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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
The emergence of the Covid-19 variant Omicron, which has tallied 104 confirmed cases in Thailand, is bringing back bad memories of last year when the second wave stomped on the festive season just a few weeks before the New Year holiday. The tourism industry, which contributed up to 20% of GDP during boom years, plummeted to 1.79% of GDP during the first half of 2021, largely as a result of border closures. The decision by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to suspend the “Test & Go” scheme nationwide means Thailand may take the same stance it had in the first half of 2021…