Pattaya Mayor says city will still hold a Chinese New Year festival event under strict Covid-19 rules

Pattaya –

Pattaya, according to the Mayor, will still hold a Chinese New Year festival under strict Covid-19 measurements to boost tourism despite high cases of Covid-19 locally.

The Pattaya City Mayor Sontaya Kunplome told local media this week, “The annual Chinese New Year festival WILL be held this year from January 30^th to February 1^st.”

“The festival preserves the precious tradition of Thai-Chinese people who live in Pattaya and the Banglamung area as well as to boost tourism, especially domestic as due to suspension of Test and Go and the Pattaya Sandbox there are not as many tourists in the area as before New Year’s.” The Mayor stated.

TPN media notes that China is still under a “zero-covid” policy with strict quarantine and travel rules and it will be unlikely to see any regular Chinese tourists anytime soon which were once Pattaya’s bread and butter…