TransportationSeven global airlines to fly direct to Thai holiday island Phuket
Government gives initial green light to reopening despite third COVID wave
Thailand is set to conduct a "sandbox experiment" from July 1, using Phuket as a testing ground to welcome vaccinated foreign visitors with no quarantine period. © Reuters
MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer
BANGKOK -- Seven international airlines will operate direct flights to Phuket in southern Thailand, starting in July, bringing foreign tourists to the resort island, with the Thai government accepting visitors vaccinated for COVID-19 without quarantines.