More than 90 Bahrainis have taken advantage of a quarantine-free visa agreement with Thailand, including a family of 15 which spent their Eid holidays in the Southeast Asian country.
Launched on July 1, the sandbox programme allow vaccinated travellers to visit specific areas without quarantining, as long as they remain in the designated area for seven to 14 days.
Currently there are three prongs within the programme. “Under the Phuket Sandbox, tourists can stay quarantine-free on the island for 14 days, while under the Phuket Sandbox Extension 7+7, the first seven days are spent in Phuket and the other seven days are spent in one of the smaller islands – Phang-Nga or Krabi or Surat Thani,” outgoing Thai ambassador Thanis Na Songkhla said, during an interview with the GDN.
“The third prong is the Samui Plus, under which tourists can stay in Samui for 14 days.
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