Thailand expects to delay plans for 'travel bubble' on worries of Covid-19 resurgence


Fresh outbreaks are creating uncertainty on whether it is safe for Thailand to open its borders. - AP

BANGKOK (Reuters): Thailand expects to delay plans for so-called travel bubbles, given a resurgence in coronavirus infections in countries that had managed to contain the initial outbreak, a senior official told Reuters on Wednesday (July 8).

Thailand partially lifted a three-month ban on foreign visitors this month and had been planning to further boost tourism, a key contributor to its economy, by creating travel bubbles later in the year with places like Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong that had managed to contain the virus.

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