Travel

Thai prime minister plans to drop required virus quarantines
Oct 11, 2021

Thai prime minister plans to drop required virus quarantines

Thailand's prime minister says the country plans to no longer require international visitors from at least 10 low-risk nations to quarantine beginning next month if they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19


Thailand tightens measures as daily cases cross 10,000
Jul 17, 2021

Thailand tightens measures as daily cases cross 10,000

Thailand has tightened coronavirus restrictions and warned of further measures as daily cases surpassed 10,000 and the death toll hit a record 141 despite an overnight curfew in Bangkok and several other provinces


Lockdowns in Asia as some nations see 1st major virus surges
Jul 9, 2021

Lockdowns in Asia as some nations see 1st major virus surges

Several countries around Asia and the Pacific that are experiencing their first major surges of the coronavirus have rushed to implement tough restrictions


Pandemic tourism: Thailand launches Phuket 'sandbox' plan
Jul 1, 2021

Pandemic tourism: Thailand launches Phuket 'sandbox' plan

Thailand has opened the popular resort island of Phuket to fully vaccinated foreigners from lower-risk countries in an ambitious but risky plan that it hopes will breathe new life into a tourism industry devastated by the pandemic


Thailand bets on 'Phuket sandbox' program to save tourism
Jun 30, 2021

Thailand bets on 'Phuket sandbox' program to save tourism

Thailand’s tourism industry has been devastated by the pandemic, and nowhere has it been felt more than the resort island of Phuket, where nearly 95% of the economy is related to the industry


Thailand sets mid-October to reopen to vaccinated visitors
Jun 16, 2021

Thailand sets mid-October to reopen to vaccinated visitors

Thailand plans to fully reopen to vaccinated foreign visitors by mid-October as the government seeks to restart the crucial coronavirus-devastated tourism industry


Asia-Pacific trade ministers mull pandemic, recovery
Jun 5, 2021

Asia-Pacific trade ministers mull pandemic, recovery

Trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific are discussing ways to build back better from the pandemic, as host New Zealand pushes to drop tariffs on vaccines and other items needed to fight the virus


Thailand faces growing outbreak ahead of New Year travel
Apr 9, 2021

Thailand faces growing outbreak ahead of New Year travel

Thai authorities are struggling to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak just days before the country’s traditional Songkran New Year’s holiday, when millions of people travel


89 foreigners arrested at Thai bar flouting COVID-19 rules
Jan 28, 2021

89 foreigners arrested at Thai bar flouting COVID-19 rules

Police in Thailand say they have arrested 89 foreigners for violating coronavirus regulations at a party organized by a bar on a popular resort island


Thailand admits foreign tourists for first time in 7 months
Oct 20, 2020

Thailand admits foreign tourists for first time in 7 months

Thailand’s tourist industry has taken a modest step toward reviving its coronavirus-battered fortunes by welcoming 39 visitors who flew in from Shanghai, the first such arrivals since regular travelers were banned from entry almost seven months ago


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