Last week Thailand’s cabinet has approved plans to reopen the country to foreign tourists, but in a gradual way. The current plan is as follows:

 

 

• As of April 1, 2021, the quarantine for visitors will be cut from 14 days to 10 days for all arrivals, apart from visitors from some African countries.
• Travelers who are vaccinated against Covid-19 can now undergo a reduced quarantine period of 7 days upon entering Thailand. The new, shorter quarantine period went into effect on April 1 in Phuket, Krabi, Phang-nga, Chiang Mai, and Pattaya.
• As of July 1, 2021, vaccinated tourists from low-risk countries will be able to travel to Phuket with no quarantine requirement.
• As of October 1, 2021, the quarantine requirement will be scrapped for vaccinated tourists in Chiang Mai, Koh Samui, Krabi, Pattaya, Phang Na, and Phuket.
• Starting January 1, 2022, Thailand plans to lift all quarantine requirements for foreign visitors.

To be eligible for the cut-down quarantine, travelers need to be inoculated with a vaccine that is approved by the World Health Organization or the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand.

The following vaccines are approved:

• Pfizer/BioNTech (2 doses)
• Moderna (2 doses)
• AstraZeneca/Oxford University (2 doses)
• CoronaVac by Sinovac (2 doses)
• Covishield by the Serum Institute of India (2 doses)
• Johnson & Johnson (1 dose)

What you need to enter Thailand:

• Vaccine certificate, either a printout or the original document (only for vaccinated travelers)
• Certificate of Entry issued by the Royal Thai Embassy
• Covid-19 health insurance with a minimum coverage of $100,000 USD
• Booking confirmation for an Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) hotel
• Negative Covid-19 test issued no more than 72 hours before departure

Under the 7-day quarantine, travelers are still required to undergo Covid-19 testing before being released. Those on a 10-day quarantine will be tested twice and those on a 14-day quarantine will be tested 3 times.

These are just proposals at this stage, and you should check with the embassy in your country before making any flight or hotel bookings.