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TAT wants vaccine passport policy

TAT wants vaccine passport policy

Long-haul market slipping from grasp

Empty chairs are seen on a beach in Phuket, normally a tourist magnet. Achadthaya Chuenniran

Thailand should have a clear-cut plan on a vaccine passport by June if plans to reopen the international market by the fourth quarter are kept, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, TAT deputy governor for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, said the government policy would have a tremendous effect towards international market plans, particularly on the long-haul market, which is progressing rapidly in terms of mass vaccination programmes.

The opinions of overseas agents and recent surveys in key markets showed tourists are ready to be…

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