Thailand vows measures to restore tourist confidence after mall shooting

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Thailand will restore confidence in its critical tourism sector, officials said on Wednesday, a day after a shooting spree at a luxury shopping mall in which two foreigners were killed clouded hopes for a recovery in overseas visitors.

suspected to have entered the Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok's commercial heart on Tuesday and unleashed a volley of gunfire, killing two women, one from China and the other from Myanmar, and wounding five people.

for Chinese nationals to facilitate travel and help overcome what Thailand had said were unfounded concerns about safety. Srettha, a property developer who was elected prime minister in August, said in a social media post late on Tuesday that his government would "implement the highest safety measures" for tourists.

"In the past, there were complaints about safety from China but this was something unthinkable."Chinese visitors accounted for 11 million of a record 39.9 million foreign tourists to Thailand in 2019, before the pandemic.

 

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