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Tourists in Phuket under villa quarantine

South Korean golfers have their photo taken before flying to Thailand for a 14-day ‘golf quarantine’ in Nakhon Nayok. Tourism Authority of Thailand

PHUKET: Fifty-nine wealthy foreign tourists arrived in this southern island province on Sunday night and went into “villa quarantine” at the Sri Panwa Hotel, authorities said on Monday.

The first group of 13 arrived at about 8.20pm on a chartered Garuda Indonesia flight from Indonesia to Phuket International Airport.

They were welcomed by deputy governor Pichet Panapong, director of Patong Hospital Dr Muanprae Boonlom and disease control officials.

The second group arrived on another chartered flight from Indonesia about two hours later.

Mr Pichet said the 59 tourists are from the United Kingdom, the United States, France and Finland. They had converged in…

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