Thailand’s efforts to combat Covid-19 impact on tourism businesses may now include declaring the disease as endemic on three of the country’s most popular islands – Phuket, Koh Samui and Koh Chang.
If in place, this status would enable bars, restaurants and entertainment venues on the islands to resume trading, stimulating domestic travel and providing a boost for local hotels and DMCs.
The motion to designate the disease as endemic, presented by health secretary Kiattiphum Wongrajit recently to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, includes the need for the locations to show a high percentage of vaccinations in the local population, well-prepared and responsive medical services, and a drop in infections.
In a Bangkok Post report, the health secretary said the…
