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Ironing out glitches in the sandbox
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 25/06/2021
» The Phuket sandbox scheme is still fixing inconvenient regulations, particularly regarding digital competency, in the buildup to its planned reopening on July 1. However, important short-haul markets are likely to be absent in the early months of the scheme.
Rule flip-flop deflating Phuket plan
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 17/06/2021
» As vaccinations gather pace in many countries, the global tourism industry is starting to see a glimmer of hope as leading destinations start to gradually remove mandatory quarantine and ease travel regulations.
Lower hopes for Phuket
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 12/06/2021
» The Phuket sandbox tourism scheme faces a chaotic approval process as the government is still struggling to fine-tune the balance between public health and the economy.
Hospitality by design
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 05/06/2021
» Phuket, a magnet for beach worshippers, anticipates the return of international direct flights to the island for the first time in 15 months when the city reopens to inoculated tourists from July.
Pandemic reveals bitter truth of income gap
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 02/06/2021
» While local residents are feeling anxious over long-awaited vaccinations that the government has promised to roll out from next week, contrasting scenes have been seen in recent weeks as wealthy people have chosen not to wait but fly across the world to the US to get Covid-19 vaccines.
Thai Airways tests demand in Europe
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 27/05/2021
» Thai Airways has started selling direct flights from four cities in Europe to Phuket as the province counts down to its planned quarantine-free reopening in July, with hundreds of tour agents invited to take experimental trips during the third quarter to test the scheme.
TAT says concrete plan for supply side imperative
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 25/05/2021
» Phuket must execute a development plan aimed at diminishing poor quality public services in exchange for over 930,000 vaccine doses prioritised for the island in the build-up to the sandbox initiative, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Exposing the cracks within tourism
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 21/05/2021
» The global pandemic has revealed weaknesses hidden within Thailand's tourism strategy for decades.
Small pool of affluent for jab tours
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 12/05/2021
» High net worth individuals are predicted to be the most likely group to take Covid-19 vaccination tours overseas, spending a fortune in the hope of choosing their own vaccines and heading abroad, instead of waiting for local vaccinations.
Pandemic stymies travel aspirations
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 05/05/2021
» Thailand and Japan have had a strong bond in tourism exchange for years -- in 2019, 1.3 million Thais travelled to Japan and 1.8 million Japanese tourists visited Thailand -- but due to the volatility generated by the pandemic in both countries, there are good reasons to believe those good old days will not likely return within this year.