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Asean links up to help restore tourism sector

Cambodia and its Asean member states are working together to restore the tourism industry in the region in the context of the pandemic spread, according to the Ministry of Tourism. Thong Rathasak, the Ministry of Tourism’s director-general, who joined an Asean tourism committee meeting via video conference from June 15-23 said that the 10-nation Asean […]

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Thailand: BoT forecasts record contraction

The Bank of Thailand has reduced its economic outlook to a contraction of 8.1% this year, deeper than the 1997 financial crisis, but kept the policy rate on hold at 0.50%. The latest economic forecast for 2020 is worse than the record contraction of 7.6% for the Tom Yum Kung crisis, said Don Nakornthab, senior […]

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IMF: Philippine economy to shrink by 3.6%

MANILA, Philippines — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the Philippine economy to contract by 3.6 percent this year amid a deeper global economic slump caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic. Yongzheng Yang, IMF resident representative to the Philippines, attributed the downward revision of the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) outlook to […]

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Thailand: Green light for foreigners

The first group of foreigners to be allowed to enter Thailand will comprise business representatives, skilled workers, experts, people with Thai families, teachers, students and patients who agree to quarantine, according to the government. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), on Wednesday elaborated on the government’s plan to allow foreign […]

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