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Thai Travel Industry Faces ‘Nail in Coffin’ After New Outbreak
- Lockdowns, domestic travel restrictions may shutter businesses
- Thailand hit by a record outbreak of virus cases in past week
A Covid-19 testing site in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, on Dec. 19.
Photographer: Jack Taylor/AFP via Getty Images
As Phuket and other Thai tourist destinations prepare for a slight bump in business from the countdown to 2021, a new virus outbreak among seafood factory workers near Bangkok couldn’t come at a worse time.
Thailand discovered a record cluster of infections in Samut Sakhon province last week, prompting a 14-day lockdown of the industrial district. The government is mulling whether curbs need to be expanded to other locales.