For many prospective tourists, the prospect of spending 14 days in a hotel room is enough to put them off travelling altogether. Photo: Shutterstock For many prospective tourists, the prospect of spending 14 days in a hotel room is enough to put them off travelling altogether. Photo: Shutterstock
For many prospective tourists, the prospect of spending 14 days in a hotel room is enough to put them off travelling altogether. Photo: Shutterstock
Mercedes Hutton
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Destinations known by Mercedes Hutton

Quarantines are killing Thailand’s tourism industry, and not even a long holiday can offset 14 days of isolation

  • Despite reopening to long-stay tourists in October, Thailand attracted relatively few arrivals
  • By comparison, the Maldives, which is quarantine-free, has recorded relatively respectable visitor numbers

Mercedes Hutton
Mercedes Hutton

Updated: 8:45am, 3 Feb, 2021

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For many prospective tourists, the prospect of spending 14 days in a hotel room is enough to put them off travelling altogether. Photo: Shutterstock For many prospective tourists, the prospect of spending 14 days in a hotel room is enough to put them off travelling altogether. Photo: Shutterstock
For many prospective tourists, the prospect of spending 14 days in a hotel room is enough to put them off travelling altogether. 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.