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All eyes on Phuket sandbox, but questions remain over Asean tourism recovery

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Published Sun, Jul 11, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    REGIONAL tourism players are keeping a close eye on Thailand's so-called "Phuket sandbox" - a testbed for quarantine-free leisure travel that kicked off this month.

    The industry has high hopes for the expansion of the pilot to other parts of Thailand, as well as the potential for similar initiatives in other South-east Asian tourist markets.

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