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Indian tourists back at pre-covid levels

Indian tourists arrive at Bali Hai pier in Pattaya, Chon Buri, on Wednesday. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)

CHON BURI: At least 600,000 Indian tourists are expected in Pattaya beach town this year, similar to before the pandemic, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)

Anoma Vongyai, director of TAT’s Pattaya office, said on Wednesday that more than 900,000 Indian tourists arrived in Thailand in the year before the pandemic, and about 600,000 of them visited Pattaya. They were the third-largest group of foreign visitors in 2019, behind Chinese and Russians.

Since the country reopened to tourists last year Indians were returning in droves, more than from other countries. Many were again visiting Pattaya, Ms Anoma…

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