BANGKOK: Thailand’s tourism minister has blamed a surge in the baht for sapping tourist arrivals into South-East Asia’s second-largest economy and says he’ll take up the matter with the central bank, highlighting rising concern over the currency’s gains.
Arrivals have dropped because of the baht’s strength, Pitak Ratchakitprakarn, minister of tourism and sports, told reporters after he officially began his new role.
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