The home of a petition to safely reopen the borders of Thailand for international travel.
and 60 companies. Thank you!
The Petition
On April 5th, 2021, this Petition was sent to:
- Prime Minister
Prayuth Chan-o-cha - Minister of Tourism and Sports
Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn - Governor of TAT
Yuthasak Supasorn
A Call to Reopen Thailand
As of 24 February 2021, over 210 million people worldwide have received at least one jab of one of the Covid-19 vaccines. The USA alone administers 1.5 million vaccines per day and projects to have half its population vaccinated by mid-year. The UK already has more than a quarter of its population inoculated. Israel and the United Arab Emirates, including its aviation hub Dubai, have both vaccinated over 50% of their populations.
Early reports also show being vaccinated reduces the risk of spreading the virus. According to the World Health Organization, “Getting vaccinated may also protect people around you because if you are protected from getting infected and from disease, you are less likely to infect someone else.”
Also, the prestigious scientific journal Nature reports that clinical trials and initial studies of those vaccinated are much less likely to spread the virus.
In our petition to the Royal Thai Government,
we are therefore asking for a reopening of Thailand from 1 July, 2021, for vaccinated travellers, without quarantine requirements.
As Thailand is starting to vaccinate its most vulnerable and its healthcare workers, we believe that now is the time to announce a firm and irreversible date to reopen its borders. This will give confidence to international travellers and encourage them to book a trip to Thailand. Thai tourism operators, especially those reliant on international travel, would then be able to start business planning, accept forward bookings, start to rehire staff, and conduct training programmes.
Without a firm commitment to reopening made now, Thailand may lose all of 2021 as travellers will make plans for alternative destinations.
Senior tourism and hospitality leaders have already pledged their full support (see list here). We call on you to join us and support our petition through this website!
Read more:
Vaccine update
WHO on vaccinations
Nature
Petition by,admin
The Letter
Reopen Thailand to International Tourism, Starting 1st July 2021
The continued closure of international travel has decimated Thailand’s tourism and related industries. It has severely damaged the Thai economy with profound negative effects on hotels, aviation, tour operations, restaurants, attractions, retail, medical tourism, meetings, conferences, agricultural supply chains and many more support sectors.
The financial, social, physical and psychological health of Thai people has been adversely affected. The disruption of travel has not just impacted tourism, but also torn families apart and greatly reduced international trade.
The current situation is unsustainable.
We are therefore seeking a commitment by the Thai Government to reopen borders on 1 July 2021 to let tourists with proof of vaccination enter Thailand without quarantine, because:
- The majority of citizens in many source markets will have been vaccinated by then
- 1 July gives time to Thai medical authorities to vaccinate both front line staff in hospitality settings in Thailand and / or vulnerable citizens around the country, as desired
- 1 July gives international travellers time to make travel plans and bookings
- 1 July gives time to airlines, hotels, tour operators and others to start marketing and sales, and get ready for tourism operations to commence
- It will take Thailand at least a year, and maybe a lot longer, to return to the large numbers of international visitors that it had before the Covid-19 crisis.
To ensure the safest reopening of Thailand, international tourists can be asked to satisfy any safeguards the Thai Government may require. This may, for example, include showing officially recognised proof of a Covid-19 vaccination from their home country, purchasing health insurance, showing proof of a negative Covid test within 72 hours of departure, and so on.
The 1 July reopening would be a strategic opportunity for Thailand to show a leadership role among Asian countries and prepare the way for a solid recovery of the Thai economy in 2022.
Updates
Ahead of Top Level Government Meetings Next Week on Possibly Opening Thailand’s Borders...
Open Thailand Safely Campaign Public Comment:
Ahead of top level Thai Government meetings in the week starting 15 March 2021 on possible steps to open Thailand's borders, the #OpenThailandSafely campaign would like to make four public comments:
- We are grateful that the Thai Government is recognising the urgency and importance of tourism and the need to help people dependent on international tourism. Thank you.
- Open Thailand Safely urges Government officials to grasp the new opportunities that the successful rollout of vaccinations has given the world. The vaccines are a game changer for tourism. This is the good news we have been waiting for.
- Any form of quarantine is ‘old’ thinking. Tourism in Thailand cannot recover with ANY kind of quarantine.
- Other countries such as Maldives, Greece, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Costa Rica and others realise this and are opening their destinations with NO quarantine. Thailand should do the same, otherwise tourists will simply go elsewhere.
ABOUT OPEN THAILAND SAFELY
Since its launch on 2 March, over 50 major inbound tourism companies in Thailand have joined to support the #OpenThailandSafely campaign. Over 11,000 people have signed the petition of support. There has been extensive media coverage of the campaign in Thailand and around the world. Visit www.OpenThailandSafely.org Further information: www.OpenThailandSafely.org Twitter: @OpenThailandSa1 #OpenThailandSafely YAANA Ventures - Email: business@yaana-ventures.com
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"Taweesilp Visanuyothin, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, as head of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), had approved the move"
FINALLY a practical step in the right direction to #openthailandsafely
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2097731/non-state-vaccines-get-nod
The impact of the closed borders.
These interviews with tourism workers were taken in December. Just imagine the damage done since.
Speed up vaccinations and allow vaccinated travelers without quarantine as per 1 July.
https://www.pata.org/blog/thai-tourism-supply-chain
"Authorities are slow in vaccinating people. They should relax some regulations to facilitate companies that want to import vaccines and give them to employees"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2096667/action-on-inoculation-paramount
It is possible to #OpenThailandSafely for vaccinated travelers and at least do our best to help the millions who desperately need work.
Of course Thailand also needs to step up its own vaccination efforts.
Vaccinated People Do Not Appear to Carry or Spread COVID-19, CDC Director Says https://www.travelandleisure.com/syndication/vaccinated-people-do-not-appear-carry-spread-covid-19?utm_campaign=travelandleisure_travelleisure&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=606b2f29ef660400014fd649
Big Boss #BillHeinecke speaks on #Tourism & opening #Thailand c/w other countries where we operate: https://bit.ly/3rSgkE3