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  • Phuket NewsPhuket tourism operators more hopeful after Sputnik approval

    Phuket tourism operators more hopeful after Sputnik approval

    Phuket’s tourism operators are feeling slightly more confident about the last quarter of the year, following the approval of the Sputnik V vaccine. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration has added the Russian vaccine to the list of vaccines that will be accepted when granting entry to foreign tourists arriving through the Phuket’s sandbox scheme. Thailand’s tourism sector has taken…

  • Tourism NewsCCSA approves Sputnik vaccine, allowing Russian Sandboxers

    CCSA approves Sputnik vaccine, allowing Russian Sandboxers

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration quietly okayed the Russian Sputnik vaccine as one of the accepted vaccine brands for international travellers entering Sandbox destinations in Thailand. The vaccine had previously failed to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration for import and use in Thailand. The Department of Disease Control is now expected to approve the order from…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket Sandbox looking ahead to Russian, UK travellers

    Phuket Sandbox looking ahead to Russian, UK travellers

    While the daily rollercoaster ride of the Phuket Sandbox tourist launch, with the jump from 7 to 14 days, the last-minute approval, the problems getting a Certificate of Entry, and the few cases of Covid-19 infections, it’s easy to overlook the forest for the trees. But if viewed not as a full reopening to the pre-Covid-19 heydays but rather as…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | STV updates, fuel tanker explodes, 19 dead in Viet typhoon | October 29

    Thailand News Today | STV updates, fuel tanker explodes, 19 dead in Viet typhoon | October 29

    Daily TV news, in English. Everything you need to know in around 5 minutes. Keep up to date on The Thaiger. “Pattaya Model” to focus on Special Tourist Visa visitors from China and Russia Firstly the Phuket Model, now the Pattaya Model as the eastern seaboard city wants to cash in on the new Special Tourist Visa scheme to help…