Thailand has received more than 100,000 international visitors after exempting quarantine for fully-vaccinated visitors this month, with the monthly arrivals equaling the combined number of the first 10 months of the year, an official said Friday.
To attract tourist arrivals, the country will further ease entry requirements for fully-vaccinated international travellers on Dec. 1 by replacing the on-arrival RT-PCR test with a much cheaper and faster antigen test, according to Natapanu Nopakun, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Currently, international travellers, who arrived from 63 designated low-risk countries and regions and have passed an RT-PCT test within 72 hours prior to arrival, could enter Thailand without mandatory quarantine but need to undergo another RT-PCT test upon arrival and be confined to their hotel room until the test results are received.
With the adjustment of entry requirements, announced Friday by the Center for…