D-day for Thailand to reopen next month: Area Quarantine hailed as foreign tourists set to return - Thai Visa

D-day for Thailand to reopen next month: Area Quarantine hailed as foreign tourists set to return

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Thailand's billionaire minister for tourism and sports has reiterated his commitment to Area Quarantine saying that the scheme could start next month, certainly by May.

 

His brainwave is set to replace the Villa Quarantine that was a bit too pricey.

 

Area Quarantine - AQ for short - is all the rage right now in Thai tourism circles.

 

Under this scheme the foreign tourist will no longer have to endure 14 days of prison like conditions in their quarantine room.

That will only last for the briefest of periods - 72 hours.

 

Thereafter the tourist will have the total freedom of the resort.

 

Yes, they will be able to utilize the grounds and effectively go ANYWHERE they please so long as they don't go outside. 

 

When 11 more days have passed and health checks have been confirmed the tourist will then be free to travel absolutely anywhere in Thailand they wish.

 

The whole kingdom with its wonderful people and bounteous culture awaits to be discovered in total freedom. 

 

Pipat Ratchakitprakan, whose assets declaration suggested he has 2 billion baht, has been criticised for not having the intelligence to match his wealth. 

 

Some have cruelly suggested that his IQ does not match his AQ plan. 

 

But the minister and related agencies and operators are pressing ahead with the scheme in Pattaya, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Krabi and Surat Thani - where tourists will have quaratine facilities in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. 

 

When the Area Quarantine has run its course then it is hoped that the full scale of Thailand's vaccination program will kick in meaning that foreign tourists will not have to quarantine at all.

 

Pipat expects five million to flood into Thailand before the end of the year.

 

Long stay Russians and high spending Indians desperate to get married, will be in the vanguard of the rush to get back to the kingdom.

Many European tourists are expected to stay up to three months enjoying the great climate and escaping harsh conditions in their homelands. 

 

Book your tickets now, conditions apply.

 

Source: Thai Rath