The island has opened for foreigners who are fully vaccinated to visit the resort island without quarantine. He said the government should allow antigen test kits to be used for the second test, which reduces the cost from 5,200 baht for two RT-PCR tests to around 3,000 baht. Operators received feedback from travel agents that the cost of RT-PCR tests are only 1,000 baht in Europe compared with 2,400 or 2,800 baht for a test in Phuket. Moreover, the complicated Certificate of Entry process should be streamlined to make travel to Thailand more inviting, he said. She said some tourists decided to cancel their trips in Krabi and stay in Phuket to avoid gloomy weather.

Source: Bangkok Post September 24, 2021 22:41 UTC