Phuket hotels say they are ready to welcome tourists
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published : 29 Jun 2021 at 07:00 Phuket will reopen for vaccinated tourists on Thursday. (Photo: Achadtaya Chuenniran)
Hotel operators in Phuket say they are ready to reopen and have prepared measures to receive foreign visitors when the island province reopens under the Phuket Tourism Sandbox scheme on Thursday.
The
Bangkok Post talked to several hotel operators on the southern island about what they have done to prepare themselves to curb the spread of Covid-19 when Phuket reopens.
While Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday affirmed the government will proceed with the sandbox plan, he said health measures must be good enough to prevent Covid-19 from spreading.
/ Posted on 23 February, 2021 17:32
Fifty-nine tourists from the UK, US, France and Finland have arrived in Phuket, becoming the first participants of Thailand’s villa quarantine scheme.
They arrived in two batches, via chartered flight from Indonesia, and are staying at the Sri Panwa Hotel, according to authorities as reported by The Bangkok Post.
Sri Panwa Hotel welcomes Thailand’s first group of villa quarantine tourists
Under the scheme, these tourists are required to complete immigration and customs procedures before undergoing Covid-19 screening at the X-Terminal building inside the airport complex. Afterwards, they are conveyed to the hotel where they will serve the first five days of their 14-day quarantine within their room.
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