Patong beach, in Phuket, may be one of the designated areas international visitors will be allowed to visit on the Thai island when it reopens to tourists. Photo: Shutterstock Patong beach, in Phuket, may be one of the designated areas international visitors will be allowed to visit on the Thai island when it reopens to tourists. Photo: Shutterstock
Patong beach, in Phuket, may be one of the designated areas international visitors will be allowed to visit on the Thai island when it reopens to tourists. Photo: Shutterstock
Mercedes Hutton
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Thailand’s ‘Safe and Sealed’ strategy attracts the time and cash rich – will post-pandemic travel be only for the affluent?

  • Thailand is exploring the possibility of opening its borders to long-stay tourists in certain destinations from October
  • Phuket could be first to receive visitors, who must spend 14 days at a designated resort and another seven if they wish to travel elsewhere

Mercedes Hutton
Mercedes Hutton

Updated: 3:12pm, 2 Sep, 2020

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Patong beach, in Phuket, may be one of the designated areas international visitors will be allowed to visit on the Thai island when it reopens to tourists. Photo: Shutterstock Patong beach, in Phuket, may be one of the designated areas international visitors will be allowed to visit on the Thai island when it reopens to tourists. Photo: Shutterstock
Patong beach, in Phuket, may be one of the designated areas international visitors will be allowed to visit on the Thai island when it reopens to tourists. Photo: Shutterstock
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Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton is a Hong Kong-based journalist. She joined the Post in 2018, where she writes about culture, the environment and history for Post Magazine, and covers travel and tourism in Asia in a weekly column, Destinations Known.