Thailand eases Covid restrictions for travellers in bid to encourage tourism

Thailand is easing Covid entry requirements for tourists (AP Photo/Salinee Prab, File)

Thailand is lifting a pre-arrival registration requirement for foreign visitors that was seen as onerous and a drag on the recovery for its ailing tourism industry.

The government’s Covid-19 centre also said on Friday that an outdoor mask mandate would be dropped as of July 1 except in crowded venues. The mask mandate was not controversial in Thailand and generally obeyed.