Thai tourism hinges on vaccine roll-out, big-spending visitors

In Thailand, November normally heralds the end of the monsoon season and the beginning of Europe’s mass snowbird migration, as retirees fly east in search of warmer climes. In recent years, the country has also become a popular Christmas holiday destination, despite its Buddhist leanings, as families from Asia and beyond forgo a “traditional” festive celebration in favour of an encounter with Santa by the sea. But not in 2020. Whereas the Land of Smiles welcomed 3.4 million tourists in…

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