Anchored unused tour boats at Phuket’s Chalong pier. Photo: Vijitra Duangdee
Thailand’s Phuket aims to become ‘immunity island’ for tourists as it seeks post-coronavirus bounce-back
- With 80 per cent of tourism businesses on the island having gone bust, the island’s tourism authorities have hatched a plan to fully reopen by October 1
- But the plan depends on whether Phuket can bypass the national government’s vaccine roll-out schedule and obtain its own jabs earlier
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Anchored unused tour boats at Phuket’s Chalong pier. Photo: Vijitra Duangdee