Kasikorn Research Centre has slashed its forecast for foreign arrivals before the end of this year to just 150,000, from its previous forecast of 250,000-650,000.

Fully vaccinated domestic travellers will be able to visit Phuket from September 8, when the island will lift its lockdown.

Interprovincial buses began operating again from Bangkok on Wednesday (September 1) after the service was shut down for a month due to the Delta outbreak. The service is a vital link between Bangkok’s army of migrant workers and their hometowns upcountry.

Koh Larn has reopened to visitors with anti-Covid restrictions but without the need to show proof of vaccine or negative test.

Air-conditioned eateries can use up to 50% of their seating capacities and those without air-conditioning can allow dining-in on up to 75% of their seats.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has provided an update on domestic travel by air, bus, train and boat following the government’s latest announcement allowing the resumption of interprovincial travel between the 29 dark-red zone provinces and other areas from today, September 1.

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The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is operating a free Covid-19 test service at the government complex in Chaeng Watthana targeting people in service sectors such as restaurants, massage shops and hair salons.

People in dark-red zones will not need to be fully vaccinated and/or pass a Covid-19 test to dine in at eateries and restaurants in dark-red zones, according to the latest announcement in the Royal Gazette.

The reopening of restaurants to dine-in customers will help restaurateurs recover about 50 percent of normal income while the government still has to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the Thai and migrant workers, as soon as possible, said Thai Restaurant Association.

Over the past 24 hours on Monday, Thailand logged 15,972 new cases and 256 deaths. Of the new infections, 280 were found in prisons.

Schools are to remain closed and the ban on restaurants serving alcohol or allowing alcohol to be consumed on the premises remains in place

The COVID-19 situation in Thailand is improving, with the rate of daily new infections steadily slowing and more patients recovering, at an average of over 20,000 cases a day for the past 3 weeks and surpassing new infections for the past ten days, said Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana on Sunday.

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