When Thailand shut its borders to foreign visitors in March 2020, the city that was once the world’s most visited felt as if it had lost its soul almost overnight. Without tourists, Bangkok simply didn’t feel like Bangkok anymore. But after nearly two years, the capital is finally opening up to the world again.
On Feb. 1, Thailand’s border reopened to vaccinated travellers from every country as part of the government’s shift from a Covid-zero approach to considering the virus endemic. Travelers will need only a negative PCR lab result before arrival and agree to two more PCR tests after landing—one upon entry and another on their fifth day in Thailand. And while this isn’t the first time travellers have been allowed back in, it marks a strong departure from previous attempts to restart tourism, which required travellers to jump through such substantial hoops as quarantining…
