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Sandbox visitors can leave Phuket 6 published : 28 Jul 2021 at 04:00 6 Foreign visitors in the Phuket Sandbox programme will be able to travel onwards to other attractions in key tourism provinces in the South starting from Aug 1, said the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). The cabinet gave the nod yesterday to extended travel by foreign visitors from Phuket to specific attractions in nearby Phangnga and Krabi, as well as Surat Thani, accordin...

New Phuket rule passes published : 23 Jul 2021 at 10:03 A sign welcomes tourists at Samui airport in Surat Thani during the launch of the Samui Plus travel scheme last week. Foreign visitors participating in the Phuket sandbox scheme will be allowed to visit other tourist spots after seven days starting from Aug 1. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, spokesman for the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA), said the centre approved the...

Pfizer Halts Severe Delta Cases; Olympics Ceremony: Virus Update Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine provided a strong shield against hospitalizations and more severe disease in cases caused by the delta variant in Israel, even though it was just 39% effective in preventing infections. The Olympics opening ceremony kicked off in a nearly empty stadium in Tokyo, amid a record number of new infections linked to the g...

Phuket Sandbox reduced to seven days for travel to approved locations Phuket Sandbox reduced to seven days for travel to approved locations BANGKOK: Foreign visitors participating in the Phuket sandbox scheme will be allowed to visit other approved tourist locations after seven days starting from Aug 1. Friday 23 July 2021, 08:58AM A sign welcomes tourists at Samui airport in Surat Thani during the launch of the Samui Plus travel scheme last week. Photo: Bangkok Post Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana...

The U.S. is “at another pivotal moment in this pandemic,” with Covid-19 cases once again climbing and beds at some hospitals filling up, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said. The recent rise in cases shows no signs of abating in the U.S. states that have fuelled the uptick as the delta variant proliferates. Indonesia has become a new epicenter for the pandemic after a recent streak of 50,000 infections a day, with more than 1,000 virus fatalities every ...

Samui Plus to welcome 1000 foreign tourists Share Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao have reopened tourism last July 15. The Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) said that Samui Island is set to welcome about 1,000 foreign tourists under the Samui Plus programme during its first month of reopening. The programme is also expected to generate THB180 million (USD5.5 million). “We will receive about 180 million baht in revenue from th...

TAT expects sandbox schemes to give tourism a big boost TAT expects sandbox schemes to give... The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is confident that the number of foreign tourists visiting Thailand in the fourth quarter of the year will increase significantly, thanks to the tourism sandbox campaigns that aim to reopen certain areas of Thailand to vaccinated tourists. “The pilot tourism sandbox programme in Phuket that started on July 1 has been a great success. From July 1-14 the province...

news State tinkers with reopening plan The Bangkok Post Vow promises Bangkok is a priority © The Bangkok Post A sign lights up the entrance to Walking Street in Pattaya where business has ground to a halt since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nutthawat Wicheanbut The worsening Covid-19 situation in Thailand has led the Tourism and Sports Ministry to reconsider the country’s reopening strategy, admitting some target destinations are still marred by soaring infections. Ho...

Two piers in South get upgrade published : 3 Jun 2021 at 04:00 The Marine Department is upgrading two piers in Trang and Krabi. The total budget is almost 200 million baht of which 140 million baht has been allocated to refurbish Pak Meng Pier in Trang province and 59.6 million baht to expand the Sala Dan Pier in Koh Lanta in Krabi. Both projects are more than 70% complete. The Pak Meng Pier in Trang was built over 20 years ago and needs to be expanded as the facility is too small to handl...

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