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Deserted beaches, empty bars: Covid-19 devastates Thailand’s tourist islands – The Guardian
Visitor numbers expected to plummet by tens of millions in crisis that eclipses the tsunami, bird flu and Sara
The streets of Koh Samui, one of Thailands most popular tourist destinations, are eerily quiet. Along Chawengs Beach Road, a usually raucous party area, shuttered shops stretch into the distance.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, it was buzzing with traffic. Now, taxi drivers sit on the roadside, with little hope of finding customers. Where bikini-clad sunseekers once browsed souvenir shops and drank at neon-lit bars, a lone street dog stretches on the pavement.
Elsewhere, swathes of Samuis idy…
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