Apec meet to find ‘balance’ in post-Covid recovery

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expects the upcoming 12th Apec High‐Level Meeting upon Health and the Economic climate to serve as a worldwide forum to discuss healthcare innovations and procedures to strike a balance between public wellness security and economic recovery.

Running from the next day until Friday, and also known as Thailand’s very first Apec Health 7 days, the meeting is going to be attended by greater than 150 health ministers and high-level wellness officials from Apec countries, said government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri yesterday.

Gen Prayut thinks the meeting will be fruitful and its outcome will benefit Thailand’s ambition to become a regional medical hub, he said.

The meeting, kept during a time of worldwide challenges, will serve as a forum intended for presenting new concepts steering global medicine and the public health sector, with the help of new technology and innovation, he said.

“[Gen Prayut] also believes that will with all sides joining hands, a real balance between public health security and economic recovery will likely be achieved, ” he said.

In the mean time, the 11th Apec Tourism Ministerial Conference wrapped up on Friday without a joint statement being issued as being a countries were not in a position to agree on a single section in the draft shutting statement, which addressed “peace and stability”, according to a source.

Thailand worked out its right to issue the chair’s declaration instead, the source stated.

However , two important paperwork were approved throughout the meeting, according to Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn.

The first managed the number of proposals regarding Apec’s policy on improvements and sustainability in regional tourism, while the other was an updated edition version of an Apec handbook on local tourism, he stated.

The end result of the Apec meeting will lead to improvements and sustainability in regional tourism, which has been heavily affected by the particular Covid-19 pandemic, he said.

By sustainability, this individual said, he designed that natural assets will be well shielded so they could bring in more visitors in years to come.

Also, the promotion of community involvement in a country’s travel and leisure management will help improve the distribution of tourism income to these areas and their inhabitants alike, he mentioned.

Nevertheless , a common concern contributed at the meeting was still the influence of Covid-19, pumpiing and high energy prices, which are the main undesirable factors hindering the recovery of the worldwide tourism industry, he said.