Pushbacks force Pattaya to court domestic touristsChon Buri: Businesses in Pattaya are shifting focus from foreign travellers to local visitors after the government postponed the city's reopening until Nov 1. The reopening plan for five areas -- Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Phetchaburi -- faced another setback after the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) decided to push it back from Oct 1 to Nov 1. Business operators will meet with local tourism authorities to discuss plans to hold safe small-scale events to attract Thai tourists, he said. We are now pinning our hopes on Thai tourists who still visit Pattaya over the weekends in large numbers. Pattaya City mayor, Sonthaya Khunpluem, said that the Pattaya reopening plan has been postponed out of concern that 70% of locals in Pattaya, Sattahip and Bang Lamung districts had only received their first Covid-19 vaccine shot.

Source: Bangkok Post September 25, 2021 00:00 UTC