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Aug 2022
26m 42s

Pot Smoking Tourists Not Welcome In Thai...

JOHN SABOE
About this episode
The quote "Pot Smoking Tourists Not Welcom In Thailand"recently comes from the Thai Health Minister. Updates and a throwback to a walkabout in the shopping districts during a visit in 2017. Bangkok is coming back with an estimated 7-8 million visitors expected in 2022. Still a far cry from the 40 million visitors it saw in 2019. Things are improving as far as more flights heading for the capital of Thailand with Bangkok Air adding direct flights from Da Nang beginning September 1st. In this episode I talk about the changes to the street food scene since the government swept the sidewalks of food carts back in 2016. A shame but there is a street food scene and neighborhoods that still have plenty of food carts. It's far from being discounted as a once food mecca.
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