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Pattaya reopening likely to be delayed

Pattaya reopening likely to be delayed

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A beach in Pattaya is quiet on April 21, 2021. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)

Pattaya plans to adjust its reopening plan as Thailand may not be able to control the high rate of infections and provide sufficient vaccinations until the fourth quarter.

Thanet Supornsahasrungsi, acting president of the Chon Buri Tourism Council, said tourism operators acknowledged the plan to reopen two districts to international tourists in September may be delayed as the country grapples with a severe vaccine shortage during the third wave, which began to affect the reopening scheme in Phuket and Samui last week.

“We might not be able to open as scheduled if the province cannot build herd immunity by…

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