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/ Posted on 6 May, 2021 15:32
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Thailand has gone through several phases of safety and hygiene protocols when it comes to domestic travel.
The country is now in the midst of its third and most intense wave of Covid-19, with safety protocols intensifying throughout the country on a provincial basis, as there has of yet been no countrywide mandate about domestic travel from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), unlike during the lockdown in the summer of 2020.
Passengers entering the airport are diverted to a few doorways equipped with temperature scanning machines
Airport procedures
The protocols at the airports have remained mostly the same until now for domestic travellers – registration on the Mor Chana app for all travellers – but now in the midst of the third wave, some provinces have started requiring a Covid-free test result prior to travel, or a PCR test on arrival, whence if travellers test positive they will have to
/ Posted on 4 May, 2021 9:08
The intimate private pool villas of this classic eco-friendly brand are a wonderful way to experience the private beach of Lamai on the island haven of Samui.
Banyan Tree Samui
Location
Banyan Tree landed on Samui in July 2010, the brand’s third property opening in Thailand. A defining feature of the property is the spacious, private pool villas nestled on the hillside overlooking the clear aqua waters of Lamai Bay, just 19km from Samui’s airport.
To get an idea of just how quiet and secluded the resort’s private beach is, during Thailand’s first Covid-19 lockdown in the summer of 2020, the resort made headlines when, lured by the absence of humans on the beach, a rare giant sea turtle trudged out of the water to lay her eggs on the stretch of sand in front of the resort.