In Thailand, the road to luring Chinese tourists back now runs through a moral pledge: keep gambling illegal and win Beijing’s favour. After months of sagging visitor numbers from China, once Thailand’s biggest source of tourists, the country expects an imminent recovery, according to Thai officials.

President Xi Jinping has agreed to hold internal discussions on how to encourage tourism to the Southeast Asian nation after its government vowed to oppose efforts to legalize casino resorts.

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“It is expected that there will be visible, positive results within one or two months,” government spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat told reporters after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, adding

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