Travel to Thailand will be getting easier from 1 April thanks to the country lifting its pre-arrival test requirement. This means international travellers will be allowed to enter the kingdom without a negative RT-PCR test within 72 hours of travel.
Travellers will be allowed to enter Thailand without the need to show proof of a negative RT-PCR test within 72 hours of travel from 1 April.
Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) approved the lifting of the pretravel testing requirement for international visitors from this date, as the kingdom prepares a four-phase plan to downgrade the COVID-19 pandemic to an endemic disease.
Thailand says the further easier of protocols is a sign that the region is returning to pre-pandemic status.
So what’s the deal from 1 April?
International travellers arriving under any of the current three entry schemes – TEST & GO, Sandbox, and Alternative Quarantine (AQ) will be allowed to enter the country without the need to show proof of a negative RT-PCR test within 72 hours of travel.
Points of entry
- Air, land, and water.
- The number of approved airports have increased from 7 to 8 – Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi, Phuket, Krabi, Samui, Chiang Mai, U-Tapao, and Hat Yai.
- Land border checkpoints are increasing from 3 to 4 – Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Songkhla, and Satun.
- Water points of entry increased from ports and piers in 2 to 3 provinces – Phuket, Chon Buri, and Surat Thani.
Testing requirements that will remain in place
- Two tests remain in place for TEST & GO and Sandbox travellers: RT-PCR test upon arrival and A RAT Antigen self-test on Day 5.
- The Sandbox staying period has been reduced to 5 days from the current 7 days. After completing five days within the Sandbox destinations, travellers will be allowed to travel domestically within Thailand.
- AQ requirement: Quarantine reduced to 5 days and an RT-PCR test on Day 4-5.
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