Thai GDP grows 2.7% as next government seen focusing on economy

Q1 figures released day after election reveal rising consumption, weak exports

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Tourists dressed in traditional Thai costumes visit Wat Arun temple in Bangkok on Jan. 18. © Reuters

APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- The Thai economy grew 2.7% in the first quarter of 2023 from a year earlier supported by a strong recovery in tourism and rising consumption, but the gloomy global economic outlook still weighed on the nation.

In the January-March quarter, the country's gross domestic product grew from a 1.4% expansion in the previous quarter, according to the National Economic and Social Development Council.

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