An empty restaurant at Chang Siam Park in Pattaya. Takings have plummeted as Chinese travellers find themselves subject to a host of restrictions at home and abroad.
AFP
2/16
Employees waiting for tourists at the entrance of the Floating Market in Pattaya.
AFP
3/16
Chang Siam Park, which features animal attractions such as elephant rides, is one of the main attractions for Chinese tourists in Pattaya but is almost deserted due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
AFP
4/16
Mahouts with their elephants wait for tourists in Chang Siam Park in Pattaya. The slump is being felt sharply in Thailand, where tourism authorities say arrivals from China - usually close to one million a month - have plunged by 90 percent so far this February.
AFP
5/16
A speedboat tour vendor waiting for tourists on a beach in Pattaya.
AFP
6/16
Speedboats waiting for tourists on a beach in Pattaya.
AFP
7/16
Speed boats waiting for tourists on a beach in Pattaya.
AFP
8/16
A mass of tuk-tuks standing idle in front of a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand
Reuters
9/16
Empty tourist boats at the Floating Market in Pattaya.
AFP
10/16
Empty tourist boats at the Floating Market in Pattaya.
AFP
11/16
An airline staff member wearing a protective mask stands at U-Tapao Airport, in Rayong, Ban Chang District, Thailand.
Reuters
12/16
Pattaya is one of the main destinations for Chinese tourists but is almost deserted due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
AFP
13/16
For staunch Beijing ally Cambodia, where only one case of the virus has been confirmed so far despite a large Chinese presence, strongman leader Hun Sen has repeatedly played down the risk to his country. Still, Cambodian tourism is taking a hammering.
AFP
14/16
Patrons sitting at a restaurant along the southern beach resort of Sihanoukville.
AFP
15/16
The main tourist market in Luang Prabang is almost empty since the outbreak of the deadly Covid-19.
AFP
16/16
A nearly empty water attractions at Pattaya Park Resort in Pattaya. With 10 million Chinese visitors each year, Thailand hopes the pain will ease in a few months.