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Thailand offered a paradise COVID-19 retreat, but no one came
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.