That's just because in their blinkered money grabbing eyes they thought the world would just come running back. These people have absolutely no clue how to run a country , let alone tourism. People will not come in mass for about another 5-10 years - they are ignorant of the effects of long haul tourism and covid fears, they ignore inflation, they ignore the mad baht , and totally ignorant of best buddy china's lunatic covid policies. Now they are showing themselves as who they really are by not voting against Russia just for tourism purposes