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Eerily empty, Thai tourist island Phuket desperate to reopen
World Published 23 Apr, 2021 09:37am

Eerily empty, Thai tourist island Phuket desperate to reopen

PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - A year after one of Southeast Asia’s most popular fun-and-sun destinations became an eerily quiet shell of empty resorts, shops and nightclubs, residents of the Thai island of Phuket are hoping to save their economy with an inoculation programme.