There most certainly was pre-Covid......the Indians were well known as being victim to every scam in the book....from the street necklace dipping to the spare katoey under the bed rifling through their pockets.
They came across as very lacking in 'street wise'.
They obviously think there is a market.... and there are certainly a number with enough disposable cash to spend in there. They opened a club on soi Pothole and you would struggle to find an area of more poorly dressed cheapskates.....
In a way happy they are being catered for at a distance.......
I am not so sure of the integrity one comes across back there either these days. We have a few posts suggesting they have been happy with treatment here.....
I don't care if you do or do not..... irrelevant to me and probably many. I suspect it all for the best if difficult people are kept off aircraft, they make too many issues.
I see 35.4 on my Yahoo page, which usually matches Wise transfer rates.....
We are expecting Sterling to not do so well due to poor balance of trade numbers.