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The Public Health Ministry is giving serious thought to keeping real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests mandatory for foreign arrivals to prevent the spread of the new Omicron variant.

Some 604 days after the Trump administration shut U.S. borders, a majority of international travelers are once again welcome.

Suvarnabhumi Airport has welcomed 2,424 incoming passengers travelling on 40 international flights on Monday (November 1), the first day of the government’s plan to reopen selected provinces to revive the country’s tourism industry.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Royal Thai Consulate General posted updated regulations on the quarantine period for foreign visitors to Thailand, effective from October 1.

Nearly three months ago, Thailand launched its pilot programme to reopen selected destinations to vaccinated foreign tourists without quarantine.

The personal details of more than 106 million international travellers to Thailand were exposed on the web without a password last month, Comparitech researchers report. The database included full names, passport numbers, arrival dates, and more.

Phuket Public Health Office has said that those who wish to enter the province must provide a vaccination certificate of two doses or a Covid-free certificate.

With the increase of foreign travellers arriving in Japan, the Japan Tourism Agency has asked an insurance company to develop a travel insurance for short-term visitors.

WITH THE Asean Economic Community having begun at the start of the year, Thailand has stepped up scrutiny of foreigners in the country and is ready to blacklist any overstayers, a source said.