- No More Bets is a high-octane thriller claiming to be based on “real events”.
- The film is about a computer programmer who ends up in a violent scamming compound in Southeast Asia after being trafficked.
- The film is contributing to plummeting visitor numbers in Thailand.
For millions of Chinese tourists, Thailand used to be a happy land of water fights, lantern festivals and delicious food.
But thanks to social media rumours and a blockbuster movie, the kingdom’s image among many Chinese people is now one of dangerous illegality and seedy scam border compounds – leaving visitor numbers plummeting.
Thailand tourism
Thailand is hugely reliant on tourism, particularly from China. The country welcomed more than 10 million Chinese visitors each year before the Covid-19 pandemic – numbers Bangkok is desperate to see return.
But its struggling holiday industry has been hit by viral…
