Tour boat owner Somsak Betlao wades in shore in the shallow waters of Patong Beach on Phuket province, southern Thailand, June 28, 2021. AP PHUKET, Thailand— Somsak Betlao covered the outboard motor ...

PHUKET – Thailand embarked on an ambitious but risky plan Thursday that it hopes will breathe new life into a tourism industry devastated by the pandemic, opening the popular resort island of Phuket ...

PHUKET, ThailandPHUKET, Thailand — Starting Thursday, Thailand will welcome back international visitors — as long as they are vaccinated — to its famous southern resort island of Phuket without having ...

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International visitors who've been vaccinated can visit Phuket, Thailand, starting from July 1 without having to undergo quarantine, but they need to be tested for COVID-19 at the airport. This story ...

PHUKET, Thailand, July 3 (Reuters) - Newly arrived overseas tourists on Thailand's island of Phuket were able to roam free without quarantine on Friday for the first time in more than a year, as ...

Authorities in Thailand are moving forward with a plan to re-open tourist hotspot Phuket on July 1, a part of the country’s larger efforts to counter the effects of COVID-19 in the second half of 2021 ...

Phuket, a resort island where vaccinated people who test negative for the coronavirus can roam freely, is starting to see some life return to its tourism industry. The “Phuket Sandbox” program has so ...

PHUKET, ThailandPHUKET, Thailand — Somsak Betlao covered the outboard motor on his traditional wooden longtail boat with a tarp, wrapping up another day on Phuket’s Patong beach where not a single ...

PHUKET – Starting Thursday, Thailand will welcome back international visitors — as long as they are vaccinated — to its famous southern resort island of Phuket without having to be cooped up in a ...