QUEZON CITY, (PIA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced on Monday that Thailand may offer thousands of jobs in the tourism sector to Filipino workers.

This was after Toursim Secretary Maria Esperanza Christina Garcia Frasco had a bilateral meeting with Thailand Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MOTS) Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn on Aug. 18.

It was discussed in the said meeting that 60% of hotel staff and other middle management positions in Thailand's tourism industry are vacant.

Because of this, Frasco will contact the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to hold job fairs to send workers to Thailand.

"We have agreed to conduct joint job fairs all over the Philippines, specifically catered to the tourism industry for the purpose of ensuring that those who left the industry or may have been laid off from the industry during the time of pandemic would once again have the opportunity to be employed," said Frasco. (PIA-NCR)