1G1-7: Luxurious Myanmar hotel at center of Covid outbreak - Thai Visa

 1G1-7: Luxurious Myanmar hotel at center of Covid outbreak

 

Image: Sanook

 

A luxurious hotel full of nighttime entertainment is now firmly at the center of the Covid-19 cases discovered in the north of Thailand. 

 

The 1G1-7 lies just 1.5 kilometers from the border checkpoint at Mae Sai, reported Sanook.

 

The modern complex has "all forms" of entertainment, they said, including a large number of karaoke rooms and a disco that caters to well-heeled Thai and Myanmar tourists.

 

The hotel employs a large number of Thai women who are popular with guests. After an outbreak in the town of Tachilek many of these women are believed to have sneaked back across the border into Thailand unwilling to have to undergo the 14 day state quarantine. 

 

Now many cases are being discovered and the Thai authorities are desperately trying to trace all contacts with those who have sneaked in after the first of an initial six was discovered last week. 

 

Elsewhere in the Thai media it has been alleged that prostitution has gone on at the hotel that is believe to be owned by a Chinese investor.

 

Karaoke in Thailand is often a front for prostitution. At the 1G1-7 karaoke rooms can be rented for up to 2,000 baht an hour.

 

It has 100 rooms with prices from just over 1,000 baht up to 10,000 baht and its entertainment areas can accommodate a thousand guests.

 

Source: Sanook