Thai Tourism's Antibiotic Against Political Risk

Xing En Earnie CHUA, Yuxi ZHANG

Abstract


Thailand has been well-known for its prolong political risk. Indeed, the prolong political risk has been mainly due to the constant coup d’états however, the sources of risk had shifted significantly beyond coups. In fact, political turmoil, regime instability and political tension are the key types of risk that defines Thai contemporary political risk. Nonetheless, political risk has caused years of high uncertainty and social instability for Thailand.

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Political turmoil; Foreign direct investment; Tourism; Resilience

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/10592

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