Where can I travel in Southeast Asia? Here what’s open for tourists

The islands of Southeast Asia are reopening to visitors — one small step at a time.

The region is home to countries, such as Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, that kept Covid rates low throughout 2020.

That changed with the arrival of the delta variant, which forced many Southeast Asian nations to contend with big outbreaks for the first time.

Plans to reopen popular hotspots such as Phuket and Bali were put on hold. Singapore, too, recorded a spike in cases and kept its borders largely sealed to tourists.

Until now.

Many Southeast nations are cautiously opening to travelers. One appears to be throwing its doors wide open.

Thailand pioneered Southeast Asia’s tourism reopening on July 1 with its first-of-a-kind “sandbox” scheme.

Under the plan, vaccinated…