Phuket Opens for Business in Push to Save Tourism Industry

Island to serve as testing ground for nationwide reopening
Surge in Covid cases, dangerous new variants could end plan

WATCH: Ho Kwon Ping, executive chairman of Banyan Tree, discusses the prospects for his businesses and the tourism industry.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Randy Thanthong-Knight

June 30, 2021 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated on

July 1, 2021 at 7:03 AM UTC

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Thailand is pushing ahead with plans to jumpstart its crucial tourism industry by reopening the popular resort island of Phuket to vaccinated travelers, even as the more virulent delta strain of coronavirus sweeps through the region.