The government still intends to press ahead with its plan to reopen Phuket to foreign tourists on July 1, despite battling another surge of Covid-19 infections.
The government’s committee on national tourism policy, chaired by Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, on Friday confirmed the plan — made before the new outbreak of Covid-19 struck Bangkok and other parts of the country early last month — will still be implemented.
The reopening would later be expanded to cover Krabi, Phangnga, Surat Thani, Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Buri Ram, Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Bangkok, said deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul.
The reopening plan will be divided into four phases — the first phase has already been in place since April 1, when a…
