Thai Finance Minister sees foreign tourists recovering to 40 million in 2024 - Reuters

Thai Finance Minister sees foreign tourists recovering to 40 million in 2024

 

FILE PHOTO: General view of the almost empty Khaosan Road, which is usually crowded with tourists,in Bangkok, Thailand, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's tourism-dependent economy should receive 8 million foreign visitors next year and see a recovery to a pre-coronavirus pandemic level of 40 million visitors by 2024, the country's finance minister said on Wednesday.

 

The government will discuss later on Wednesday an additional boost to purchasing power which remained weak, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith told a business seminar.

 

(Reporting by Kitphong Thaichareon; Writing by Orathai Sriring; Editing by Ed Davies)