CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) \u2014 Just a handful of Chinese visitors were posing for photos and basking in the sun this week in the market and plazas near Chiang Mai\u2019s ancient Tha Phae Gate, one of many tourist hotspots still waiting for millions of Chinese travelers to return.<\/p>\n
The beaches and temples of destinations like Bali and Chiang Mai are the busiest they have been since the pandemic struck three years ago, but they\u2019re still relatively quiet.<\/p>\n
Still, Chanatip Pansomboon, a soft drinks seller in the Chinatown district of Chiang Mai, a scenic riverside city in northern Thailand, was upbeat. He trusts that with the number of flights from China steadily increasing, it’s only a matter of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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