In 2019 Thailand was visited by some 40 million international tourists, but after the pandemic one of the world’s favourite travel destinations is not in a rush to lift the restrictions.
As it has become known, the requirements to tourists in the kingdom are rather strict, and they might discourage the majority of tourists from visiting the country.
Tourists must arrive at the Phuket airport, no other airport allows entering the country. All foreign visitors must stay in Phuket for at least 30 days, 14 of which they are to be quarantined in their hotel room. Some hotels allow walking within the hotel territory and even access the beach.
Over the course of the quarantine visitors must test for coronavirus twice. Only when all the requirements have been met, visitors are allowed to travel around the country.
The governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Yuthasak Supasorn, made a statement confirming the government’s plan to open Phuket for international tourism on October 1st.
As we can see, not all countries are ready to follow Turkey in lifting the restrictions even before the pandemic is over.
