Embracing diversity: A Chinese tourist in a traditional Thai costume posing for a photo at Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) in Bangkok. — AP
THE nation welcomed the first tour groups from China after the pandemic, hoping that the return of tourists following Beijing’s abrupt reopening will turbo-charge the recovery of the South-East Asian country’s vital tourism sector.
Senior Thai government officials and Chinese diplomats lined up at a Bangkok airport yesterday morning to receive the first two groups of about 20 tourists each from Guangzhou.
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