Patong Beach in Phuket wears a relatively deserted look in the absence of the huge number of Chinese tourists amid the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic in China. Along the three-kilometre-long beach, there were hardly any Chinese tourists. However, the vibrant beach is still drawing tourists from Europe, Russia, South Korea and Japan in the high season who relax by lying on the sand or swimming happily in the water amid strict monitoring by the Public Health Ministry to build confidence through this crisis.