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PHUKET, Thailand (AP) Somsak Betlao covered the outboard motor on his traditional wooden longtail boat with a tarp, wrapping up another day on Phuket’s Patong beach where not a single tourist needed his services shuttling them to nearby islands.
Since Thailand’s pandemic restrictions on travel were imposed in early 2020, tourism has fallen off a cliff, and nowhere has it been felt more than the resort island off the country s southern coast, where nearly 95% of the economy is related to the industry.
So, despite spiking coronavirus numbers elsewhere in the country, the government is forging ahead with a program known as the “Phuket sandbox” to reopen the island to fully vaccinated visitors. It hopes it will revive tourism a sector that accounted for 20% of the country s economy before the pandemic. ....

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Thailand bets on 'Phuket sandbox' program to save tourism


Updated June 30
Thailand bets on ‘Phuket sandbox’ program to save tourism
The industry has been devastated by the pandemic, and nowhere has it been felt more than on the resort island off the country s southern coast.
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and DAVID RISINGAssociated Press
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Waves break on the empty tourist beach of Patong on Phuket, southern Thailand, on Tuesday. Thailand’s government will begin the “Phuket Sandbox” scheme to bring the tourists back to Phuket starting Thursday. Even though coronavirus numbers are again rising around the rest of Thailand and prompting new lockdown measures, officials say there’s too much at stake not to forge ahead with the plan to reopen the island to fully vaccinated travelers. ....

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Thailand bets on 'Phuket sandbox' program to save tourism


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By: Tassanee Vejpongsa And David Rising, The Associated Press
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Last Modified: 6:23 AM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2021
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PHUKET, Thailand (AP) Somsak Betlao covered the outboard motor on his traditional wooden longtail boat with a tarp, wrapping up another day on Phuket’s Patong beach where not a single tourist needed his services shuttling them to nearby islands.
Swim markers line the empty tourist Patong Beach on Phuket, southern Thailand, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Thailand s government will begin the Phuket Sandbox scheme to bring the tourists back to Phuket starting July 1. Even though coronavirus numbers are again rising around the rest of Thailand and prompting new lockdown measures, officials say there s too much at stake not to forge ahead with the plan to reopen the island to fully-vaccinated t ....

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