While international trips have rebounded across the globe, the pace of recovery in Asia Pacific is still lagging as regional travel regulations differ and most countries adopt a cautious approach towards reopening.
Tourism operators have called for reciprocity on Thailand's reopening scheme, urging the government to launch travel bubbles with other countries to completely remove quarantine on both sides.
Outbound tour operators expect increasing demand for vaccine tourism in the fourth quarter because of the delay in procurement of high-quality vaccines in Thailand.
Call for booster shots for residents of sandbox areas
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published : 1 Jul 2021 at 06:33
3 Health workers administer doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to elderly residents at a sports stadium in Phuket on Tuesday. (AFP photo)
The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has urged the government to prepare booster shots for residents in sandbox areas. Herd immunity across the country, especially in 10 pilot destinations, is the most crucial factor for successful reopening, said Chamnan Srisawat, TCT president.
As the country cannot wait until the outbreak completely disappears, sandbox areas still need more booster shots to mitigate the risk of new variants and possible new rounds of outbreaks which will further hinder tourism recovery, he said.
Pandemic reveals bitter truth of income gap
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Popular YouTuber stirs debate about the real potential of Thais ability to travel
published : 2 Jun 2021 at 05:42
2 Thai outbound tourism was considered to be a lucrative market with over 10 million trips recorded per year prior to the Covid-19 outbreak. Seksan Rojjanametakul
While local residents are feeling anxious over long-awaited vaccinations that the government has promised to roll out from next week, contrasting scenes have been seen in recent weeks as wealthy people have chosen not to wait but fly across the world to the US to get Covid-19 vaccines.
Last week, a controversial debate sprang up on social media when popular Thai travel vlogger known as Mint I Roam Alone , who has 5 million subscribers, faced criticism for sharing her opinion that the one positive thing she has learned from Covid-19 is how much travel should be cherished now that the pandemic has shat