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Photographer: Luke Duggleby/BloombergThailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin unveiled a roadmap to develop the country as a regional hub for tourism, wellness and electric vehicles production as he bids to draw much-needed foreign investment to jumpstart an economy saddled with high household debt and deflation.
New initiatives to cement Thailand’s position as a tourism, wellness and medical hub will be centered around visa waivers and a planned single visa for countries including Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, Srettha said in a televised address on Thursday. The country will also take steps to emerge as an aviation and logistics hub, he said.