TAT still aiming for ONE MILLION foreign tourists this year. To hit his target by December 31st ASEAN NOW did the math based on 25,000 having visited already. It will need to be 7,442 a day. Good luck with that Khun Yutthasak! ASEAN NOW

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Despite the dire state of the pandemic in Thailand with record daily highs, the Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Yutthasak Suphasorn told Sanook that his target for foreign tourists before the end of the year is still one million.

 

Yutthasak was putting a brave face on Thailand's opening plans after the CCSA approved what is now being called "7+7 Phuket Extension".

 

This is allowing double vaxed foreigners to visit Phuket then other islands or areas of their choice in the second week of their stay.

 

Yutthsak said that the pandemic needs to be brought under control but insisted his target was one million foreigners with high season from October still part of his rhetoric. 

 

This despite the first month of the Phuket Sandbox getting 14,000 visitors and only about ten a day going to Koh Samui.

 

To hit his target by December 31st ASEAN NOW did the math based on 25,000 having visited already.

 

It will need to be 7,442 a day.

 

Good luck with that Khun Yutthasak!