It was mentioned that due to the affect that Covid has had on the local economy that the population in Pattaya has gone from 600,000 to 200,000 I believe this as few workers here come from Pattaya so they returned to there families up country where they can live on almost nothing as compared to Pattaya.

Thailand pins hope on opening next year:
https://www.pattayamail.com/latestne...xt-year-366601