Thailand's slow tourism recovery keeps unemployment rate elevated

Pattaya, Chiangmai to postpone September reopening due to insufficient vaccines

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A couple pass a closed bar in Pattaya, Chonburi Province, on April 3. The reopening of the popular beach town will be delayed due to a low vaccination rate. © Reuters

MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- A slow recovery in tourism is expected to leave many Thais jobless, and Pattaya and Chiangmai look to postpone reopening to international visitors by a month to October due to insufficient vaccines.

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