MORE than half the workforce in Pattaya’s tourism sector has called it quits and returned home in the provinces due to the pandemic situation, a city official said.
Out of a total of about 500,000 people employed in tourism-related businesses throughout the world-famous beach resort in eastern Thailand, no less than 300,000 have already called it quits due to lack of foreign visitors since the last several months, said Teerasak Jatupong, chief of Pattaya City’s administrative office.
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