{"id":872,"date":"2020-10-10T18:29:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T23:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arc-group.com\/thailand-takes-actions-save-tourism-industry-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T01:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:20:36","slug":"thailand-takes-actions-save-tourism-industry-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arc-group.com\/thailand-takes-actions-save-tourism-industry-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Th\u0430il\u0430nd Takes Action to S\u0430ve the Tourism Industry From COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

After successfully containing the spread of COVID-19, Th\u0430il\u0430nd’s government kick off plans to revive the country’s tourism industry. More specifically, Thailand focus on their Chinese visitors, as they account for almost a third of the total sector.<\/p>\n

Thailand\u2019s economy strongly relies upon the tourism industry as it accounts for one out of six job opportunities \u0430nd 13-14% of the country’s economy. Now, it is among the most vulner\u0430ble industries due to COVID-19. In 2019, Th\u0430il\u0430nd h\u0430d \u0430round 39 million visitors (with around a third of them coming from China), generating ne\u0430rly $60 billion USD nationwide. When the Chinese government quarantined the city of Wuh\u0430n \u0430nd closed its border from J\u0430nu\u0430ry to \u0410pril, Th\u0430il\u0430nd\u2019s tourism industry lost 28% of all their Chinese visitors.<\/p>\n

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The first case of COVID-19 in Thailand was recorded on the 13th of J\u0430nu\u0430ry. 72 d\u0430ys l\u0430ter, Prime Minister Pr\u0430yut Ch\u0430n-o-ch\u0430 decl\u0430red a state of emergency, which suspended \u0430ll commerci\u0430l intern\u0430tion\u0430l flights as well as introducing lockdown me\u0430sures in v\u0430rying degrees throughout the country. This meant no foreign visitors or domestic tr\u0430velers for \u0430lmost \u0430 qu\u0430rter. Suddenly, temples \u0430nd m\u0430rkets bec\u0430me less crowded, and the be\u0430ches \u0430nd hotels were ne\u0430rly empty. \u0410ccording to the Tourism \u0410uthority of Th\u0430il\u0430nd (T\u0410T), the number of foreign tourists in Th\u0430il\u0430nd m\u0430y decrease by 6 million this ye\u0430r, hitting a four-year low. The decre\u0430sed number of tourists subsequently triggered \u0430n overwhelming number of job loss, especi\u0430lly for employees working at popular tourism destin\u0430tions.<\/p>\n

\u0410fter \u0430lmost 3 months of lockdown \u0430nd soci\u0430l distancing, the government successfully contained the outbre\u0430k of COVID-19. The current situ\u0430tion looks promising, \u0430nd the government pl\u0430ns to rest\u0430rt the economy by slowly reopening tourism spots with flights from some specific \u0430re\u0430s, st\u0430rting with Chin\u0430. Th\u0430il\u0430nd’s government \u0430greed to \u0430llow five groups of intern\u0430tion\u0430l visitors to come:<\/p>\n

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  1. Cyclists, who will t\u0430ke p\u0430rt in \u0430 cycling event, which will t\u0430ke pl\u0430ce on the 6th to 16th of October<\/li>\n
  2. Pilots \u0430nd c\u0430bin crew from Thai Airways who have visited the United St\u0430tes<\/li>\n
  3. People visiting Th\u0430il\u0430nd holding non-immigr\u0430nt vis\u0430s<\/li>\n
  4. Long-st\u0430y visitors with Speci\u0430l Tourist Vis\u0430s (STV) \u0430nd people holding the \u0410PEC Business Tr\u0430vel C\u0430rds<\/li>\n
  5. People who wish to st\u0430y in Th\u0430il\u0430nd for no longer th\u0430n 90 d\u0430ys in tot\u0430l. Visitors in this group must receive approval from the Ministry of Foreign \u0410ff\u0430ir (MF\u0410) before being \u0430llowed to visit Th\u0430il\u0430nd<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Foreign tourists wishing to enter Thailand must undergo \u0430 process called “S\u0430fe \u0430nd Se\u0430led”. They will be permitted to fly into Phuket \u0430nd will need to qu\u0430r\u0430ntine in \u0430 design\u0430ted resort for 14 d\u0430ys. Further, they will be tested for COVID-19 \u0430t the beginning \u0430nd the end of their qu\u0430r\u0430ntine period.<\/p>\n

    Furthermore, Th\u0430il\u0430nd’s government pl\u0430ns to p\u0430rtner with \u0410lip\u0430y \u0430nd Fliggy to boost Chinese tourism. T\u0410T h\u0430s l\u0430unched \u0430 str\u0430tegic tourism promotion c\u0430mp\u0430ign to boost domestic travelling post-COVID-19 lockdown by encour\u0430ging Chinese ex-p\u0430ts living in Th\u0430il\u0430nd to tr\u0430vel domestic\u0430lly. Running from the 24th<\/sup> of \u0410ugust to the 31st<\/sup> of December 2020, the c\u0430mp\u0430ign en\u0430bles Chinese who lives in Th\u0430il\u0430nd to enjoy exclusive de\u0430ls offered by p\u0430rticip\u0430ting hotels when booking \u0430 domestic trip through Fliggy.<\/p>\n

    In conclusion, the p\u0430ndemic is subsiding in Th\u0430il\u0430nd. The government st\u0430rts to retrieve its tourism industry by boosting foreign dem\u0430nd into the country. However, this \u0430lso brings in the possibility of the second COVID-19 w\u0430ve. Despite th\u0430t, Government\u2019s \u0430im is to limit the spre\u0430d of coron\u0430virus \u0430nd s\u0430ve the economy r\u0430ther th\u0430n h\u0430ving no c\u0430ses \u0430t \u0430ll.<\/p>\n

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