Phuket tourism industry calls to end quarantine for Bangkok arrivals, pitches plan to revive tourism by October

[rooster59]

Phuket tourism industry calls to end quarantine for Bangkok arrivals, pitches plan to revive tourism by October

 

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew recognised the need for urgent action. Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Leading representatives from Phuket’s devastated tourism industry have called for the Phuket provincial government to end the mandatory 14-day quarantine for people arriving from specific districts in Bangkok in the hope of throwing local businesses a lifeline until international tourists return.

 

The high-powered delegation also called for the Phuket provincial government to prepare to start receiving international tourists from October, ahead of what would normally be Phuket’s tourism high season, under a plan that would require all international arrivals to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before being allowed to enter Phuket.

 

By that time, the 70% of the population on Phuket is to be vaccinated for the disease.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-tourism-industry-calls-to-end-quarantine-for-bangkok-arrivals-pitches-plan-to-revive-tourism-by-october-78759.php

 

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[khunPer]

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

...a plan that would require all international arrivals to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before being allowed to enter Phuket.

Seems like a Covid-19 vaccine-pass might become be a mandatory future travel document...????

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Phuket tourism industry calls to end quarantine for Bangkok arrivals, pitches plan to revive tourism by October

October of what year?

[DaLa]

5 hours ago, khunPer said:

Seems like a Covid-19 vaccine-pass might become be a mandatory future travel document...????

I'm sure some enterprising individual(s) are at this very moment busy on MS word or Adobe. Probably cheaper than the jab for farang. There isn't a worldwide database for this at the moment so hopefully there will be some intergovernmental co-operation.

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[Olivie]

I wonder how much hotels/business would be opened until october...

[khunPer]

2 hours ago, DaLa said:

I'm sure some enterprising individual(s) are at this very moment busy on MS word or Adobe. Probably cheaper than the jab for farang. There isn't a worldwide database for this at the moment so hopefully there will be some intergovernmental co-operation.

Quite some time ago WHO talked about a database linked to passport.

[Felt 35]

18 hours ago, khunPer said:

Quite some time ago WHO talked about a database linked to passport.

 

My guess for Thailand, Vacc Chana