Trade oriented to organize a fair of cheap products Before opening for foreigners on July 1

Ministry of Commerce Get ready to organize an exhibition of cheap products. Along with tourism promotion Before accepting tourists on July 1

On March 27, 2021, Mr. Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, chaired the meeting to discuss measures for the preparation of rehabilitation in Phuket, with Mr. Narong Jueg Siu, the Governor of Phuket. Related government and private sectors Attend the meeting at Phuket Town Hall

Jurin said after the meeting that the Commission has now passed a resolution to allow foreign tourists to travel to Phuket. No detention from July 1, 2021 onwards by Phuket Province As a pilot area, if successful, it will continue to be used in other areas as appropriate.

For important issues that come to discuss with all sectors in Phuket. Wanting to support Phuket tourism. Continually moving forward in time, not until July 1, which you have debated together and had 3-4 comments:

1. Phuket during these 3 months is from April 1 to June 30. Before July 1, you still have to focus on promoting Thailand and traveling to Thailand more intensively. I received a report from TAT Phuket which is good news that at least the booking during the month of April during Songkran. There is a figure that has improved by 15-20% and is expected to increase further in the pre-Songkran period, indicating a further recovery in Thai tourism.
2. To distribute vaccines to Phuket, the Ministry of Public Health will deliver 930,000 doses in June so that Phuket can vaccinate at least three groups of people: people from Phuket, people who come to work in Phuket, as well as foreign tourists. Or foreigners who are here to complete within June 30, by the governor of Phuket to coordinate with the relevant agencies to manage vaccination in accordance with the goal. That the province will know tomorrow in detail
3. Phuket continues to focus on intensive tourist activities of the past, such as activities such as Rim Lay. Thao Thep Krasattri and Thao Sri Sunthorn jobs Sporting events are used to attract tourists.
4. Help reduce the cost of living, expenses, help the unemployed, vulnerable people In addition to the government overview, only in Phuket, there is a support for the organization of the cheap goods fair of the Ministry of Commerce to join tourism promotion activities. Donated to the provincial trade, coordinated with the private provinces and the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organization to reduce the cost of living in addition to other government measures.
5. Regarding the budget that the province needs to continue using for tourism promotion activities, it manages to help coordinate with the medium that has a project and has a specified limit during the Phuket Transport Cabinet. Accelerate the process so that the province can continue moving forward

For his part, Mr. Narong Chusiw, the Governor of Phuket, said that Phuket had a vision that the economy was restored without the coronavirus epidemic, if it spreads, it is dealt with immediately. As for economic recovery, there are several measures. There is a vaccine to prevent COVID.

After July 1 onwards, the dream image is that we will have more Thai and foreign tourists coming to Phuket. That nowadays you can live with Thai tourists at a certain level, but Phuket’s main income is 95 percent. It comes mainly from tourism. It is necessary that tourists enter.

Make the area safer by vaccinating 70-80%, if people come to a safe place with more foreigners who are believed to be entering, which means that the recovery of the Phuket economy will gradually pick up. You will have more income Thinking about the economic recovery, we have long wanted to open, but no plane can come and go. Causing the number of tourists to fluctuate

Deputy Prof. Dr. Chayanon Pucharoen, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Prince of Songkla University Phuket Campus said that if only 28 foreign tourists were exposed to the vaccine, the estimated income is approximately 40 2 billion to 50.4 thousand million baht, in Phuket only 40 2 billion baht.

Varying the vaccination speed of the 28 countries of origin, causing a direct economic wave in the country’s GDP of 0.27% -0.35%, pointing only in Phuket, there are 50 thousand to 120 thousand people, only in July , calculated from the vaccine base of 28 countries of origin.

Phumikit Raktae-ngam, president of the Phuket Tourism Business Association, said he estimated that the opening of Phuket from October in the fourth quarter would generate approximately 50.4 billion baht in tourism spending at the same time. Opening on July 1 will be about 804 billion baht, opening on July 1 will bring more demand from October because it believes that we can really open It is a tourist that occurs only in foreign countries.

Ms Nanta Siriranasiri, Director of the Thailand Tourism Authority (TAT), Phuket Office, said that the TAT Governor’s information directed the policy to expect that by the opening of July 1, approximately 100,000 will have been ordered. tourists with the TAT Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an effort to encourage travel readiness to Phuket. And it has been coordinated with TAT, Phuket and some flights that fly direct to Phuket as well.

Dr. Kusak. Recovery Phuket Health Doctor said Phuket received the vaccine in April, 100,000 doses planned to receive the vaccine for another two months, with the remaining 300,000 and 400,000 doses per month.

In total, the total required 9 hundred thousand doses, which covered more than 460,000 people, covering 80% of the total population. To create group immunity What vaccination in Phuket? It is a joint public-private partnership on vaccination that private hospitals cannot provide their own vaccines.