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Phuket plans to buy its own vaccines

70% by Oct: Phuket plans to buy its own vaccines

Beach chairs lie empty on the resort island of Phuket as even local tourists have disappeared in the wake of the recent outbreak of Covid-19, on Jan 25, 2021. (Bangkok Post file photo)

The southern resort island of Phuket is drawing up plans to fully reopen to vaccinated visitors by October to revive its wrecked tourism industry.

More than a dozen business groups including the Phuket Chamber of Commerce and the Phuket Tourist Association are planning to pool funds to vaccinate 70% of the island’s population above 18…

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