Pattaya Mayor says city will still hold a Chinese New Year festival event under strict Covid-19 rules

Pattaya - Pattaya, according to the Mayor, will still hold a Chinese New Year festival under strict Covid-19 measurements to boost tourism despite high cases of Covid-19 locally. The Pattaya City Mayor Sontaya Kunplome told local media this week, "The annual Chinese New Year festival WILL be held this year from January 30th to February 1st." "The festival preserves the precious tradition of Thai-Chinese people who live in Pattaya and the Banglamung area as well as to boost tourism, especially domestic as due to suspension of Test and Go and the Pattaya Sandbox there are not as many tourists in…