Phuket businesses reopening much welcomed, but a long way to go

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Women wait at a food service kiosk at Central Phuket earlier this week. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: The easing of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions that came into effect last Saturday (May 17), allowing scores of businesses across the island to reopen, has brought welcome respite to the suffering being endured by business operators and thousands of people left without any income due to the COVID crisis.

 

However, key business figures on the island say there is still a long way to go for Phuket to mark a sincere start on its journey to economic recovery.

 

The easing of restrictions that came into effect last Saturday saw the sales of food and drinks allowed to resume in restaurants, food courts, cafeterias and eateries, excluding pubs and bars and drinking of alcohol.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-businesses-reopening-much-welcomed-but-a-long-way-to-go-76127.php

 

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Many, many Thais have no money because they lost their jobs and there are no tourists, so, where are the customers going to come from?

Chinese arriving soon..????

 

All Coffee shops are closed. Can't they open?

2 hours ago, hugolars said:

All Coffee shops are closed. Can't they open?

Are there any customers by the time they pay staff sometimes better to stay shut.

20 hours ago, webfact said:

However, key business figures on the island say there is still a long way to go for Phuket to mark a sincere start on its journey to economic recovery.

Phuket is primarily a tourist town... without domestic travel to any great degree it's a lost cause, I fear a lot of businesses are going to fold in the coming months.

The shutdown was just the beginning, waiting for enough customers to turn a profit is going to be a long time coming.

Every day I see another "For Sale" or "For Rent" sign go up the biggest problem I see is the rents are to high I know of a couple of places and the landlord wont defer the rent of give a discount are the hoping that you will move out and they can sell it on for more rent and key money?

Me, if I was paying rent I would stop now at least I know how much I have lost if you carry on you dont know how much you are going to lose.

Im seeing the greedy side of some people at the moment