TAT plans to lure French market
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Tourists are eager to visit, but waiting for less restrictions
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24 Jul 2021 at 10:33
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Patong beach in Phuket is seeing a gradual trickle of local and foreign visitors thanks to the Phuket sandbox travel scheme.
Though the current restrictions in Thailand are hindering travel decisions, pent-up demand from the French market might lead to a surge in tourism at the end of this year until February, says the Paris office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Worapa Angkhasirisap, director of the TAT's Paris office, said Thailand is on the country's orange list, meaning inoculated travellers from France can visit without mandatory quarantine upon return even though Thailand has been dropped from the EU's safe list.