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Pattaya hotels face uphill climb ahead of Chinese New Year

By Anne Somanas

 

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Stigma of the outbreak has deterred travellers from visiting Pattaya although infections are down

 

Although Covid-19 cases have steadily declined since mid-January in Chonburi province, Pattaya’s hotels still face a tough battle to claw back visitors ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays.

 

The province’s hospitality industry took a beating after being declared a maximum-control zone at the beginning of the year amid Thailand’s second Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Despite being downgraded from a Red Zone to an Orange Zone as of February 1, with pubs and entertainment facilities being allowed to reopen and serve alcohol until 23.00, the stigma of the outbreak and media reports about domestic travel restrictions continue to deter many would-be travellers to Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.ttgasia.com/2021/02/02/pattaya-hotels-face-uphill-climb-ahead-of-chinese-new-year/

 

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16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Despite being downgraded from a Red Zone to an Orange Zone as of February 1, with pubs and entertainment facilities being allowed to reopen and serve alcohol until 23.00, the stigma of the outbreak and media reports about domestic travel restrictions continue to deter many would-be travellers to Pattaya.

A lot of Bangkokians will be wondering if it's better to stay in Bangkok or go to Pattaya for an upcoming long weekend?

Or will Pattaya want them to come a bring an unwanted gift.

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On 2/3/2021 at 5:31 PM, Knocker33 said:

The other good and only thing is they can't travel here. Yippee long may it last

Are the ASQ regulations still in effect? I've seen nothing to the contrary.  If so, any tourists from China here for the new year would already be halfway through their 14 day porridge? Hopefully this will put off a few that would otherwise have come to Pattaya. Even so, the number of Thai Chinese living here and the influx of domestic visitors having a ball for a few days will likely see a surge in infections and the effect of a lot of the sensible preventive measures undone.  How do you stop a couple of people from Samut Sakhon coming here, possibly unwittingly carrying a nasty condition?

 

The governor of one Bangkok district https://thepattayanews.com/2021/02/04/bangkok-governor-announces-cancellation-of-chinese-new-year-festival-in-yaowarat-due-to-covid-19-global-pandemic/ has already put into effect a complete ban on CYN celebrations. Good on him for making an unpopular decision. 

 

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