my sisters. .. little children. just helpless. my sisters. little children. just helpless. these days there is ust a just helpless. these days there is just a trickle just helpless. these days there isjust a trickle of just helpless. these days there is just a trickle of foreign - is just a trickle of foreign visitors on percat s famous beaches, which the thai government was hoping might soon become a flood. two years of covid isolation have absolutely gutted the economy of this island, once the beating heart of thailand s tourism industry. and as this country began opening up in recent months, it was the russians and east europeans more than anybody who started coming back. now the war in ukraine has snuffed out even that array of economic hope. dozens of restaurants like this one have opened in recent years to give visiting russians a taste of home. but the manager, de commerce as many of his customers can no longer withdraw the money to pay for their meals. few russians here wa