COVID from Myanmar border shakes Chiang Mai, Thai tourist hub

Illegal reentries threaten top destination as high season starts

APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- A Thai national re-entering Thailand illegally from COVID-hit Myanmar has kicked off alarms in Chiang Mai, a northern province that was particularly popular with Chinese visitors before the pandemic.

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