Thailand tostarttaking in fully vaccinated visitors from 17 more countries

Published on : Monday, November 1, 2021

Thailand will start admitting fully vaccinated visitors from 17 more countries without any requirement of quarantine, increasing the number of countries on the approved list to 63.

On Oct 21, the Thai government issued an announcement for permitting fully vaccinated travelers from 63 countries and territories to enter the kingdom without any quarantine from Monday, expecting travelers to pass a Covid-19 test upon landing in Thailand.

The countries included in the approved list are Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bhutan, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.

As per a new announcement signed by permanent secretary for foreign affairs, ThaniThongphakdi, the new 17 countries not requiring quarantineare India, Taiwan, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Croatia, Indonesia, Kuwait, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Romania, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Luxembourg.

Fully vaccinated visitors from other countries will also be allowed to enter, via a tourism sandbox programme which is currently in place in 17 provinces. They will be required to quarantine for an entire week before being able to travel to other parts of Thailand.

Tourists who aren’t vaccinated or not fully vaccinated will now have to quarantine at a hotel for 10 days.

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