Government spokesperson says Thailand will not be reopening to foreign tourists along the lines of Phuket’s 'safe and sealed' model.
29/08/2020
ONLY PHUKET REOPENING FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURISM
Deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul says Thailand will not be “fully reopened to foreign tourists” along the lines of Phuket’s “safe and sealed” model, because the government and CCSA has to consider too many details. Thailand’s largest island, Phuket, is going to be a pilot program for the partial re-opening to any tourist that wants to visit.
“Phuket residents and Thai tourists can rest assured that no steps to reopen the country have been taken and that utmost precaution will be taken when borders are reopened”, she said.
For the Phuket pilot program starting October 1. tourists, assuming they would want to subject themselves to the strict quarantine procedures and can even find a flight to the island will arrive at the Phuket International Airport, and then travel to their accommodation, a government approved hotel costing upwards of 150 USD per night for a 14 day quarantine.
There had been speculation in foreign media this week that the “Phuket Model” was a blueprint for the re-introduction for tourism across all of Thailand. This information was incorrect
Above; Phuket international airport.
DIRECT FLIGHTS TO PHUKET START NOVEMBER
Thai Airways have also announced this week that they’ll re-introduce flights in November. The charter flights will fly direct from Denmark, Germany, England, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong to Phuket International Airport. Thai Airways is set to start the flights by the “end of November”, according to their Wednesday announcement, although the start of the Safe & Sealed campaign in Phuket is meant to start on October 1.
No other airlines have made general announcements about the reintroduction of flights back into Phuket.
Meanwhile, the next two categories of foreigner to be able to re-enter Thailand, is now being considered by the CCSA. This time, foreigners with permanent residences, who have been stranded overseas for the past 6 months, and long-term foreign residents (retirement visa), will receive priority.
The chairman of the CCSA’s panel, who oversee the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, announced that they will recommend these two groups of foreigners to be allowed back into Thailand “as they have high purchasing power”.
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