32 Phuket will welcome Thai tourists from Sept 8 onwards and those who will stay longer than a week must be tested for COVID-19 there.
35 The governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand ordered efforts to restore tourists’ confidence in safe and attractive Phuket after the murder of a Swiss tourist in this southern island province last week.
44 Phuket governor Narong Woonciew expressed his condolences on the death of Swiss woman Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf, head of diplomatic protocol of Germany, who visited Phuket under the Phuket Sandbox Model project.
15 The Phuket municipal office closed a local market for seven days due to COVID-19 infections among migrant workers.
36 Phuket is ramping up Covid-19 control measures to screen inbound travellers.
44 Local authorities closed risky places and suspended the activities that may transmit COVID-19, affecting pubs, bars and other entertainment venues, while allowing shopping centers to open until 9pm.
19 Two more visitors to Phuket under the Phuket Sandbox project tested positive for COVID-19. They are Myanmar nationals aged eight and nine years.
41 Three players of the Leicester City Football Club help the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) promote the Phuket Sandbox project.
21 Tourism-related operators on the resort province of Phuket ask the government for details about its country-reopening plan that was set to start there within only about 20 days, on July 1.
17 Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, maintained a plan to welcome foreign tourists through the implementation of the “Phuket Sandbox” model.
44 Officials on the tourist island were seriously screening visitors from 17 provinces earlier declared red COVID-19 maximum control zones.
39 The infectious disease committee of Phuket ordered the closure of local entertainment places from April 9 to 18 to control COVID-19.
