Hotels now required to confirm paid room bookings and PCR tests with government

As part of the revamped Test & Go entry scheme, hotels are now required to confirm Thailand Pass bookings within 30 hours or applications will be rejected automatically. According to a Bangkok Post report, hotels must verify room bookings and PCR test appointments with the Foreign Ministry in order for a Thailand Pass application to be approved. Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, says the new rule has been introduced to ensure the testing requirement is being met in all cases.

“The re-opening of the Test & Go scheme depends on monitoring 100% of the PCR results, and we have to encourage more tourists to download the MorChana app.”

The Test & Go entry scheme, relaunched yesterday after a short Omicron-fuelled hiatus, now requires all overseas arrivals to take a PCR test on days 1 and 5 of their stay. They must also have proof of a paid booking at a…