Small hotel owners in Phuket plead for leniency from creditors

The demonstrators said small and medium-sized enterprises and small hotels in Phuket were dying because of the Covid-19 pandemic. - AFP

PHUKET (The Nation/Asia News Network): A group of 50 owners of boutique and small hotels in Phuket rallied in Patong area on Tuesday, urging help from the government after their bank creditors threatened to seize their hotels.

They staged the rally at a car park behind the Krung Thai Bank Patong branch to highlight their grievances to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, who is visiting Phuket with an entourage to evaluate the performance of government agencies.