A woman collecting shrimp in the low tide on Rawai beach in Phuket on Thursday. (AFP photo)
PHUKET: More than 1,300 foreign visitors have arrived at Phuket over the past three days under the quarantine-free “sandbox” scheme.
Nanthasiri Ronnasiri, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Phuket Office, said on Saturday 326 tourists arrived at the resort island on Thursday, 514 on Friday and 484 yesterday afternoon, bringing the total number of foreign visitors to 1,324 since the start of the scheme.
Ms Nanthasiri said her Phuket office will collect tourist figures every day which will be made public.
The government expects about 100,000 foreign tourists will travel to Phuket under the Phuket Sandbox Model during the third quarter of this year from July to September, kickstarting tourism again after…
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