According to the Bangkok Post, the Thai government plans to create “travel bubbles” through bilateral agreements with selected nations designed to keep the novel corona-virus in check when the borders are reopened.
“Once the situation improves, we’ll allow travel between countries that we have an agreement with,” Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said in a briefing in Bangkok on Tuesday, however, he said no such pacts have reached the cabinet yet.
Currently the country’s borders are restricted under a state of emergency that lasts until June 30 with most incoming international flights banned. Officials are now easing the lock-down as corona-virus cases dwindled, and exploring the best method to restart the crucial tourism sector to help counter a recession.
“There won’t be free movement because we don’t want another outbreak that could hurt both the origin and the destination,” Gen Prayut said.
