billion baht in soft loans, meant to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that adopt the bio-, circular and green (BCG) economic model.