Opening hours for entertainment venues to be revised

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From Bangkok Post

The Tourism and Sports Minister is planning to propose new opening hours for entertainment venues, allowing them to open until 4am to revitalise tourism sentiment during the upcoming high season.

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said the extended hours will be designated to tourism-driven economic zones to avoid creating discontent among local communities.

"We already asked each provincial governor to study the economic and social impacts as well as the necessity of extending operational hours," said Mr Phiphat.

He said not every area in a province would be allowed to follow this as the government would only concentrate on areas which mainly focus on international tourists.

Mr Phiphat said Thailand still has to work hard to bring in 1.5 million tourists per month from October to December, which would be a 50% increase from the current rate of 1 million tourists per month.

He said it will propose this agenda to the meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) in September once the Apec Tourism Ministers Meeting 2022, which runs from Aug 14-20, has concluded.

[Patanawet]

Mis leading headline.
It is a PROPOSAL by the sports minister to revise.

[Boy69]

Restrictions on openings hours are a political decision of  conservative government they just used the Covid-19 as excuse to implement restrictions on the entertainment industry.