Are you ready to spend a month in Thailand? Yes that’s right! In case you are planning to visit the country in October, you will have to stay there for at least 30 days. By Tanvi Jain
View this post on Instagram
In a bid to revive its tourism sector, starting October, Thailand has made it mandatory for all visitors to stay in the country for a minimum of 30 days. “Tourists will have to stay for at least 30 days, with the first 14 days in quarantine in a limited vicinity of their hotel, before they can visit other areas,” Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor Yuthasak Supasorn told Reuters.
“Visitors will have to take two Coronavirus tests during quarantine before they are able to travel to the rest of the island,” Minister of Tourism and Sports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, had said last week while sharing his plans to allow foreign tourists to enter the country through a programme dubbed ‘Safe and Sealed‘.
View this post on Instagram
“I have asked the Prime Minister for approval to set October 1 as the date to allow (inbound) tourists to enter. I have requested also to use Phuket as a pilot model and have received approval from the Center for Economic Situation Administration. If successful, the project will be expanded to include other destinations,” he was quoted by CNN.
As the Government of Thailand plans to reopen Phuket for tourists from October 1, the first destination to be inviting tourists since COVID-19, apart from the 14-day quarantine period, if you want to travel beyond Phuket, you will have to take another test, stay within the province for one more week and then go ahead. All this has reportedly been termed as the Phuket Model – a new normal tourism method that limits access to both travels as well as the number of tourists.
View this post on Instagram
Thailand, which relies mostly on tourism for revenue, seems to have been pretty efficient in handling the COVID-19 situation, as with just 3,402 cases currently (as on August 25, 2020), the country has not recorded any new case of a local transmission for the past three months. Yet, it has extended the emergency till September to be completely sure before reopening.
Related: Post-COVID Travel: Thailand Lures Expats With Its ‘Pay To Stay’ Visa Programme
Most popular
Most popular
