BANGKOK - Thailand has delayed plans for a"travel bubble" agreement with select countries as new daily coronavirus cases rise in parts of Asia, putting pressure on its vital tourism industry and complicating efforts to revive its battered economy.
"We are delaying discussion of travel bubble arrangements for now given the outbreak situation in other countries,"Thailand's coronavirus taskforce spokesman, Taweesin Wisanuyothin, told Reuters. By comparison, Thailand had a record 39.8 million tourists in all of 2019, spending 1.93 trillion baht.
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