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Added on the 28/08/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
The first batch of travellers arrive at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport as Thailand reboots its tourism industry after 18 months of Covid curbs. The coronavirus pandemic hammered the kingdom's tourism-reliant economy, which last year saw its worst performance since the 1997 Asian financial crisis with arrivals down more than 80 percent. Thai authorities have given the green light to vaccinated tourists from more than 60 "low-risk" countries to skip hotel quarantine -- providing the sector a much-needed lifeline. IMAGES
The first international travellers arrive in Thai holiday destination Phuket on a quarantine-free scheme as the country tries to reboot its depleted tourism industry despite enduring its worst virus outbreak. IMAGES
Bangkok, Apr 5 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand will prioritize anti-Covid-19 vaccination for Phuket Island residents before the popular tourist destination reopens for foreigners from July.The pilot project to inoculate more than 525,000 Phuket residents aims to create a bubble within the country to revive the tourism sector hit hard by the pandemic.The sector accounted for 12-20 percent of Thailand's GDP before the country shut its borders in March 2020. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: THAI NATIONALS VISIT THE TEMPLE OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA ON THE COMPOUND OF THE GRAND PALACE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Phuket, Mar 26 (EFE/EPA).- Foreigners inoculated against the coronavirus can holiday on the resort island of Phuket from July 1 without quarantine requirements, Thai authorities said Friday.Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, told reporters that the popular beach destination would be used as an experiment for the quarantine-free model before the country was fully reopened for foreign tourists. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF PHUKET ISLAND AND PHUKET INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THAILAND.
Quito, Mar 24 (EFE).- (Camera: Juan Francisco Chávez) Surrounded by valleys and mountains, the Ecuadorian capital has turned to rural, sustainable, and solidarity tourism to offer, in times of pandemic, wide natural spaces, open-air and adventure under strict biosafety protocols.FOOTAGE OF "LA CAMPIÑA".SOUNDBITES OF ANDRÉS RODRÍGUEZ MANAGER OF "LA CAMPIÑA":"Here people come to focus, to relax, to share as a family or as a couple. They talk again, they talk to each other again, they put their cell phones aside and they once again have that special connection that they used to have with those people."
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