Laguna founder KP Ho calls for Phuket, other Sandbox destinations to be Green listed as COVID safe havens thephuketnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thephuketnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Phuket sandbox bookings ease amid uptick
Growth in hotel reservations dips as infections increase
published : 31 Jul 2021 at 07:00
108 Daybeds on Patong beach in Phuket. The island has seen a gradual influx of foreign visitors in the Phuket sandbox scheme.
Forward bookings for the Phuket sandbox in August are decelerating as cases of Covid-19 mount on the southern island province.
Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) deputy governor for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, said hotel reservations for August over the last few days had grown 10%, down from more than 15% per day prior to the latest outbreak.
Island isolation needed to save Phuket, save Sandbox, says Governor thephuketnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thephuketnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TAT plans to lure French market
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Tourists are eager to visit, but waiting for less restrictions
published : 24 Jul 2021 at 10:33
35 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.
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