This photo taken on Oct 26, 2021 shows people lounging by a hotel pool on the Thai island of Phuket, as tourists take advantage of the 'Phuket Sandbox' programme for visitors fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 coronavirus. - AFP
BANGKOK (AFP): Hotels, street food carts and tuk-tuks are gearing up for the return of tourists to Bangkok as Thailand prepares to re-open on Nov 1 to fully vaccinated visitors after 18 months of Covid travel curbs.
But the steamy metropolis, the world's most-visited city before the pandemic, will take some time to get back to its pulsating, intoxicating old self, industry experts say.
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