Picture: Siam Rath
PM's office deputy spokeswoman Traisuree Traisarankun has given details about how Thailand will open up to foreign tourism.
It appears the Thais are on track despite the current devastating and most severe wave of Covid-19 yet that is prevalent in the country, reported Siam Rath.
She said there are four timeframes (called Timelines by Siam Rath as per the latest buzzword).
#1 We're in that at the moment. This one runs from April 30th to June 30th and allows foreign tourists who have proof of vaccination to come but they must quarantine as per CCSA (Covid committee) requirements.
#2 That's July 1st to 30th September and is called the "Phuket Sandbox" - this applies to foreigners who have proof of vaccination that can then stay in that province without the need to quarantine
#3 This is the period from October 1st to the end of the year when the sandbox is opened up to 10 provinces including Phuket - Bangkok, parts of Krabi and Chiang Mai, Chonburi, Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Surat Thani, Phangnga and Buriram.
#4 This is from January 1st 2022 when everything is starting to get back to normal. Now ALL of Thailand will be opened up to foreign tourists who have proof of vaccination.
Traisuree said that 70% vaccination of the locals population in the tourist areas was the target by later in the year. The ten provinces mentioned accounted for 80% of tourism revenue in the country in 2019.
That was 1.5 trillion baht out of the total.
Siam Rath didn't give an exact timeframe but said that 3.5 million foreigners would come and spend 298 billion baht.
Pipat Ratchakitprakarn, Thailand's minister of tourism and sports, said that 200,000 doses of vaccine had been administered in Phuket so far.
He said that 740,000 to 750,000 will be administered in time for the July 1st sandbox opening.
With capabilities at 15,000 jabs a day there is plenty of time to get to the 70% herd immunity mark, he said.
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