Thailand is extending opening hours of night entertainment in areas with the highest tourist traffic, as it seeks a return to pre-Covid visitor numbers that stood at a high of 40 million in 2019.
When DJ and producer Marmosets released his pounding techno track Krungthep Ratree (Bangkok nightlife) in June 2020, he had no idea how relevant his lament to the fading glory of Asia’s party city would be, and of the decimation ahead for bars and clubs as the coronavirus pandemic cut through Thailand. Nightlife has only been allowed to operate legally for.