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Summer vacation 2021: The heavenly travel destination overturns the quarantine obligation on July 1st

2021-06-09T23:35:06.754Z


With the beginning of summer, there are more and more holiday destinations to choose from. The Thai holiday island of Phuket also wants to receive guests again. The quarantine obligation should therefore be dropped - at least for vaccinated people.


With the beginning of summer, there are more and more holiday destinations to choose from.

The Thai holiday island of Phuket also wants to receive guests again.

The quarantine obligation should therefore be dropped - at least for vaccinated people.

The countdown for the reopening of the popular Thai holiday island Phuket is running: From July 1, tourists vaccinated against corona should be able to relax on the island again without quarantine *.

Thailand vacation from July: 70 percent of the residents are said to be vaccinated to reopen

After seven days, they can then travel to other parts of the country.

Despite high corona numbers in many regions of the Southeast Asian country, the Tourist Office (TAT) wants to stick to the

opening of Phuket,

according to a message

.

Several airlines have announced that they want to offer direct flights to Phuket again.

The plan is to vaccinate 70 percent of the approximately 460,000 inhabitants of the island against Sars-CoV-2 by the time it reopens in order


to achieve herd immunity.

About 56 percent of the population is now vaccinated, it said.

It is still unclear when the rest of the country will be able to reopen to international tourism.

The tourism authority recently announced that the important sector, which previously made up one fifth of Thailand's economy, may not fully recover from the crisis for five years.

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Tourism industry in Thailand in crisis due to corona pandemic

Known for its beaches, jungles and temples, Thailand received almost 40 million visitors in 2019.

Since the government closed the borders in March 2020 because of the virus,

the vacation industry has been on the ground

.

The authorities are therefore eagerly watching the planned opening of the model region Phuket.

Thailand has long been considered a model country in the fight against the pandemic, but is currently experiencing its worst wave to date.

(dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

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