Thailand Travels on the Road to Recovery as COVID-19 Entry Restrictions Lift

As reported on the Phuket News on the 25^th of June 2022, luxury hotels in Phuket have been delighted as tourism barriers were lifted for travelling to resume as normally as possible. This in turn has resulted in a significant inflow of tourists to hotels like Anantara Layan Phuket Resort, which had been eagerly anticipating the arrival of their guests for the past two years since the pandemic took a toll on many industries, tourism being one of the most affected.

As the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) in Thailand announced on the 17^th of June 2022, travellers were no longer required to carry the Thailand Certificate Pass of Entry. While the country welcomed 40 million travellers in 2019, the number fell to less than 1% of that amount due to the pandemic, which was a massive loss to an industry that contributes to 12% of Thailand’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and therefore, the relaxation of entry barriers will be the first step to the country’s road to recovery.