Council hints at layoffs
published : 17 Apr 2021 at 08:50 A motorbike passes through an almost empty Khao San Road during the Songkran holidays.
The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) estimates the industry s unemployment rate in the second quarter could reach between 2-2.5 million as reopening plans might be delayed if the government cannot flatten the virus curve within a month.
Chamnan Srisawat, president of TCT, said staff had been called back to work during Songkran as most operators kept their employees to prepare for an upcoming tourism stimulus scheme in the hopes of gaining business.
The two stimulus packages scheduled for May include the extension of a hotel and airline subsidy called We Travel Together and a new scheme known as Tour Teaw Thai , which will subsidise 40% not exceeding 5,000 baht of a tour package arranged by tour companies.
/ Posted on 5 February, 2021 17:46
Landmark of Nakhon Pathom city, the stupa of Phra Pathom Chedi is the biggest and highest in all of Thailand.
The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT), comprising a group of experts from the private sector, has proposed a new Tourism Labor Bank scheme to support Thai tourism workers whose jobs are at risk due to Covid-19.
“Looking ahead at the future of tourism, we don’t think it will go back to normal soon, especially seeing the situation in Europe and other places. While Thailand has the capacity to welcome 40 million visitors a year comfortably, we are very concerned that if we don’t meet this year’s target of 10 million visitors – for example, if only 25 per cent of that number come – then 75 per cent of the tourism labor force will lose their jobs,” shared TCT’s new president Chamnan Srisawat.
The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) aims to establish the Tourism Labour Bank assistance programme by March for tourism workers suffering from the impact of the pandemic as the fresh outbreak could result in up to 2 million workers in the industry losing their jobs.
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The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) plans to set up the Tourism Labor Bank by March for the travel industry laborers experiencing the effect of the pandemic as the new episode could result in up to 2 million specialists in the business losing their positions
The board will build up a travel industry business information base that doesn t just reveal insight into the quantity..