Aside from Phuket, vaccinated travellers can now journey to a few distinguished seaside resorts in Thailand – Krabi, Phang Nga, and Koh Samui – underneath the Sandbox tourism programme, which allows overseas vacationers to enter the kingdom without undergoing a strict and prolonged quarantine.
With the Test & Go quarantine exemption scheme suspended indefinitely, permitting the three destinations to welcome overseas visitors beneath the Sandbox scheme is intended to take the strain off of Phuket, which has remained open under the Sandbox programme.
In โซล่าเซลล์ , the Test & Go scheme drew in 350,000 visitors. While tourism numbers are anticipated to be less in Koh Samui, the head of the island’s tourism affiliation told the Bangkok Post “it’s nonetheless higher than zero, still higher than a complete journey ban.” He added that the decision to suspend the Test & Go scheme came at the peak travel season, considerably impacting the tourism sector.
Thailand saw a spike in Covid-19 infections nationwide proper after the New Year’s celebrations, with Omicron instances being found amongst many new infections upon entry and native clusters.
While referring to the current outbreak in Phuket, the president of the Phuket Tourist Association, said they’re now including capacity for travellers to isolate themselves in lodge rooms as a result of he has seen comparable situations in other nations.
“What Thailand did with the suspension and the adjustment confirmed that we had been quick to make a name to restrict the damage, and made modifications as we discovered extra.”
SOURCE: Bangkok Post
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If you are totally vaccinated, you can enter Thailand by booking a 7 Day Sandbox Hotel bundle..