Thailand ready for rush of tourists with quarantine-free visas

An international passenger has his information checked by a hotel representative on arrival at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on Feb 1, 2022, as Thailand resumes its quarantine free-travel scheme for vaccinated travellers. - AFP

BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Thailand expects to welcome hundreds of thousand holidaymakers a month with the kickoff of a quarantine-free visa programme that’s set to serve as a model for tourism-reliant countries balancing safe border reopenings with economic revival.

Starting Tuesday (Feb 1), visitors of any nationality can apply for quarantine-free entry into Thailand, provided they are fully vaccinated. The government expects between 200,000 and 300,000 travellers to take advantage of the so-called Test & Go programme in February alone, with the numbers expected to swell in the following months.