webfact Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Picture: Daily News Daily News said that netizens were busy sharing pictures posted online from "Hey! These are Thai footpaths". The post featured the once popular Food Park in the Big C shopping center on Ratchadamri Road in the downtown area of the Thai capital Bangkok. The post said that before the pandemic it was full of Chinese and Vietnamese tourists. Now it was virtually deserted. They would just have to wait until the foreign tourists return. Picture: Daily News The area with Central World on the other side with the walkway in the middle is a tourist attraction and shopping heaven in normal times, notes Thaivisa. For now Covid has dealt a major blow with shops shut and very few people milling about. -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-05-11 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivebaxter Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 It was like that last March when we went in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBaker Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 haven't seen any tourists eating off those stalls before. there are plenty of nice restaurants there offering cleaner and tastier options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunjeff Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Since dining-in is currently forbidden, those food courts would be pretty empty even if Bangkok were teeming with tourists. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 It's just the same in the smaller, less salubrious food courts in Sakon Nakhon and they don't rely on foreigners. Thais are staying away until the 'all clear' has been sounded, which could be a while yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 That looks much cleaner and newer than I remember it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 5 hours ago, webfact said: They would just have to wait until the foreign tourists return. And wait and wait and wait... around 1% inoculated it's going to be lonely for a while longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 We went in the food court in Phuket last Sunday and it was quiet very quiet I should say, It is mostly Thai's that use it, Not many farang unless they are cheap charlies like me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joskeshake Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) Waiting for tourist to return ? I am Belgium man, and have many friends who stay now in Belgium, and they not want to return because of the 14 day quarentaine rule. And I am vaccinated already 2 times with Pfizer. Stop these money taking bussiness and many tourist will return,but i think the thai goverment is the same as the Belgium, you know what i mean ? Edited May 11, 2021 by joskeshake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unblocktheplanet Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Caldera said: That looks much cleaner and newer than I remember it. Because all the dirty foreigners are gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutty Shark Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 The newspaper article stated: "The post said that before the pandemic it was full of Chinese and Vietnamese tourists." I hadn't realized that Vietnamese tourists were a significant part of Thailand tourism. Was that a fairly recent development? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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