Thai returnees disembarking an Emirates flight are screened for Covid-19 at Suvarnabhumi airport before heading to mandatory quarantine at state quarantine hotels. Wichan Charoenkiatpakul
State Quarantine (SQ) hotels are urging the government to unlock the market to Thai returnees arriving on semi-commercial flights, calling for a clear timeline if there are plans to terminate this programme.
Thienprasit Chaiyapatranun, executive director of Patra Hotel, one of the SQ facilities in Bangkok, said many SQ hotels abandoned the programme as they could not cover the operating costs due to soft demand.
At present, SQ hotels can only receive Thais flying in on repatriation flights, which take…
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