Richard Barrows / Bangkok Post


Polls have shown that most foreign tourists won't come to Thailand while there is still quarantine, even it is reduced to seven days for some groups of people. The Phuket plan for July that allows vaccinated tourists to skip quarantine is a good step in the right direction, but the government needs to clarify details now.

For example, children in many countries are not being inoculated, will this then mean families cannot come? How much freedom will tourists have? What's stopping them sneaking off the island to go elsewhere? Most expats in Thailand won't have been inoculated by this time. Will it be risky for expats (and even Thai tourist) to visit the island once this program starts? If expats visit Phuket, will local people and authorities think they have just arrived from abroad and treat them with caution?

Anyway, all of this is a mute point as 70% of the population of Phuket have to be inoculated first and that campaign is going very slowly.

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