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Phuket tourism on road to recovery
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 03/01/2023
» Having endured the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic for more than two years, Phuket's tourism is bouncing back, welcoming more than 2.3 million visitors and raking in at least 127 billion baht in tourism revenue during the first ten months of 2022.
Businesses worried by high airfares
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 26/12/2022
» Tourism operators in Phuket are urging the government to intervene following complaints about surging airfares which they fear could prompt travellers to choose cheaper alternatives.
Businesses worried by high airfares
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 27/12/2022
» Tourism operators in Phuket are urging the government to intervene following complaints about surging airfares which they fear could prompt travellers to choose cheaper alternatives.
Phuket issues alert on infected arrivals
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 04/02/2022
» Phuket is asking the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to improve Covid-19 screening measures for international visitors, following an alarming number of tourists testing positive on arrival.
Sandbox at risk of collapse after surge
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 30/08/2021
» PHUKET: Local tourism organisations have called for strict Covid-19 curbs to be relaxed to help with a quick recovery despite authorities struggling under the weight of a new surge of up to 200 infections a day.
Phuket sours on Sandbox
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/09/2021
» The private sector in Phuket is urging the government to fully reopen the resort island by Dec 1, saying the move can bring in more than 210 billion baht in tourism-related revenue in just three months.
Phuket to press on with sandbox
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 29/07/2021
» Phuket will persevere with its Phuket Sandbox tourism reopening scheme, despite escalating challenges associated with the rise in new Covid-19 infections, mostly infected locals who transferred from other provinces to receive treatment.
New ideas eyed to aid Phuket
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 09/02/2021
» Businesses and government officials in Phuket floated a raft of new ideas to lure foreign tourists back to the resort island, as they called on the government to allow tourists who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter without needing quarantine.
Phuket applies to reopen for super-yachts
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/11/2020
» The country's success in containing Covid-19 has come at a price: huge losses of income from foreign visitors. To lure overseas visitors and give the tourism industry a shot in the arm, the government introduced a special tourist visa (STV) scheme and recently approved a guideline for foreign tourists and crews of foreign super-yachts looking to dock in Thailand.
Phuket begins plan for tourists to return
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 15/08/2020
» Business operators in Phuket are pressing ahead with a proposal to turn around the tourism industry by allowing long-stay tourists to resume their visits to the resort island as early as November.