Under the plan, travelers will be able to skip the country s mandatory 14-day quarantine.
The island plans to vaccinate 70% of its residents by September 1 to reach local herd immunity.
The resort island of Phuket in Thailand says it plans to welcome vaccinated tourists by October - and travelers would be able to bypass the country s mandatory two-week quarantine, Randy Thanthong-Knight reported for Bloomberg.
Thailand reopened to foreign travelers in October with a new special tourist visa program, but tourists are still required to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon arrival.
Phuket, one of Thailand s biggest tourism destinations, plans to make it easier for tourists who ve gotten their COVID-19 vaccines to vacation on the picturesque island, which is known for its beaches, nightlife, and luxury resorts. The island plans to buy enough vaccine doses to inoculate 70% of its roughly 400,000 residents by September 1 to reach herd immunity in the local population. The underta
70% by Oct: Phuket plans to buy its own vaccines
published : 3 Feb 2021 at 16:37
9 Beach chairs lie empty on the resort island of Phuket as even local tourists have disappeared in the wake of the recent outbreak of Covid-19, on Jan 25, 2021. (Bangkok Post file photo)
The southern resort island of Phuket is drawing up plans to fully reopen to vaccinated visitors by October to revive its wrecked tourism industry.
More than a dozen business groups including the Phuket Chamber of Commerce and the Phuket Tourist Association are planning to pool funds to vaccinate 70% of the island’s population above 18 without waiting for a government rollout. They are betting that it’ll be safe to open the region to foreign tourists once the local population achieves herd immunity.
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Two crossed lines that form an X . It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. A lone customer walks past a swimming pool at the Vijitt Resort in Phuket in September 2020. Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
The resort island of Phuket, Thailand, says it will welcome vaccinated tourists back by October, per Bloomberg.
Under the plan, travelers will be able to skip the country s mandatory 14-day quarantine.
The island plans to vaccinate 70% of its residents by September 1 to reach local herd immunity.
The resort island of Phuket in Thailand says it plans to welcome vaccinated tourists by October and travelers would be able to bypass the country s mandatory two-week quarantine, Randy Thanthong-Knight reported for Bloomberg.
Thailand s top resort island is hatching a plan to bring back vaccinated tourists by October and it doesn t involve a quarantine on arrival Katie Warren The resort island of Phuket, Thailand, says it will welcome vaccinated tourists back by October, per Bloomberg. Under the plan, travellers will be able to skip the country s mandatory 14-day quarantine. The island plans to vaccinate 70% of its residents by September 1 to reach local herd immunity.
The resort island of Phuket in Thailand says it plans to welcome vaccinated tourists by October †and travellers would be able to bypass the country s mandatory two-week quarantine, Randy Thanthong-Knight reported for Bloomberg.