Tourism professionals say Thailand’s complicated entry rules are holding back recovery in an industry that contributed 12% of GDP before the pandemic.
BANGKOK — When 23-year-old Norwegian Anastasia Johansen and her boyfriend were planning their first vacation in two years, they considered going to Thailand but chose nearby Vietnam instead, for its simpler entry rules on the coronavirus.
Tourism professionals say Thailand’s complicated entry rules are now holding back recovery in an industry that contributed 12% of GDP before the pandemic. “The red tape is killing us,” said Bill Barnett, the managing director of hospitality consultancy C9 Hotelworks. That year, Singapore and the Philippines recorded 19.1 million and 8.26 million arrivals respectively.
Thailand’s coronavirus taskforce spokesperson, Taweesin Visanuyothin, said tourist arrivals have been increasing as measures were relaxed and recognized that domestic infections outnumbered those from abroad.
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