Thailand mulls reopening for winter tourists


Gracious welcome: Bangkok is mulling nine-month visas for tourists that involves a 14-day quarantine in Phuket, according to Boon. — AFP

THE kingdom is finalising a plan that would make it possible for retired, sun-seeking Europeans to spend the upcoming winter months in the country in an effort to save its ailing tourism industry.

Although the nation’s borders have been closed to most foreigners since late March to fight the pandemic, the government is now planning to grant visas to foreigners who want to stay in Thailand for up to nine months, said Boon Vanasin, chairman of Thonburi Healthcare Group Pcl, the nation’s third largest private hospital firm, which runs hospitals and retirement homes.

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