Chinese tourists bounded back into Thailand on Monday after Beijing eased travel rules, welcomed at Bangkok’s main airport by officials with flowers and gift bags.
BANGKOK, Thailand – The Southeast Asian kingdom was heavily reliant on visitors from China pre-pandemic, with Chinese travellers accounting for roughly 30 percent of its tourists.
“I’m very excited and almost can’t believe it,” said university teacher Jiang Shanna, among the first arrivals. “We worried the policies would be different from what we expected and we would be stopped from flying,” she said, adding that none of the ground staff at Xiamen airport had known the latest Thai policy.
However, confusion reigned over the weekend after mixed messaging from the health ministry and the Thai civil aviation authority appeared to imply that tourists would be required to present vaccination records.
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