17 more countries added to (almost) no quarantine list in Thailand
Late last night, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced an amendment to the list of countries that can enter Thailand without quarantine starting tomorrow, adding 17 new countries to the list of 46 countries and territories. (But even fully vaccinated travellers will have to spend one night in an SHA+ or ASQ hotel as they wait for their test result).
After rallying from country nationals and hopeful tourism industry advocates including the Tourism Authority of Thailand, India has been added to the list, along several Asian neighbours like Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
The announcement was made, saying the Covid-19 situation was assessed and the decision was made to expand the Test & Go program that allows fully vaccinated travellers from approved low-risk companies to enter Thailand without quarantine, aside from 1 one night SHA+ or AQ hotel stay while awaiting the results of their RT-PCR Covid-19 test.
“With further consideration into the current global situation of the spread of the Covid-19 virus in parallel with health and socio-economic parameters, a revision of the countries and territories permitted to enter the Kingdom of Thailand for individuals under category (13) was undertaken.”
The list of additional countries are as follows:
- Croatia
- India
- Indonesia
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Luxembourg
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Oman
- Philippines
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Vietnam
These will join the original 46 countries to make 63 countries allowed to enter without quarantine starting tomorrow. 7,000 international arrivals have been predicted tomorrow in Bangkok, while confusion over the transition from the certificate of entry to the Thailand Pass that launches at 9 am tomorrow may slow initial reentry though. Many are still lamenting that alcohol will not be allowed in most areas, though a new Blue Zone of Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi, and Phang Nga will be allowed to sell drinks in restaurants.
The full list of countries permitted without quarantine as of tomorrow:
| 1. Australia 2. Austria 3. Bahrain 4. Belgium 5. Bhutan 6. Brunei Darussalam 7. Bulgaria 8. Cambodia 9. Canada 10. Chile 11. China 12. Croatia 13. Cyprus 14. Czech Republic 15. Denmark 16. Estonia 17. Finland 18. France 19. Germany 20. Greece 21. Hong Kong 22. Hungary 23. Iceland 24. India 25. Indonesia 26. Ireland 27. Israel 28. Italy 29. Japan 30. Kuwait 31. Laos 32. Latvia | 33. Lithuania 34. Luxembourg 35. Malaysia 36. Maldives 37. Malta 38. Mongolia 39. Myanmar 40. Nepal 41. Netherlands 42. New Zealand 43. Norway 44. Oman 45. Philippines 46. Poland 47. Portugal 48. Qatar 49. Romania 50. Saudi Arabia 51. Singapore 52. Slovakia 53. Slovenia 54. South Korea 55. Spain 56. Sri Lanka 57. Sweden 58. Switzerland 59. Taiwan 60. United Arab Emirates 61. United Kingdom 62. United States 63. Vietnam |
SOURCE: The Pattaya News
