Pattaya’s bar owners were better prepared for a second coronavirus shutdown, but it has been worse than expected.
So said Damrongkiat Pinitkan, secretary for the Pattaya Entertainment and Tourism Industry Association. In a Jan. 5 interview, he said last year’s Covid-19 outbreak was unlike anything any of his members ever experienced and they didn’t know how to handle it.
This year, members were prepared and knew they had to immediately begin disinfecting and spraying routines, setting up screening points and enforcing social distancing for customers.
Even before Chonburi Province ordered them to, some members, particularly discotheques and big nightclubs, voluntarily closed, aware of the risks of spreading the disease that large crowds posed.
