Vaccinated visitors can enter Thailand without having to do quarantine from Nov 1, 2021.
National Address of the Prime Minister of Thailand “THAILAND WILL WELCOME QUARANTINE-FREE VISITORS” Monday 11 October 2021
HIGHLIGHTS
FROM 1 NOVEMBER 2021 "Vaccinated tourists from 10 countries can enter Thailand without having to do quarantine ”
"Vaccinated visitors will need to do is to show that they are COVID-free at their time of travel with an RT-PCR test undertaken before they leave their home country, and do a test in Thailand, after which they will be free to move around Thailand in the same way that any Thai citizen can do."
FROM 1 DECEMBER 2021
“ We will also consider allowing the consumption of alcoholic beverages in restaurants as well as the operation of entertainment venues under appropriate health precautions to support the revitalization of the tourism and leisure sectors, especially as we approach the new year period.”
STARTING WITH 10 LOW-RISK COUNTRIES
“ Initially, we will begin with at least 10 countries on our low-risk, no-quarantine list, including the United Kingdom, Singapore, Germany, China, and the United States of America, and enlarge that list by 1st December, and, by 1st of January, move to a very extensive list.”
QUARANTINE FREE ARRIVALS WITHIN 120 DAYS
“I would like to recognize the extraordinary achievements of our public health workers, other officials, and all citizens for their response to my appeal in June to ready the country for quarantine-free arrivals within 120 days.”
INCREASING OUR SUPPLIES OF VACCINE
“After we adopted the 120-day goal, extraordinary efforts were made to increase our supply of vaccines, and deliveries jumped threefold, from around 4 million doses in May to almost 12 million arriving in July, then almost 14 million arriving in August, and now running at over 20 million a month until the end of the year, totaling over 170 million doses, far ahead of the goals I had set.”
CURRENT COVID-19 VACCINATION SITUATION IN THAILAND
“ Currently, they have frequently been administering more than 700,000 shots a day, and sometimes even exceeding one million shots a day.”
IT’S TIME TO LIVE WITH COVID-19
“ The time has come for us to ready ourselves to face the coronavirus and live with it as with other endemic infections and diseases, much as we have learned to live with other diseases with treatments and vaccinations. ”
YEAR-END OPPORTUNITIES
“ We must act quickly but still cautiously, and not miss the opportunity to entice some of the year-end and new year holiday season travelers during the next few months to support the many millions of people whoearn a living from our tourism, travel, and entertainment sectors as well as the many other related sectors.”
