Thailand may allow access of vaccinated foreigners without quarantine
Thailand Ministry of Tourism and Sports activities is considering ideas to attract foreign vacationers back to Thailand, and may allow vaccinated foreigners to enter the united states without the need for two weeks in quarantine on arrival.
The Tourism and Activities Minister, Pipat Ratchakitprakarn, revealed that the goal is to have 5-10 million foreign tourists enter Thailand this season, starting following the Songkran event in mid-April, or in May at the latest. He added that, reaching the 10 million mark will depend on constraints in countries like Malaysia, China and India.
The minister said that he will ask the prime minister for 5 million doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate people employed in the tourism sector, with the main give attention to Bangkok, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Krabi, Surat Thani and Songkhla, to build confidence amidst travellers.
Meanwhile, the governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Yutthasak Supasorn, is certainly seeking methods to attract foreign travelers to Thailand. Among their ideas is normally a “vaccine passport”, which may be standardised and agreed between the national touristorganisations in every ASEAN countries.
Those retaining such a “vaccine passport” will be permitted to travel between ASEAN countries without the need to undergo the 14 day quarantine. The TAT governor as well expects that international travellers can arrive to Thailand by the 3rd quarter of the year.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Small International group of corporations, William Heinecke, said that they can send an open letter to the prime minister, containing these 4 suggestions:
1) Employees working in the tourism sector should be inoculated found in the first period, because air travel attendants, pilots, hotel personnel and staff working in hotels appearing used as quarantine conveniences should be seen as frontline personnel, exactly like medics
2) The government should think about acquiring vaccines from additional businesses, besides AstraZeneca and Sinovac, as the vaccine acquisition procedure is still slow and insufficientto inoculate the whole population
3) Those who’ve been inoculated will be able to travel and leisure freely, both domestically and internationally, without undergoing 14-day quarantine.
4) Vaccine passports ought to be implemented, and Phuket ought to be the primary province to implement the system, as a way to allow foreign travelers to enter. If good, different tourist reliant areas, such as Koh Samui and Pattaya, should also implement the system.
Source: bangladeshmonitor.com.bd
