The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is asking the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to approve the so-called 7+7 model allowing tourists to stay in Phuket for seven days before visiting other locations.

The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked 82 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (Aug 13), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,831.

With the Kui Buri National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province closed to visitors due to Covid-19, the animals there are relaxing in their natural habitat.

Thailand logged 22,086 new cases with 217 deaths over a 24-hour period, it was reported on Saturday.

Outbound tour operators expect increasing demand for vaccine tourism in the fourth quarter because of the delay in procurement of high-quality vaccines in Thailand.

Provincial hospitals throughout Thailand have opened up registration for Pfizer vaccines to at-risk groups and adolescents.

Sector holds hope for the rest of the year

The daily Covid-19 toll shows no sign of waning in this eastern province, with 11 more deaths and 1,408 new infections reported on Friday. New cases have topped 1,000 for 14 consecutive days.

A second batch of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for healthcare professionals in 77 provinces is expected to arrive on Saturday

The 28-day closure of the popular tourist destination Koh Lipe will boost the confidence of local and foreign travellers in the long run, Satun governor Ekkarat Leesen said on Thursday.

There were a record 23,418 more Covid-19 cases, and 184 deaths, over the past 24 hours

The ferry between Pattaya and Hua Hin has officially stopped their service, this time seemingly permanently, due to the ongoing Covid -1 9 pandemic and lack of foreign tourists since March of last year.

Chonburi’s famous tourist attraction Koh Lan island will be closed to tourists from August 11 to 24 in a bid to curb Covid-19 from spreading further after the island has been hit by new infections, the Koh Lan community announced on Tuesday.

Virus transmissions still a major concern

The communicable disease committee of the western province has closed the country's longest wooden bridge, known as Saphan Mon, isolating a village where Covid-19 cases are increasing.