After the easing of covid 19 restrictions, Pattaya is being re-opened for tourists from 1 October and for this Pattaya Business and Tourism Association Focusing on Indian and Russian tourists. Plans are being made on how Indian and Russian tourists can be attracted. The President of the PBTA had announced that Pattaya is ready to reopen to international travelers.
The same China is currently not allowing its citizens to travel in travel groups internationally, such as those traditionally arriving in Pattaya and requiring a 3-week quarantine for anyone returning home from abroad . While China remains closed to try to eliminate COVID-19 completely, Pattaya is moving forward with reopening as Thailand moves towards a strategy to live with COVID-19.
Tourism officials are keeping their eyes on Indian and Russian tourists, Korea and Taiwan, unlike other popular tourism demographics, both countries allow their citizens to travel abroad and do not require quarantine upon return. It has come to the fore in a report that tourists from both India and Russia have shown interest in Pattaya.
Quarantine on arrival in Thailand is still a major obstacle for potential visiting tourists, both Russians and Indians express distaste for it, especially Indians are just a quick flight away, so they make short trips of only a few days to Thailand We do.
India has also been troubled by the fact that Indians were banned from traveling to Thailand, only for business or family, after a surprisingly large wave of Covid-19 infections broke out after a delta version burst through India. There were some limited exceptions to travel. Officials are hopeful that restrictions will ease and Indians as well as Russians will help restart Pattaya’s international tourism economy.