Thailand plans to set up “travel bubble” with Cambodia
Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said his ministry plans to implement travel bubbles this year along borders such as Trat province and Cambodia’s Koh Kong province.
Giving vaccination against COVID-19 to people in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: Xinhua/ VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said his ministry plans to implement travel bubbles this year along borders such as Trat province and Cambodia’s Koh Kong province.
The Khmer Times on October 8 quoted Thai media as reporting that a total of 15 million international tourists are predicted to visit Thailand in 2022, generating around 600 billion THB (17.7 billion USD), while domestic arrivals are expected to reach 160 million, generating a total of 882 billion THB.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said it had already proceeded with the plan to increase flight capacity to 100 percent by October 15, and is waiting for approval from the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration.
Meanwhile, from the end of September, the Cambodian government proposed the “Safe Cambodia” campaign as part of strategies to attract domestic and foreign tourists to the country, thus reviving its tourism industry.
According to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cambodia will be a safe destination for everyone as soon as it reopens to tourists thanks to its government's best efforts to vaccinate nearly all of the country's population against COVID-19.
As of October 8, over 11 million people out of the country's 16 million population had received two shots of vaccine and more than 900,000 got the booster shot.
Cambodia plans to reopen to tourists, who have been vaccinated with full two shots of COVID-19 vaccines, in the fourth quarter of 2021.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia, in the first seven months of this year, an additional 527 Cambodian travel businesses were forced to stop operation due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on June 10 agreed to work towards a travel bubble, aiming to resume safe travel between the countries in the coming time.
As vaccination drives are being stepped up, Southeast Asian nations are gradually loosening anti-pandemic measures, including resuming tourism activities.
Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced that tourism centres, islands and interstate travel will be allowed to reopen with the condition of achieving 90 percent adult vaccination.
Governor of Indonesia’s Riau Islands Ansar Ahmad said the “travel bubble” scheme with Singapore, initially slated for October 2021, has been cancelled following a surge in COVID-19 cases in the nearby city-state.
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The Ministry of Commerce reported that imports also rose 18% to 29.9 billion USD during the same period, resulting in a trade surplus of 1.1 billion USD. In May alone, Thailand posted a 4.6 billion USD trade surplus with the US and a 4.1 billion USD trade deficit with China.
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Giving vaccination against COVID-19 to people in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: Xinhua/ VNA) 
