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Aren t complaining, neither are the local business owners like suzanne who describes the past year and a half. horrid. we didn t expect the last wave to hit us the way it s hit us. reporter: tourism accounts for 20% of thailand s gdp. but phuket, it s 95% of its economy which is why the prime minister of tourism says it s a calculated risk worth taking. translator: in 2019, revenue from both domestic and international tourism stood at about 95 million u.s. dollars. that shrank to nearly $20 billion in 2020, a huge drop. reporter: so while it may seem like a parallel universe, for now, thailand is pinning its hopes on phuket while the world watches. paula hancocks, cnn. some celebrations were cancelled this year as the country tries to heal. ....

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