Thailand ends quarantine for some visitors to rescue tourism


Air travellers from the US, UK, China, Germany and Singapore will be exempted from quarantine on arrival in Thailand starting Nov 1. - AP

BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Thailand’s main Covid task force approved a plan to end quarantine for vaccinated travellers from some countries starting next month in a bid to revive its struggling tourism sector ahead of the year-end holiday season.

Air travellers from the US, UK, China, Germany and Singapore will be exempted from quarantine on arrival starting Nov 1, Taweesilp Visanuyothin, a spokesman for the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said at a briefing on Thursday (Oct 14).

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