Thailand's booming autos exports help plug gaping tourism hole


BANGKOK, July 4 (Reuters): As tourism-reliant Thailand struggles with a collapse in foreign visitors, the country's auto sector is picking up some of the slack with the value of car exports tipped to surge to a record this year as the global economy reopens.

The South-East Asian nation is Asia's second-most popular tourist destination but its famous beaches, street markets and pagodas have been starved of business over the past year due to pandemic restrictions that have crippled global travel.

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