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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to provide the latest update from Bangkok Airways that it will resume domestic flight operations from 15 May, 2020, onwards with the Bangkok – Samui (round trip) twice daily service.

Samui Airport will also resume daily operations on 15 May, 2020, from 08.00 – 19.00 hrs.

The airline announced temporary suspension of all domestic flights from 7-30 April, 2020, as well as temporary closure of its three airports – Samui, Sukhothai and Trat, as part of the national and global efforts to curb the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

According to Bangkok Airways, all resumed flight operations will strictly comply with the safety measures and social distancing guidelines set by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).

The health and safety measures will include seat distancing onboard, suspension of the in-flight food and

On 14 April 2020, His Excellency General Prayut Chan-o-cha (Ret.), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, attended the Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit (APT) on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) via videoconference. The Summit was chaired by His Excellency Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam as the ASEAN Chair. Also attending were the Leaders from ASEAN Member States and Plus Three countries, namely the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, as well as the ASEAN Secretary-General and the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Leaders updated information on COVID-19 situation and measures undertaken by each country and reaffirmed their commitments to collective cooperation in fighting against the COVID-19 outbreak in a timely and effective manner and mitigating economic impacts as well as preparing for future crises.

The Meeting proposed cooperation in public health through enhancing capacity building to respond

H.E. General Prayut Chan-o-cha (Ret.), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, will attend the Special ASEAN Summit and the Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit on COVID-19 via video conference on Tuesday, 14 April 2020. The Summits will be chaired by the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam as the current ASEAN Chair.

This will be the first time in ASEAN history that innovative technology will provide platforms for the Leaders of the 10 ASEAN Member States and ASEAN’s Plus Three Partners, namely China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, to discuss via video conference and reaffirm their shared commitment to cooperate in a concrete manner and coordinate an effective and timely response to the spread of COVID-19. This includes mitigating the far-reaching socio-economic impact caused by the pandemic, and preparing for a post-COVID recovery to restore confidence and the return to normalcy in the region.

On 14 April 2020, H.E. General Prayut Chan-o-cha (Ret.), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, attended the Special ASEAN Summit on COVID-19 via video conference. The Summit was chaired by H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam as the ASEAN Chair in 2020.

The Leaders of the 10 ASEAN Member States discussed the situation and measures undertaken to address the far-reaching impacts of COVID-19 in their respective countries. They reaffirmed their determination and commitment to intensify concrete cooperation within ASEAN and with ASEAN’s external partners in responding to COVID-19 in an effective and timely manner, including through exchanging information and best practices, promoting the use of technology in addressing the pandemic, enhancing the effectiveness of public communication and countering fake news, supporting the development of regional reserves of medical supplies, strengthening existing relevant regional mechanisms and centres, preserving regional economic integration, logistics and

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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to provide the latest update that Phuket has imposed a lockdown for all 17 sub-districts for 14 days, from 00.01 Hrs. of 13 April, 2020, to 23.59 Hrs. of 26 April, 2020, or until the situation improves.

The move makes Phuket the first province in Thailand to impose a total lockdown of all areas, in its sustained effort to stop the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

With the exceptions of medical and emergency personnel and logistics workers, all 17 sub-districts are sealed off to ensure minimum mobilisation of people and vehicles.

Phuket is also the first province in Thailand to conduct active case finding to screen for new cases and contain the spread of the virus.

TAT is constantly providing updates on the tourism-related COVID-19 situation in Thailand at the TAT Newsroom (https://www.tatnews.org/). For additional information and assistance relating to

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to provide a summary of Thai provinces that have imposed entry and exit bans as well as those that ban alcohol sales, as part of the unprecedented measures taken by each Thai province to prevent and control the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The TAT Newsroom is doing our utmost to compile accurate information at the current time in order to inform international visitors in Thailand. This press release will be updated regularly as soon as further information becomes available. We encourage readers to revisit this page periodically to stay up to date with the constantly changing situations.

Thai provinces/cities that ban entry and exit: Region   Province Effective Date Central, East & West Trat 4 April, 2020, until further notice Pattaya, Chon Buri 9 April, 2020, until further notice South Phuket 30 March, 2020 – 30 April, 2020

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