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The easing of travel restrictions has brought as many as 1.61 million tourists to Thailand so far this year, up 3,895 per cent from 2021.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is working hard to attract Chinese tourists after the Asian giant eased travel restrictions for nine of its southern cities.

Tourism in Chiang Mai is beginning to take off again after the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration eased travel restrictions on Wednesday to attract more foreign visitors.

Tourism in Phuket and Surat Thani's Samui Island is now bustling after Thailand reopened the country to foreign travellers on May 1, Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Monday.

Thailand should remove all travel restrictions as soon as possible to help the country's tourism industry recover so that they can compete with other fully open countries, Minor International founder and chairman William Heinecke said on Monday.

Tourism and Sports Ministry will propose removing all travel restrictions on June 1 if the Covid-19 situation improves.

New U.S. coronavirus testing rules aimed at slowing the spread of the omicron variant will begin Monday, when all international travelers must show proof of a negative test taken within a day of their flight to the United States.

Australia opened its borders for the first time in more than 18 months to permanent residents, citizens and their families, marking a softening of pandemic restrictions in a country that was once dubbed the "Hermit Kingdom" because of its strict coronavirus measures.

SINGAPORE - Travel restrictions will be eased and health processes simplified as Singapore stays the course on living with Covid-19, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

WASHINGTON - The White House announced on Monday that it would be lifting blanket travel restrictions on visitors from Europe, Britain and other countries that had been imposed at the start of the pandemic.

Following a meeting held between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, the President said he was not ready to impose an islandwide lockdown but opted for tougher travel restrictions, informed sources said.

The British government rolled back pandemic travel restrictions Friday on arrivals from 75 countries and British overseas territories - but visitors from the United States will still be asked to self-quarantine for 14 days.