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Phuket welcomes sea tourists

Phuket has welcomed its first group of foreign travellers arriving by sea under the Test & Go entry programme.

Bangkok Post · Mar 10, 2022

Over half of hotel operators post losses

Some 63% of hotels recorded losses as average occupancy lingered below 30% despite the renewed Test & Go scheme, according to the hotel business operator sentiment index for February.

Bangkok Post · Mar 6, 2022

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Bangkok Post · Feb 25, 2022

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Govt to scrap Day-5 PCR test, cut insurance cost for Test & Go arrivals

The government will further relax entry rules for foreign visitors starting next month, bowing to demand from the local tourism industry to lower costs as more countries ease border controls to lure holidaymakers.

Bangkok Post · Feb 23, 2022

Testing hobbles tourism recovery

Hotel operators are clamouring for RT-PCR testing upon arrival for foreign visitors to be eliminated from requirements to avoid a tourism collapse as the resumption of the Test & Go scheme alone is not enough to create momentum.

Bangkok Post · Feb 17, 2022

Test & Go 2.0: What travellers need to know

Since the restart of the Test & Go programme on Feb 1, the Thai government has issued more than 100,000 applications, yet efforts to revive tourism still face many hurdles.

Bangkok Post · Feb 15, 2022

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Bangkok Post · Feb 11, 2022

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Tour bubble plan in works

The government will open discussions to set up travel bubbles with China and Malaysia this month to attract more foreign visitors, following the resumption of the Test & Go scheme on Feb 1.

Bangkok Post · Feb 7, 2022

Test & Go 'cumbersome', says hotel tycoon

Thailand should look to the example of the more liberal reopening policies of Europe and travel hot spots such as the Maldives to revive its tourism industry, says Bill Heinecke, the founder and chairman of Minor International Plc.

Bangkok Post · Feb 5, 2022

Push for bubbles amid tourism drive

The Tourism and Sports Ministry plans to continue travel bubble discussions with short-haul destinations following this week's resumption of the Test & Go scheme.

Bangkok Post · Feb 2, 2022

Phuket ups tests on foreign visitors

Prompted by large numbers of tourists testing positive for Covid-19 upon arrival, Phuket on Wednesday switched to imposing a repeat RT-PCR Covid-19 test on international tourists arriving under the quarantine-free Test & Go scheme.

Bangkok Post · Feb 2, 2022

Test & Go gets off to good start

More than 23,000 travellers registered for entry under the Test & Go programme on Tuesday, the first day the suspended travel scheme resumed.

Bangkok Post · Feb 2, 2022

Test & Go lures travellers

Some 2,500 passengers from 46 flights arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport on the first day of the resumption of the Test & Go scheme on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Feb 1, 2022

Get serious on tracing

Today, the government officially restarted the "Test & Go" scheme, a quarantine waiver programme for international visitors which was first launched in November last year

Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2022

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Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2022

Test & Go restarts for travellers

The "Test & Go" programme for fully vaccinated travellers resumes on Wednesday with travellers required to take an extra RT-PCR test on the fifth day of arriving and to wait for the test result at their hotel or face tough legal consequences.

Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2022

Test & Go receives cautious welcome

After being disrupted by the fifth wave of coronavirus for more than a month, the quarantine-free Test & Go scheme for vaccinated tourists is reinstated on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2022

Test & Go visitors need two hotel bookings

Visitors who arrive by air under the Test & Go programme, which resumes on Tuesday, will have to book hotel accommodation twice for two Covid-19 tests.

Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2022

Test & Go visitors must make two hotel bookings

Visitors who arrive by air under the Test & Go programme, which resumes on Tuesday, will have to book hotel accommodation twice for two mandatory Covid-19 tests, and comply with disease controls, or face legal action, a government spokesman said on Monday.

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Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2022

Airport staff to get fourth shot as Test & Go resumes

All 25,000 Suvarnabhumi airport staff are expected to get their fourth Covid-19 vaccine shots by the end of next month as Thailand resumes its "Test & Go" quarantine waiver scheme for inoculated travellers on Feb 1, airport director Kittipong Kittikachorn said.

Bangkok Post · Jan 30, 2022

All Suvarnabhumi staff to get 4th Covid jab by end of February

All 25,000 Suvarnabhumi airport staff are expected to get their fourth vaccination against Covid-19 by the end of February, as Thailand prepares to resume the 'Test & Go' quarantine waiver for vaccinated arrivals from Feb 1, airport director Kittipong Kittikachorn said in a press release.

Bangkok Post · Jan 28, 2022

Test & Go's return gets early test

With more than 465,000 tourists expected at Suvarnabhumi airport between Jan 26 and Feb 7, during the Chinese New Year festivities, the government says it is fully prepared for the resumption of the Test & Go scheme this Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Jan 25, 2022

Test & Go a fillip for Thai tourism

Following an improvement in Thai tourism during the festive season in December, the industry faced a rocky start to the New Year due to the rise of Omicron, the highly transmissible Covid-19 variant.

Bangkok Post · Jan 24, 2022

How much is too much?

After the government approved the resumption of the Test & Go programme starting next week signalling a strong desire to restore the country's tourism and overall economy, the Ministry of Public Health also proposed a vaccination programme, focusing on the 10 tourism and high-risk provinces where a fourth Covid-19 jab…

Bangkok Post · Jan 20, 2022

Tourism groups urge PCR price cut

Tourism operators want the government to reduce the cost of RT-PCR tests as all inbound travellers now must take two tests and book a hotel on the fifth day as part of new rules under the Test & Go scheme, effective from Feb 1.

Bangkok Post · Jan 20, 2022

Tourism trade wants test price cut

Tourism operators want the government to reduce the cost of a RT-PCR test as all inbound travellers have to bear a higher cost from undergoing two tests and an additional compulsory hotel booking on the fifth day due to a new rule under the Test & Go scheme, effective from…

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