Thailand prepares for area quarantine to reboot tourism


BANGKOK, March 2 (Xinhua): About 6,700 hotel rooms in five tourist hotspots of Thailand have been prepared for use as an area quarantine for inoculated foreigners, Thai Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has announced.

The area quarantine programme, which shortens the compulsory quarantine from 14 days to three days, allows foreign visitors to spend time in the hotel's premises after three days of self-isolation in their rooms, Phiphat said.

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