A policeman on motorcycle patrols along closed entertainment and tourist businesses in Bangkok on April 8, 2021 while Thailand remains closed to international tourists due to the Covid-19 coronavirus for over a year. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

About 20,000 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), mostly in the tourism sector, closed down during the first quarter of this year, due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Director of the Office of SMEs Promotion (OSMEP) VeerapongMalai said over the weekend that the closure of the SMEs during the first three months of this year was reflected in the two-to-threefold increase in the number of employees seeking compensation from the Social Security Office following redundancy, compared to the same period last year.

 

He said that, during the same period, about 23,000 new SMEs had, however, opened for business, mostly via online platforms, adding that exports are steadily picking up, thanks to a gradual economic recovery in developed economies, such as China, the United States and Japan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/about-20000-smes-close-in-first-quarter-of-this-year-due-to-covid-19/

 

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She was wearing a dress on their adds before the pandemic.... 

What will she be wearing after her vaccination appointment is canceled?