A foreign tourist undergoes a health screening before going into ‘villa quarantine’ at the Sri Panwa Hotel in Phuket last month. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has agreed to consider a proposal by the Phuket business community to allow foreign visitors to the island province who have already been vaccinated against Covid-19 bypass regular quarantine.
From next month, foreign tourists who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be allowed to visit six tourism provinces, namely Phuket, Krabi, Phangnga, Surat Thani (Koh Samui), Chon Buri (Pattaya) and Chiang Mai.
Those who have been inoculated, however, must still be quarantined, although the mandatory isolation period has been reduced from 14 to seven days.
In July, Phuket will be the first province to waive the…
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