Visitors walk past bars and clubs on Soi 6 in Pattaya on September 1, 2026. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images)

Signage for the Hard Rock Hotel is seen in Pattaya on September 1, 2026. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images)

Visitors walk past bars and clubs on Soi 6 in Pattaya on September 1, 2026. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - King Haakon VIII of Norway looks on after swearing an oath of allegiance to Norway's constitution during an oath-taking ceremony in the Storting's main chamber in Oslo on September 1, 2026. Haakon became king when his father King Harald V died in the morning of August 28 aged 89. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images)

People walk outside the Hard Rock Hotel in Pattaya on September 1, 2026. Thailand will halve the length of visa-free stays for tourists from more than 60 countries and territories to 30 days, effective September 15, the foreign ministry said on September 1. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images)

People walk past a national flag of Thailand fluttering in the wind on Pattaya Beach in Pattaya on September 1, 2026. Thailand will halve the length of visa-free stays for tourists from more than 60 countries and territories to 30 days, effective September 15, the foreign ministry said on September 1. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images)

People jog past a Tourist Police vehicle parked opposite the Hard Rock Hotel (back) in Pattaya on September 1, 2026. Thailand will halve the length of visa-free stays for tourists from more than 60 countries and territories to 30 days, effective September 15, the foreign ministry said on September 1. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images)

Visitors walk along a promenade that runs along Pattaya Beach in Pattaya on September 1, 2026. Thailand will halve the length of visa-free stays for tourists from more than 60 countries and territories to 30 days, effective September 15, the foreign ministry said on September 1. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images)