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
Businesses and government officials in Phuket floated a raft of new ideas to lure foreign tourists back to the resort island, as they called on the government to allow tourists who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter without needing quarantine.
Phuket tourism industry leaders pitch for targeted campaigns to boost domestic tourism
Phuket tourism industry leaders pitch for targeted campaigns to boost domestic tourism
PHUKET: Leading Phuket tourism figures and the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO, or OrBorJor) today announced a series of campaigns hoped to ramp up the number of domestic tourists coming to the island as a way to support ailing businesses until international tourists return.
Monday 8 February 2021, 07:27PM
Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew speaks to a representative of a local community co-operative at the meeting today (Feb 8). Photo: PR Phuket
The meeting was well attended. Photo: PR Phuket
‘Phuket First October’ push aims to prevent residents from plunging into poverty
‘Phuket First October’ push aims to prevent residents from plunging into poverty
PHUKET: Leading Phuket tourism and hospitality figures have revealed their plan to secure COVID-19 vaccinations independently in the hope of re-opening the island to tourism from Oct 1, as economic experts warn that Phuket people’s incomes are plunging below the national poverty line.
Wednesday 3 February 2021, 05:39PM
Dr Chayanon Pucharoen, a tourism economy expert at the Prince of Songkla University Phuket campus, gave a dire prediction of how many people in Phuket would fall below the poverty line if the island’s economy does not restart soon. Photo: Phuket Tourist Association