The Thai government expects air traffic to Thailand to increase significantly after the lifting of the Test & Go requirements. The hope is for the number of take-offs and landings at the country's airports to double by the end of this year.
The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will make a decision on Friday about any further relaxation of the Covid entry conditions. A shorter quarantine period for unvaccinated foreign tourists and changes to testing policy are on the table.
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.
Thai influencer complains about chaos at Suvarnabhumi airport with arriving foreign tourists
Well-known Thai influencer Aticharn, alias “Au Spin9”, laments the chaos he saw at Suvarnabhumi Airport when foreign tourists arriving under the Test & Go program stood lost and helpless looking around.
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?
Who is the Sandbox program for?
My wife and I want to fly to Bangkok around April 20 and fly on after about 10 days to see our daughter there after almost 2 years. When I look up information about the entry conditions of Thailand, I read that there is a Test and Go program with 1 mandatory SHA+ booking (incl. PCR test) and a Sandbox program with a mandatory 5-day stay. If I test negative at Test & Go on arrival, can I still go wherever I want? So who is the Sandbox program for?
Relaxations Test & Go: No PCR test on departure to Thailand and no PCR test on arrival in May, but ATK
As of April 1, Thailand will stop the mandatory PCR test (not older than 72 hours), which you must take in Belgium or the Netherlands before departure to Thailand. As of May 1, they also want to stop the mandatory hotel booking for 1 day and the PCR test will then be replaced by an ATK test. This is taken at the airport.
Is anything known about the entry rules for Thailand as of April? I understand they are going to see if the Covid entry rules can be scaled down every month? Has anyone here heard or read anything about this?
Test & Go: self-test on day 5, how does that work?
Are there people who have experience with the self-test on the fifth day after the (negative) PCR test on the day of arrival. Do you receive the self-test on arrival or do you have to bring it yourself?
And how is this registered? Do you have to upload this yourself in the Morchana app? How do you prove that that self-test is yours?
To Thailand with a corona recovery certificate
I have a question about Test and Go. Currently I have corona. I wanted to fly to Thailand in early April. I understand that you can test positive for corona long after recovery from corona.
Test & Go: Is there a time limit for vaccinations?
We would like to return to Thailand in May. Am I right that 2 vaccinations are enough to enter the country via Test & Go? And is there a time limit after the last vaccination?
Test & Go package or book separately?
I want to fly to Bangkok with my family during the summer holidays to do a tour from there. Now I'm wondering with the Test & Go if I need to buy some sort of package? Or that I can also book the SHA++ hotel “separately”? And this hotel can email for a transfer with RT-PCR test?
I feel that the Test & Go packages I find are quite expensive.
With the new rules as of March 1, can you now book a ticket Ams – Cnx (immediate travel)? Or are you obliged to spend the 1st night in BKK?
Thailand Pass: Test & Go as of March 1, 2022
Enclosed information and an infographic released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the revised measures for the Test & Go program that starts on March 1.
Update relaxation of entry rules Test & Go: Travel from 1 March = no 2nd test necessary
Travelers who received their Thailand Pass before March and travel from March 1 are entitled to an exception, according to Richard Barrow*.
Please clarify for the Thailand lover (reader's submission)
Recently I left for Thailand with my wife with many questions about the Test and Go program.
Thailand relaxes the Test & Go entry conditions as of March 1: 2nd PCR test expires
As of March 1, Thailand will relax the Test & Go entry conditions for travelers entering the country by air, land and water. It is no longer necessary to book a hotel with a PCR test before the 5th day. Instead, there will be a self-test that the traveler can use. The insurance requirement for medical insurance will also be reduced from $50.000 to $20.000.