Covid-19: Thailand ready to welcome vaccinated travellers from UAE dhanusha@khaleejtimes.com Filed on June 4, 2021
(Reuters file) Phuket will be the first destination to welcome travellers in July this year
Thailand - one of the most popular destinations for travellers from the UAE - is getting ready to welcome tourists.
Pichaya Saisaengchan, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand for Dubai and the Middle East, said: “At the start of the pandemic, the Tourism Authority of Thailand introduced the ‘Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration: SHA’ certification to elevate the country’s tourism industry standards, with over 8,000 businesses receiving the certification.”
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Punlop Saejew, President of Chiang Mai Tourism Council of Thailand welcomes Indian tourists
Q: What safety and hygiene measures has Chiang Mai s hospitality industry adapted to in the new normal?
A: In order to ensure high parameters for safety and hygiene for the tourism sector, Tourism Authority of Thailand has introduced a program called Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration . This SHA program provides sanitation and safety standards for tourism products such as hotels, resorts, entertainment venues, theme parks and restaurants.
Q: Suggest unique local experiences in Chiang Mai to explore local way of life.
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/ Posted on 6 May, 2021 15:32
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Thailand has gone through several phases of safety and hygiene protocols when it comes to domestic travel.
The country is now in the midst of its third and most intense wave of Covid-19, with safety protocols intensifying throughout the country on a provincial basis, as there has of yet been no countrywide mandate about domestic travel from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), unlike during the lockdown in the summer of 2020.
Passengers entering the airport are diverted to a few doorways equipped with temperature scanning machines
Airport procedures
The protocols at the airports have remained mostly the same until now for domestic travellers – registration on the Mor Chana app for all travellers – but now in the midst of the third wave, some provinces have started requiring a Covid-free test result prior to travel, or a PCR test on arrival, whence if travellers test positive they will have to
BANGKOK, 4 May 2021: Centara Watergate Pavillion Hotel
Bangkok has launched self-quarantine offers for Thai citizens and local
expatriates who need to comply with the 14-night self-quarantine rule.
Launched in response to Thai nationals and local expatriates
living in Thailand who need to self-isolate but need to keep their elderly and
young family members risk-free can book a âWorry-Free Self-Quarantineâ package.
It is also suitable for low-risk people looking for a safe place to protect
their loved ones from potential exposure.
The 281-room Centara Watergate Pavillion Hotel Bangkok
offers guests the opportunity to browse their favourite movies with high-speed
internet and enjoy professionally sanitised rooms with full-board meals