The latest news of the closure of 3,000 hotels in Phuket, Thailand arrives in Thailand.

Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the global tourism industry has been severely hit. Tourism is an important economy in Thailand. Now the epidemic has not ended for a long time, and the local tourism industry is also very bleak. 3,000 hotels in Phuket, Thailand's second most popular tourist destination, have been closed. Let's take a look at the details and latest news of inbound tourism in Thailand.

3,000 hotels in Phuket, Thailand closed.

This famous tourist resort island suffered from a cold caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, and showed little signs of recovery in June 5438+1October 2008. Local tycoon PreechawutKeesin owns five nightclubs and about 600 hotel rooms. He said that now 3,000 hotels on the island are basically closed, and the main town of Badong has become a "ghost town".

So far, there are about 3,600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Thailand, with only a few dozen deaths, which is relatively less affected by COVID-19.

However, the Thai government has concentrated on fighting the economic impact of the virus. It is estimated that the country's economy will shrink by 7% to 9% this year, and tens of millions of people will lose their jobs.

The latest news of inbound tourism in Thailand

Phuket was originally scheduled to "cautiously" welcome the first batch of foreign tourists from Thailand in April this year, but it has been postponed by the government. However, the two-week compulsory entry quarantine regulations and the expenditure of thousands of dollars per person during the quarantine period discouraged overseas tourists.

Thailand will reopen international tourists! The Ministry of Tourism of Thailand has announced that it will reopen the entry of foreign tourists on June 10, but strict epidemic prevention measures will be implemented.

At present, Thailand has not announced which countries will welcome tourists, but it may be a neighboring country with good epidemic prevention or a country with important social and economic dependence on Thailand.

This is the first time that ordinary passengers have restarted since Thailand blocked the border in March. According to the statistics of the World Bank, the annual contribution of tourism to Thailand's GDP is 15%, so the tourism industry is almost zero, which has a great impact on Thailand. Thailand's Ministry of Finance predicts that GDP will shrink by 8.5% this year, the biggest decline in history.