BANGKOK — Thailand’s tourism minister has asked the Public Health Ministry for approval to launch a vaccine passport system in a bid to kick-start the tourism industry this year.
Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn said on Monday that the government was waiting for a World Health Organization announcement on vaccine passports before issuing the measure.
He said that adopting a vaccine passport or a similar method of enabling foreign tourists to skip quarantine would guarantee at least 5 million foreign visitors to Thailand this year.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) was also discussing a 14-day quarantine …
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