Apart from a visa, overseas visitors need to book in advance, for a 14-day stay in the beach destination. After two weeks in Samui, and two more Covid tests, the traveller would be free to travel to other parts of the country.) After their second Covid Test, at the end of one week, the tourists could shift to a SHA Plus hotel in Ko Samui, or in the neighboring islands of Ko Tao and Ko Phangan. She informed that it attracted high-end tourists, honeymooners, and also budget travellers from India, because the beach destination has diverse choices of accommodation, from luxurious five-star hotels, to comfortable resorts, budget hotels and bungalows. There are other popular beaches like Mae Nam, Lipa Nam, with their own beauty and charm.tatnews.) The next seven days could be at SHA Plus hotels and these could be in Ko Samui or in the neighbouring islands of Ko Tao and Ko Phangan.mfa If successful, they will be implemented in the rest of Thailand, including popular destinations like Chiangmai, Chonburi, Pattaya, and others. One can go boating, kayaking, hiking, not to forget diving and scuba diving.As with the Phuket Sandbox programme, the Samui Plus programme has targeted tourists from low and medium-risk Covid countries. But special road-arrangements have been made forgarden umbrellas the international travellers of the ‘Samui Plus’ programme, to go to their next destination after their two-week stay in Ko Samui.
There’s no full-moon party thanks to Covid, but both these islands have also opened up to international tourists. Bangkok Airways has several flights a day to Samui from Bangkok.The Phuket Sandbox and Samui Plus programmes are pioneering projects, which are being closely watched by other countries in the region.Phuket and Samui are part of Thailand’s unique ‘Bubble and Wrap’ tourism scheme, whereby the beach-destinations are almost wrapped in a bubble and separated from the rest of the country.th).The Samui Plus programme has given Samui’s many attractions a new lease of life. Ko Samui in the Gulf of Thailand is noted for its silvery beaches, lush foliage, emerald green waters, and is today almost as well-known and popular as Phuket. The main reason, of course, is to protect the foreign tourists from any exposure to the pandemic. Chaweng beach is the busiest, with its diverse restaurants, bars and shows. If their Covid test is negative, they would be free to move around Samui, in the designated areas (these are fully vaccinated areas.Once they land in Samui, the international tourists would need to do a Covid test immediately at the airport, after which they would shift to their SHA Extra Plus hotel.The other documents needed for international tourists, are a travel insurance inclusive of Covid-19 treatment, for US$100,000, a vaccination certificate indicating that they have had two doses of the Covid-vaccine at least two weeks before their flight, a flight ticket, and finally a Covid RT-PCR Test, 72 hours before departure.
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