The restaurant business showed signs of recovery as new eateries registered with the Commerce Ministry returned to the top three sectors last month.
Jitakorn Wongkhatekorn, deputy director-general of the Business Development Department, said the number of new restaurant business registrations in February returned to the top three sectors for the first time in eight months. A total of 222 new eateries registered last month, up 3% year-on-year.
General building construction businesses tallied 766 new registrations, up 11%, while real estate registrations totalled 333, up 5%, last month.