Thai tourists needed in PhuketVisitors to Phuket are screened at a checkpoint on Monday. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)Phuket needs fully vaccinated Thai tourists to help the recovery of local tourism, according to provincial authorities. In practice, the province should now have gained herd immunity while foreign visitors in Phuket as part of the tourism sandbox programme are also fully vaccinated. At the same time, the swab requirement does not apply to fully vaccinated Thai nationals in the province. He said if Thai tourists who have received two doses of the vaccine could visit Phuket, provided they have taken a swab test before arriving, it would boost Phuket's tourism.

Source: Bangkok Post September 01, 2021 02:37 UTC