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PHUKET: The island’s administration is waiting for the Public Health Ministry to approve its request for a 343-million-baht budget to prepare for the construction of the province’s international medical tourism complex, director of Vachira Phuket Hospital, Chalermphong Sukontapol, said yesterday. Once the request is approved by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, it will still need…

PHUKET: With the pandemic ravaging the tourism industry and slowing the property market on the islands, a local developer is pivoting to a guaranteed yield strategy, aiming to sell to buyers and rent to uncertain workers. Thanusak Phungdet, president of Phuket-based property developer VIP JD Group Co, said the Phuket market has been stagnant since…

PHUKET: The push to vaccinate as many people in Phuket as possible before the July 1 deadline is underway, with more than 7,000 people receiving their first injections within 24 hours after the first main delivery of vaccines arrived on the island this week. According to officials, Day 2 of the campaign (Apr 2) saw…

Tourists from 28 countries have expressed interest in visiting Phuket after the government agreed to waive the mandatory quarantine for vaccinated foreign visitors, according to tourism operators in the province. In July, Phuket will be the first province to waive the quarantine requirement for foreign visitors who have been vaccinated, as part of the government’s…

Phuket International Airport is readying for the island’s reopening by beginning the vaccination process of all employees. The mandatory inoculations is hoped to increase confidence among foreign visitors, as many who have received a Covid vaccine, can now enter the island with relaxed quarantine measures. Just yesterday, officials confirmed that 2 flights from Germany will kick off the airport’s…