Thailand tourism ministry wants travel restrictions removed by June 1 if Covid rate drops; daily cases above 21,000 on Tuesday

This file photo taken on October 30, 2021 shows tourists walking on Phra Nang Beach in Krabi. Travellers to Thailand will no longer have to take a Covid-19 test before boarding the plane, under plans announced March 18, 2022, as part of efforts to reboot the kingdom's pandemic-battered tourism sector. - AFP

BANGKOK, March 22 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Tourism and Sports Ministry will propose removing all travel restrictions on June 1 if the Covid-19 situation improves.

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said if the number of Covid-19 cases does not increase over Songkran next month, the ministry will ask the Cabinet and Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to allow foreign arrivals to take ATK tests on the first and the fifth days of their trips from May 1 onwards.