While Thailand is tightening its borders and restrictions in the face of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, which has now infected over 100 people in the country, the New Year’s holiday is just over one week away. As authorities are torn between to need to protect against Covid-19 and the desperate need of the tourism and entertainment sectors to create some revenue, the Tourism Authority of Thailand has announced that they will keep their plans for a big New Year’s Eve countdown event but will ramp up Covid-19 safety measures.
The steadfast decision to carry on with the countdown event is intended as a demonstration to the world that Thailand is still strong in handling Covid-19 and has safety regulations in place that make the country ready to reopen to the world as soon as Omicron is understood and handled a bit more, according to Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor…
