Koh Samui is now ready to handle foreign tourists under Surat Thani province’s tourism sandbox programme, the resort island’s tourism promotion association announced on Saturday.
The announcement followed the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA) decision on Friday to allow Koh Samui, Koh Tao and Koh Phangan in Surat Thani and Krabi and Phangnga to join the tourism sandbox programme.
Previously, only Phuket was allowed to continue receiving tourists under its sandbox programme, which requires vaccinated tourists to fly there directly and spend at least seven days in a SHA+ hotel on the island. Under Phuket’s programme, tourists can travel around the island but must pass a Covid-19 test before being allowed to travel elsewhere in Thailand.
“After the government announced the expansion of the sandbox scheme,…
