Mekong travel bubble may help the region to reopen to tourists

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Plans to reopen Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar to tourists, along with a new China-Laos high speed rail link are reviving talk of a Mekong travel bubble. Thailand has already welcomed foreigners to sandbox islands such as Phuket and Koh Samui and will open the country to fully vaccinated visitors from at least 10 nations next month. It may find that initial demand is not as great as hoped for.

 

“Domestic tourism reached its peak last November, thanks to low infection rates and an improving travel mood driven by many marketing campaigns and government stimulus schemes, but this year might not see such volume again,” Wutthiphum Jurangkool, chief executive of local low-cost airline Nok Air, told the Bangkok Post.

 

Vietnam plans to open the island of Phu Quoc to foreigners next month even as national daily infection rates remain above 3,400. The country ended a three-month lockdown of its largest city, Ho Chi Minh, at the start of this month but Vietnam has been closed to most foreigners since March last year. Even Myanmar, which has been under military rule since February, is hoping to attract tourists. 

 

 

 

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