BANGKOK – Visitors to Thailand can now spend their mandatory two-week coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) quarantine on a yacht.
The government is hoping that the new initiative will bring 1.8 billion baht (£42m, $58m) in yacht tourism revenue.
The move is aimed at reviving the country’s struggling tourism industry, which was hit hard by the pandemic.
Announced on Monday, the yacht quarantine program will allow visitors with a negative COVID-19 test to spend their time on board a yacht or small cruise ship in Phuket.
The pandemic saw the number of tourists on the popular tourist destination plummet from 40,000-50,000 a day to just hundreds.(BBC)
