A once-busy shopping mall is now deserted and falling into disrepair following the economic hardship caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in Thailand.

The Avenue Chaengwattana in the north of the capital Bangkok had dozens of shops and restaurants as well as an English tutoring centre and a movie theatre.

However, visitor numbers plunged following the outbreak of the coronavirus in early 2020 and subsequent lockdowns and travel restrictions.

Footage from March 19 shows how structures inside the grounds of the mall are now falling apart, with debris, fallen trees and collapsed electricity posts littering the area.

Owners Siam Future Development, who had run the mall successfully for 15 years, decided not to renew the contract in September 2020.

Real-estate giant Central Pattana Plc., later acquired Siam Future Development from Major Cineplex Group plc., and the shopping mall is yet to be re-developed.

Thailand has recorded 3,353,969 Covid-19 infections and 24,246 deaths so far. The average number of new infections had been increasing for 10 days straight, record shows with 24,163 new infections being reported each day.