Thailand to help virus-hit tourism with tax cuts and loans


  • World
  • Friday, 14 Feb 2020

FILE PHOTO: Chinese tourists pose for a picture inside the Grand Palace in Bangkok May 24, 2014. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will introduce a package of measures next month to help its tourism industry, reeling from the outbreak of 2019-nCov coronavirus, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Friday.

The package will include steps to help businesses to prevent layoffs and to promote domestic travel, Somkid told reporters.

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