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
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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.
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By Randy Thanthong-Knight / Bloomberg
It is hard to imagine a more luxurious place to spend two weeks of quarantine than the Anantara Phuket Suites & Villas in Thailand, where visitors are pampered in private residences that can have their own pool and courtyard.
Yet more than three months after the resort and more than 100 like it reopened to extended-stay travelers in an attempt to revive Thailand’s battered economy, foreign arrivals have failed to meet even rock-bottom expectations. Just 346 overseas visitors have entered the country on average each month on special visas since October last year, according to Thailand Longstay Co, which helps facilitate the program.