Overseas tourists poured into Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket on Monday as Thailand kick-started its tourism industry after 18 months of COVID-19 curbs.
World News - BANGKOK: More than a thousand foreign tourists arrived in Bangkok yesterday, the first wave of travellers to the Thai capital in 18 months, as part of a quarantine waiver for visitors vaccinated against Covid-19. There were 1,534 foreign arrivals and 890 Thais on 40. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Overseas tourists began pouring into Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket on Monday as Thailand kickstarted its tourism industry after 18 months of Covid curbs. The coronavirus pandemic hammered the kingdom s tourism-reliant economy, which last year saw its worst performance since the 1997 Asian financial crisis as arrivals dwindled more than 80 percent. Thai authorities have given the green light to vaccinated tourists from over 60
Thai authorities have given the green light to vaccinated tourists from over 60 low-risk countries to skip hotel quarantine, providing its tourism sector which a much-needed lifeline.