Thailand to drop mask, tourist registration rules

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 19, 2022 12:41 am

BANGKOK: Thailand announced on Friday it would drop rules requiring people to wear masks outdoors and no longer require foreign visitors to register before traveling, as Covid-19 cases fall and the kingdom seeks to lure tourists back.

Face masks have been compulsory in public in the Southeast Asian country, including outdoors, since mid-2021, when the Delta variant of the coronavirus was running rampant.

LEAVING ON A JET PLANE This Jan. 11, 2022 file photo shows travelers waiting to check in their luggage at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. XINHUA PHOTO

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