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The heavy burden of reopening
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Destinations have to keep their fingers crossed the vaccines will arrive
published : 3 Jul 2021 at 09:00
9 The international terminal at Phuket airport on Thursday as tourists began to arrive under the Phuket sandbox scheme. The scheme reopens the country to vaccinated foreign arrivals.
While Phuket celebrates reopening to tourists for the first time in more than a year, with international flights bringing more than 300 vaccinated arrivals to the island on Thursday, the scene elsewhere in Thailand is a struggle with the relentless pandemic.
More than 50 deaths from Covid-19 were recorded on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by a high yesterday for new infections at 6,087. Fatalities hit a peak of 61.
Regulatory chaos spoils Phuket s reopening
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Traffic to pick up as entry process settles
published : 1 Jul 2021 at 07:02
15 The Phuket sandbox project kicks off with the Central Phuket Hotel Fair, which is being held until Sunday at Central Phuket and offers discount promotions of up to 70% on hotels.
The Phuket sandbox experienced regulatory chaos in the days leading up to its reopening on Thursday after an endorsement of the plan was published in the Royal Gazette published on Tuesday night.
Tourism operators have said that the scheme is not inclusive for all stakeholders, particularly small operators.
The long-awaited official announcement on Tuesday night came a bit too late as some tourists who had booked flights for today decided to cancel or postpone their trip as they were not confident whether approval of the certificate of entry (COE) would be done in time, said a tourism source who requested anonymity.
Phuket wants to buy its own jabs
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Officials vow to help the whole country
published : 30 Apr 2021 at 05:00 Covid-19 vaccination in Phuket on Thursday. (Photo: Achadtaya Chuenniran)
Phuket s authorities have asked for permission to organise their own purchase of Covid-19 vaccines so they can expedite their plans to reopen the resort island for international tourism.
Thanusak Phungdet, president of the Phuket Chamber of Commerce, said local bodies wanted the province to purchase its own Covid-19 vaccines and the right to search for vaccine makers at home and overseas to accelerate its vaccination rollout.
He said plans to reopen the island without visitors needing to quarantine, known as the Phuket Tourism Sandbox, has been approved by the cabinet but delayed by the latest Covid-19 wave.
Phuket private sector makes plea to buy own vaccines
Phuket private sector makes plea to buy own vaccines
PHUKET: Leading figures from Phuket’s tourism and other industries have made a united plea for the national government to allow private businesses and even local municipalities on the island to buy their own vaccine doses to ensure that Phuket will be allowed to re-open to receive international tourists under the ‘Phuket Sandbox’ model on July 1.
Thursday 29 April 2021, 06:06PM
Leading Phuket business figures Sarayuth Mallam (left) and Bhummikitti Ruktaengam, President of the Phuket Tourist Association, speaking at the mass vaccination of residents underway at Saphan Hin earlier this month.Photo: PR Phuket