Thailand lifts vaccination requirement for tourists

The Ministry of HEALTH of the Kingdom announced that the requirement for mandatory vaccination or a certificate of illness to enter the country, which began to operate today,canceled

Thailand has waived the vaccination certificate requirement for everyone entering the country, according to the SCMP. The restriction, introduced amid the outbreak of covid-19 in CHINA, was formally in effect for less than a day.

Thai Health Minister Anuthin Charnvirakul denounced the message of restrictions issued by the Ministry of Transport and said that entry into the country would remain open to everyone.

As reported by the Ministry of Transport of the kingdom, from January 9 and at least until the end of the month, passengers flying to Thailand were required to present certificates of vaccination against COVID-19 when boarding a flight or a certificate of the disease. The same requirement was in effect in Thailand during the CORONAVIRUS pandemic, but in October 2022 it was canceled.

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“Showing a certificate of vaccination would be cumbersome and inconvenient, so the panel [of experts] decided that it was not necessary,” Charnvirakul said.

Anutin explained that Thailand now expects 7 to 10 million Chinese tourists, compared with earlier forecasts of 5 million. The influx of visitors from China , as expected by the Thai authorities, will help the country's tourism industry, which was hit hard during the pandemic.

“This is a good sign for Thailand's tourism sector…the country's economy will recover quickly. After being devastated by COVID-19 for the past three years,” the minister said.

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New coronavirus entry restrictions around the world began to be introduced against the backdrop of a rapid increase in the incidence in China, where the authorities decided to abandon the policy of “zero tolerance” for the coronavirus and lifted most of the pandemic bans. In particular, the terms of quarantine for the sick were reduced, quarantine measures were canceled in entire regions of the country, and the requirements for mandatory hospitalization for asymptomatic patients were lifted. By the beginning of this year, 14 countries had introduced mandatory testing for travelers from China.