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decelerating rate due to slowdown in external sector and manufacturing production at home. Meanwhile, private consumption which continued to expand was derived mainly from increased expenditures on automobiles
in tourism and export. The partial lockdown mandated in the last week of March resulted in a more pronounced slowdown in economic and business activities. Telecommunication sector was affected from
Covid-19 pandemic, which severely affected purchasing power and demand globally. Tourism sector faced a catastrophe, started heavily in March, after most of the countries announced travel restrictions
, especially in the export sector. Additionally, the unemployment rate improved slightly to 0.92 percent in the first quarter in 2019, compared to 0.93 percent in previous quarter. Moreover, a drop in inflation
Carnival Magic Project is a theme park, which is in the tourism and leisure business sector and the same business of the existing group companies. Therefore, this transaction shall enhance and strengthen the
global economy. For domestic sector, private consumption and private investment also showed positive signs with private consumption recovering strongly in the durable goods segment (especially in vehicles