The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has reopened borders to fully vaccinated tourists under new quarantine regulations approved by the Royal Thai Government.
Vaccinated foreign tourists will be allowed to visit Phuket, Surat Thani, Phang-Nga, and Krabi via the relevant sandbox programmes and will be able to stay for only seven days before moving on to other parts of Thailand.
TAT announced the news on 1 October. The quarantine time for fully vaccinated international travellers arriving in Thailand, including the pilot reopening destinations through the Alternative Quarantine (AQ) system, will be reduced from 14 to seven days.
The reduced quarantine time applies to those visiting under the “Sandbox” programme to Phuket, Surat Thani (Ko Samui, Ko Pha-ngan, and Ko Tao), Phang-Nga (Khao Lak and Ko Yao), and Krabi (Ko Phi Phi, Ko Ngai and Railay Beach).
It also means that fully vaccinated tourists can now travel straight to the designated areas of Phang-Nga and Krabi upon landing in Phuket, and stay there for seven days.
According to TAT: In addition, from 1 October 2021 onwards, Thailand has lifted the listing of countries per the level of COVID-19 transmission risks for Sandbox tourists. This means Thailand is now welcoming travellers from any country in the world to the ‘Sandbox’ programme.
More details on the situation under the reduced mandatory stay of seven days will be made available as soon as possible.
You can visit this link for details of travel requirements under the seven-day quarantine for fully vaccinated foreign tourists, as well as requirements for non-vaccinated or partially-vaccinated tourists under the 10-day quarantine for arrivals by air and 14-day quarantine for arrivals by land.
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