The first group of foreign visitors arrives at Suvarnabhumi airport where they went through health and documentary checks on Monday, officially marking Thailand's reopening to vaccinated tourists. The first to arrive on Monday morning at the airport was an All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo. Suvarnabhumi airport's general manager, Kittipong Kittikachorn, said the majority of the flights arrived from Europe. According to the Transport Ministry's estimates, about 3,260 international flights will arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport this month, carrying 135,407 passengers, while 3,241 international flights will depart with 135,122 passengers. Fully vaccinated visitors from other countries will also be allowed to visit the country, though only through a tourism sandbox programme which is currently in place in 17 provinces.
