Thailand mulling visa-free entry for Chinese tourists


A nearly empty water attractions at Pattaya Park Resort in Pattaya seen on Feb 14. Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle; Thailand is absorbing billions of dollars of losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in China. - AFP

BANGKOK: Thai tourism officials have again been floating the idea of granting visa-free entry to Chinese tourists.

Due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) epidemic, China is in a lockdown in many places and this has also affected the tourism industry throughout the world, and Thailand is definitely on of the worst hit countries in this manner.

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