Matthew Garry. These pictures were taken before lockdown. Already one whole floor has closed and the cheap t-shirts and souvenirs (what's left of them) have relocated to another floor. The tech floor was operating at about 30%. The plan for MBK is to convert most of the space to office units. The department store Tokyu has closed permanently, so I've no idea what the plan is for that area. Whatever happens, the new MBK will be totally changed to the old one.
Andy Oswald. Exactly. All the 7-11s along that beach strip all seemed to be busy. The problem with the tourist areas in Bangkok, and I've seen it around that Sukhumvit area, Patpong and Khao San Road, is that there is a 7-11 every 50-100 metres. When you've no tourists there's no point in maintaining all of them, so I guess the less profitable are the ones than close.
Jesse Pye. Yeah, it's funny, I was in Cha-am a few weeks ago, and there were about seven 7-11s all open on a stretch of road along the beach no more than four kilometres long. You're right, they'll open/close 7-11s wherever the customers are.
Ben Sevilla. In the previously high-density tourist areas many 7-11s are closed and have been for months. The custom is just not there to maintain so many empty stores. These two are off Sukhumvit between Asok and Nana, an area which has been decimated through Covid