Thai Airways resumes int’l flights to Phuket
Thai Airways has resumed international operations to and from Phuket for the Phuket Tourism Sandbox campaign, providing direct passenger services from five European airports to the island province now open for quarantine-free tourism. The first international flight resumed by Thailand’s national flag carrier Thai Airways landed in Phuket today, bringing…
70% of COVID-19 Cases in Bangkok Are Infected with Delta Variant
The Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University has revealed that the Delta variant is responsible for 70% of new symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Bangkok. Center Director Dr. Yong Poovorawan said the first outbreak of COVID-19 came early last year with the Wuhan strain, which quickly spread around…
Phuket Sandbox to continue although province bans domestic arrivals
Phuket province will continue to accept international tourists as part of the Phuket Sandbox campaign despite the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country. The island province has activated stricter disease control measures including a ban on domestic arrivals to keep local COVID-19 cases low. The Prime Minister Gen Prayut…
The Miracle Box
The much hyped “Phuket Sandbox Model”, planned to start on July 1st, seems to be the first glimmer of hope for the island’s or arguably the country’s tourism industry, which is struggling to survive. The term “sandbox” might be confusing because it can be interpreted in many ways and the…
Thailand will open to tourism in mid-October
After more than the six weeks of combating the upticks in virus infections throughout the country, the Prayut government announced last Wednesday that Thailand will be open for tourists to visit within 120 days. This would mean that by the morning of October 15, visitors from local and abroad can…
Delta Coronavirus Variant Is Expected to Dominate in Bangkok
Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) says that one-third of COVID-19 patients in Bangkok will be tested to determine whether they have been infected by the Delta variant, as the strain is expected to become dominant in the capital in the next few months. The DMS revealed on Monday that…