Country reopening the ‘only hope’ for Bangkok’s Chatuchak market vendors
Quiet Chatuchak market in Bangkok. The market is empty due to COVID-19 pandemic and lack of tourists. Photo: © ILO/Pornsiri Pattanasuntichai / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Most vendors at Bangkok’s Chatuchak market are hoping that the Thai government will reopen the country as soon as possible and allow foreign tourists in again, to help revive their businesses, saying it is their “only hope.”
According to the vendors, half of the famed market’s customers are usually foreigners, especially tourists.
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By Thai PBS World
