Hoteliers in Phuket are preparing to offer hotel isolation for asymptomatic guests to keep the island’s reopening operational despite a spike in Omicron infections as more guests refuse to pay for pricey hospital beds. Kongsak Khoopongsakorn, president of the Thai Hotels Association’s southern chapter, said hoteliers face obstacles in transferring their guests to hospitals. Some […]
Phuket’s Public Health Office is urging tourism business operators on the island to strictly comply with Covid-19 control measures, particularly the regular use of antigen test kits (ATKs) to screen for possible cases, after 144 Omicron variant infections were detected in the province. Koosak Kookiatkul, the island’s public health chief, urged businesses to keep their […]
PHUKET: A family holiday to Phuket has left a 17-year-old trapped in a hotel room for five days waiting for confirmation on whether or not he is a ‘Green’ COVID patient and allowed to move to a room next door to his father and brother at a ‘quarantine hotel’, or whether he will be admitted […]
PHUKET (NNT) – Phuket has been preparing for its New Year’s countdown event, with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli officially confirmed to appear on stage for the celebration. Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn announced Bocelli’s participation in the “Amazing Thailand Countdown 2022, Amazing New Chapters @Phuket” event beginning at 8 p.m. at Saphan Hin, with […]
The suspension of the “Test & Go” scheme could affect foreign tourists arriving in Phuket via its sandbox scheme, the island’s tourist association said on Wednesday. Under Test & Go, fully vaccinated visitors from 63 countries and territories were exempt from quarantine and required to spend just a single night at a hotel that passed […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that foreign visitors can still gain entry into Thailand under the Phuket Sandbox scheme and by using Alternative Quarantine (AQ) services after the Thailand Pass system was suspended. The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) recently announced that it was suspending the Test & Go […]
PHUKET: ISCO Region 4, the military oversight organisation for all of Southern Thailand, has intervened over a Thai woman tourist arriving at a restaurant in Phuket to enjoy a meal with friends being confronted and intimidated by a drunk parking attendant. The issue arose after the tourist posted a video on social media yesterday (Dec […]
The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) in cooperation with the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Phuket Office and the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (Public Organization) recently organized a familiarization trip joined by members of Thailand’s diplomatic corps including ambassadors and chargé d’affaires representing 11 states. The diplomats were treated to an impressive warm welcome at Phuket […]
