PHUKET is expected to reopen to vaccinated foreign tourists next month. If this happens, it would be the first destination in Thailand to welcome visitors without a quarantine requirement. Phuket will also be the pilot destination to reopen to fully-vaccinated foreign visitors from low-risk countries under strict rules and regulations.
We in Malaysia have an opportunity to emulate Phuket’s bold plan to bring tourists back to our shores, and we can start with Langkawi. While Phuket is opening to the whole world, Malaysia can take a more cautious smaller step by opening, via an air travel corridor, to arrivals only from countries with the lowest Covid-19 numbers and aggressive vaccination programmes in the Asean region, namely Singapore and Brunei.
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