Footage shows the once-busy Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday (September 25).

The area was once one of the most bustling parts of the city with holidaymakers from around the world staying on the road.

However, the area is all but deserted with Friday, September 25 being the last day that tourists have to leave before a visa amnesty ends.

Thailand closed its borders on March 22 and gave visa reprieves to holidaymakers stuck in the country. The 'grace period' has ended and police chiefs have warned those now staying in the country illegally they face arrest.

Immigration bosses warned that an estimated 150,000 holidaymakers still in the country with expired visas would be tracked down and arrested if they had not left before September 26. Immigration offices are now closed.

Immigration Bureau deputy spokesperson Pakpong Sai-ubol said: ''Overstaying the tourist visa is punishable by both a jail term and fine under the Immigration Act.''

Thailand banned international arrivals on March 22 before closing immigration offices and giving a temporary reprieve for those stuck in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic, unable to return on international flights.

Some of those in the lines said they had been in Thailand since before the pandemic and ''wanted to stay'' but were ''not able to renew their visas''.