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Tourism spurs manufacturing uptick

Visitors check out travel deals at the Thai Tiew Thai travel fair at Bitec. The Office of Industrial Economics believes the tourism industry will continue to drive domestic economic growth in June.

Thailand's manufacturing production index (MPI) fell by 3.14% year-on-year to 94.8 points in May because of an export slowdown, although the reading improved from April thanks to the tourism recovery, says the Office of Industrial Economics (OIE).

May's MPI increased by 14.2% from 83.0 points in April.

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