we have many flights from china to phuket. they stopped.ts a day. but today, we have maybe about 600—800 tourists. nattakit lorwitworrawat has been running boat tours from phuket for years. most of his passengers were chinese tourists, so he has had to take 20 of his 30 boats out of the water. if it doesn't get better by the end of this year, he said, we will have to downsize the company and start laying off employees. so just how much do you have to pay out every month for your business? it is even tougher for those lower down the food chain, like somkiat prasarn. he has payments on his house and two cars of around $1500 a month. for him, even six months is too long. you can't survive that long. nothing. yes, we have nothing. tourism in this country has been amazingly resilient. it has survived global recessions, a tsunami, military coups, and even other virus scares. but the problem with this one is no—one yet has any idea how long it is going to last, nor how serious it is going to be. tourism accounts for around one fifth of economic ou

we have many flights from china to phuket. they stopped.out 8000 to 10,000 tourists a day, but today, we have maybe about 600— 800 tourists. nattakit lorwitworrawat has been running boat tours from phuket for years. most of his passengers were chinese tourists, so he has had to take 20 of his 30 boats out of the water. if it doesn't get better by the end of this year, he said, we will have to downsize the company and start laying off employees. sojust downsize the company and start laying off employees. so just how much do you have to pay out every month for your business? it is even tougherfor month for your business? it is even tougher for those lower down the food chain, like somkiat prasarn. he has payments on his house and two ca i’s has payments on his house and two ca rs of has payments on his house and two cars of around $1500 a month. for him, even six months is too long. you can't survive that long. nothing. yes, we have nothing. tourism in this country has been amazingly resilient. it has survived global recessions, a tsunami, mi

this man has been running boat tours from phuket for 12 years.0 of his 30 boats out of the water. "if it doesn't get better by the end of this year, he said, we will have to downsize the company and start laying off employees". so how much do you have to pay out every month for your business? it's even tougher for those lower down the food chain like this van operator. he has payments on his house and two cars of around $,1500 a month. for him, even six months is too long. you can't survive that long? cannot. cannot? yeah. tourism accounts for one fifth of economic output in this country, and the rest of the economy is not doing well. thailand can ill afford a crisis here. yet there is little it can do against a virus whose full impact is still impossible to gauge. interestingly, gloria guevara, who has just interestingly, gloria guevara, who hasjust gone, said interestingly, gloria guevara, who has just gone, said the interestingly, gloria guevara, who hasjust gone, said the impact interestingly, gloria guevara, who has just gone, said the impac

the costa fortuna was refused entry to phuket and penang over virus concerns.ngers on board. let's talk to monica miller, who is down by the docks. we see the costa fortuna right behind you there, and obviously those passengers have been through quite an ideal, being turned away from malaysia as well as thailand, so tell us a bit about what the ship has gone through. yes, well, this pleasure cruise has turned into a bit of the high seas adventure here in southeast asia, for some 1800 passengers. just less than an hour ago, we saw that the ship had finally come to singapore, where it started its journey on 25 february. and as you mentioned, the plan didn't go according — on course. they were expected to visit different places throughout the region. however, that was deterred last friday, when the ship wasn't allowed to disembark. and that is because there were passengers on board from italy, and the thai officials had put a travel ban in place for anyone who had visited italy or come from italy within a visited italy or come from italy within 814 day period up t

people in phuket's tourism industry are waiting for the day visitors return. >> okay, let's get a check on the markets. >>> and that's it for "newsline biz" from our tokyo studios. i'm ramin mellegard. thank you very much for watching. ♪ covid-19. donald trump announces a travel ban for most of europe for 90 days. the president saying as an attempt to contain the spread of the disease. in lockdown. shops and restaurants are closed, flights canceled, and empty acrosseets the country. over 800,h toll of now the highes

so at the end of their trip, when they got to phuket in thailand, the officials had implemented a travelwithin the prior 1a days. then they went to penang to try and finish their trip in malaysia, but malaysia put a ban on all cruise ships entering as they tried to combat the virus. so they did land in singapore this morning, disembarking the majority of passengers at this point. we're just waiting to see what those numbers will be. the singaporean government usually reports this information later in the day. for now, thank you. monica miller in singapore by that cruise ship which has been allowed to dock there. let's pause on all things coronavirus and bring you all the latest sports stories. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is your tuesday sport briefing. italian sport has been suspended as quarantine measures to combat the spread of coronavirus are extended to the whole country. the italian prime minister made the announcement before sassuolo's 3—0 win over brescia, the last to be played before the new measures. sassuolo forward francesco caputo celebrated after scoring from close r

the costa fortuna was refused entry to phuket and penang over virus concerns.rd. let's talk to monica miller who is at the singapore cruise centre. the costa fortuna is right behind you. and the passengers have been through an ideal, not docking in thailand or malaysia. what do we know now? they arrived at 745 singapore time and it has been quite an ordealfor many time and it has been quite an ordeal for many of these passengers. we are still awaiting for them to disembark but simmering —— singapore officials said they had an enhanced system in place. because line officials said they had no detected cases of coronavirus at this point. the poor officials will go onboard, in fact, i think they are onboard right now and they will do one—on—one testing with his passenger, they will take their temperature. if they are showing any signs of the coronavirus, they will then be taken to a hospital here for infectious disease. anyone who refuses these tests will not be allowed into singapore. for those who get a clean bill of health, they will be able to disembark, head b

let's check the winds taking you hour by hour in phuket tress. especially after the northbay mountains east bay hills. it will still be wendy. that's why the when advisory is still in effect. finally, using for tomorrow. sunrise at 6:38 and sunset at 6:04. daytime highs for today, looking at upper 60s in san jose, low 70s and conquered. 60s for san francisco, low 70s in oakland. mid 70s in santa rosa and windsor. there is an extended forecast, warm day for tomorrow as well and through wednesday. a little bit cooler thursday, friday. much cooler for the weekend. back to you. >>> a beyond generous donation for one of the bay area's biggest colleges. how this new money will shape the future of the science department. >> don't forget we are see cbs streaming now tom steyer will beat donald trump on the economy. his people over profits plan makes a living wage a right. creates thousands of good paying green jobs in california. and provides a 10% tax cut for everyone making under $250,000. tom's plan also makes health care a right, by adding a public o