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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) continues to hope Chinese tourists will return by year-end. TAT Gov. Yuthasak Supasorn said Aug. 10 said Beijing is letting provincial governors decide whether to reopen fully after the coronavirus pandemic. The same goes for provinces along land borders. The agency is now talking to local governments to cajole them into allowing overseas group tours again, the golden goose for Thai tourism in 2019 when one of every three of Thailand’s 40 million tourists were Chinese. This year, the TAT optimistically predicts 10 million foreigners will visit Thailand, but very few of them Chinese....
