BANGKOK -- Thailand will start allowing foreign travelers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to visit the popular resort island of Phuket without quarantining first -- the country's latest desperate effort to revive its tourism sector.
Government to rush shots for island residents ahead of July 'sandbox' opening

The resort island of Phuket is set to become Thailand's experimental "sandbox" for reopening to vaccinated foreign tourists. (File photo by AFP/Jiji)
BANGKOK -- Thailand will start allowing foreign travelers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to visit the popular resort island of Phuket without quarantining first -- the country's latest desperate effort to revive its tourism sector.