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Back on track: Thai railway market bustles post-pandemic

AFP, 08 Jun 2022
Six times a day at the Mae Klong Railway Market in Thailand, local customers and foreign tourists scramble into nooks and crannies while vendors calmly move their woven baskets of goods off the tracks and close their umbrellas. In recent years the spectacle had become a hub for coconut-drinking backpackers in elephant pants and Instagram selfie enthusiasts, but the pandemic hit hard. Now with Thailand dropping Covid-19 entry restrictions, tourism is picking up once more.

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