Thailand has packed its tourism expectations into the “Phuket Sandbox”
Along Patong beach in Phuket, noisy and loud foreign tourists are closed to restaurants and bars and inviting blue waters are empty, apart from a few Thai bathers.
Covid-19 has removed Thailand’s largest tourist island in 2019, registering 10 million foreign visitors for passengers, turning numerous resorts into ghost boats.
From Thursday, the island will begin accepting foreign tourists for the first time in more than a year, according to a pilot program called “Phuket Sandbox”.
Fully embedded visitors will enter Phuket without having to endure a two-week quarantine if they fly before the Covid-19 test and before the two arrive. They also need to download the location tracking app and stop traveling to the Thai mainland for 14 days.
Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. Have you already received the COVID-19 vaccine? Thailand is preparing to welcome you with open arms. Come July 1, the popular resort island of Phuket will reopen to fully vaccinated international visitors quarantine-free. Plus, in case white-sand beaches and turquoise waters aren’t enough …
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