Phuket - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on Phuket at Lokmat Times

Bangkok, July 17 Thailand plans to further tighten social distancing rules as the current measures have failed to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus, with the daily cases hitting a new high.The Centre for the Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported a new daily record of 9,692 new cases and 67 more deaths on Friday, taking the total number of infections to 381,907 and 3,099 fatalities, reports Xinhua news agency.Five days after the semi-lockdown measures have been in effect in Thailand's worst-affected provinces, the number of cases continued to rise sharply.Tougher measures such as the closure of more businesses and public mobility restrictions have been planned to tackle the current situation, CCSA spokeswoman Apisamai Srirangsan told a daily briefing on Friday.Thailand is now facing a threat of a more contagious Delta variant while lagging behind in the vaccination rollout.As of Thursday, less than 5 per cent of its 70 million population have been fully vaccinated in the country's plan to inoculate 70 per cent of its population by the end of this year.Despite the worsening Covid-19 situation nationwide, the popular tourist island Phuket will likely to see more foreign visitors than earlier forecast under the Phuket Sandbox, a pilot tourism reopening project that Thailand bets on to save its tourist-reliant economy.Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)'s Phuket Office director Nanthasiri Ronsiri said on Thursday that a total of 5,473 foreign tourists have so far visited Phuket since July 1, generating some 190 million baht ($5 million U.S. dollars) in tourism-related income.More tourist islands including Ko Samui have opened to fully vaccinated local and foreign visitors since Thursday.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

PhuketFOLLOW

Phuket, Latest News

Never before has the escape of travel and discovery - particularly one offering the gentle balm of sun, sand and sea - been quite so appealing as it is right now. ...

Bangkok, Oct 12 Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has announced a plan to allow fully-vaccinated visitors from "low ... ...

Bangkok, Sep 11 Thailand is mulling on new tourism incentives to revive its Covid-19 pandemic-battered economy, betting on ... ...

Bangkok, Aug 23 More than a year and a half since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, Thailand's tourism ... ...

Bangkok, July 31 Thailand's plan to reopen the country in mid October is going ahead despite a surge ... ...

Bangkok, July 23 Thailand is considering to unveil an "island hopping" tourism program, allowing quarantine-free foreign travellers arriving ... ...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore with its strategic location, excellent air connectivity and world-class air and sea ports, was seeing explosive growth in its cruise industry propelled by rising number of cruise passengers particularly from Ch ...

Bangkok, July 17 Thailand plans to further tighten social distancing rules as the current measures have failed to ... ...