Going nowhere: Tuk-tuks and taxis (below) sitting idle in a parking lot in Bangkok as drivers remain out of work due to the economic hardship of Covid-19 and more than a year of no incoming foreign tourism. — AFP
TUK-TUKS and garishly coloured taxis that once weaved through chaotic Bangkok traffic are sitting idle as a fresh coronavirus surge scuttles hopes of relief for Thailand’s tourism-dependent economy.
The kingdom is currently undergoing its worst-ever stretch of the pandemic after largely keeping Covid-19 contained when the illness first emerged last year.
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