The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) wants the Thailand Pass scheme to be scrapped as of June 1, in order to receive an additional 2 million tourists. It will help Thailand to welcome some 10 million tourists this year.
Going to Thailand as an unvaccinated person?
If you want to enter Thailand as an unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated person, is that possible? And what steps should be taken?
Can the saved data of the Thailand Pass be used more often?
I think I read somewhere that the data for the Thailand Pass can be used more often. I traveled to Thailand in December with a Thailand Pass, now I'm going again in June. Do I have to upload all data again or will the old data be kept and can I use it again?
Vaccination certificate has expired, will this cause problems with the Thailand Pass application?
Next week I want to apply for my Thailand Pass, but my first vaccination certificate (16/04/2021) has expired. I do have the QR code of my 2nd (06/07/2021) and 3rd (18/10/2021) vaccination as well as a recovery QR code. (15/03/2022).
Thai authorities yesterday approved the termination of the PCR testing requirement for international arrivals from May 1, 2022. Two new entry regimes have also been introduced, specifically adapted for vaccinated and unvaccinated travellers.
The Thailand Pass website https://tp.consular.go.th/home has just been updated with the news that they will be accepting applications from April 29 under the new rules which will come into effect on May 1.
The Test & Go program for vaccinated travelers who want to go to Thailand for a holiday will expire on May 1. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced this today.
Good news for Thailand visitors who are looking for an English-language insurance statement for the Thailand Pass of at least US $ 20.000 for the duration of their stay in Thailand.
Thailand Pass now more flexible: valid 7 days earlier or later than original entry date
On the Thailand Pass website (https://tp.consular.go.th) you can now read that you can use a Thailand Pass a lot more flexibly. You can now use an approved Thailand Pass QR code to enter Thailand on a different date.
I read here that there are all kinds of wild plans to abolish the Thailand Pass and Test & Go, possibly as of May 1. But when will something like this become definitively known? In the last week of April?
Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has submitted a proposal to the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to abolish the Test & Go scheme and the Thailand Pass in order to boost tourism.
Antigen test on arrival in Thailand is good news, isn't it?
I read that from May (probably) only an antigen test or rapid test will be taken at the airport. I think that is very good news because the chance that you test positive is still very small. Because I understand that those antigen tests are not very pure and give negative rather than false positive. Or am I making a mistake now?
Book now for a trip in May which Thailand Pass rules apply?
My wife (Thai) now wants to book for a flight to her family in Thailand in early May. what rules for the Thailand Pass will she now fall under? April or May?
'From May 1, entry rules to Thailand will be relaxed: Only antigen test (rapid test) on arrival'
As it now looks like, for foreign visitors, the PCR test with mandatory hotel booking for 1 day will disappear as of May 1.
To Koh Samui with KLM?
I am flying to Samui over Bangkok on April 23 with KLM. This has been booked as 1 booking. Is it true that I can just make this trip and then enter the Test & Go program from Samui via my hotel? Or do I have to stay in Bangkok for 1 night and continue from there?
William Heinecke: 'Thai government must end all travel restrictions before June 1 to save economy'
Thai hospitality and hotel tycoon William Heinecke is once again urging the Thai government to drop all Covid travel restrictions before the tentative June 1 date to save the economy before it is too late, said the founder of Minor International (MINT). ).
The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration confirmed on Thursday that travelers arriving in Thailand will no longer require a negative Covid-1 test statement when entering Thailand from April 19. It is now also in the Royal Gazette.