General foreign tourists will later be allowed to visit Thailand if the tourism promotion programme proves successful in terms of the transmission control, she said. Final details of the plan are being discussed by the Tourism and Sports Ministry, Public Health Ministry, Interior Ministry and Foreign Ministry. The CCSA had on Friday agreed in principle on the travel bubbles proposal despite objections raised by security authorities. The travel bubbles programme is seen by the Tourism and Sports Ministry as the first step to safely reopen Thailand's tourism to international visitors, she said. Worse still, giving privilege to these specific foreign visitors while still imposing the 14-day quarantine on Thai returnees will likely prompt negative reaction by those Thais, the source said.

Source: Bangkok Post June 15, 2020 01:07 UTC