Thailand Scraps Entry Pass for Foreign Travelers, Extends Nightlife Operation Hours

Arriving passengers wait for a PCR swab test to be taken at the arrival area at Phuket International Airport as Thailand welcomes the first group of tourists fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus without quarantine in Phuket on Nov. 1, 2021. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

Thailand will ease its COVID-19 restrictions for foreign travelers beginning July 1, including scrapping its pre-registration requirement and outdoor mask mandate, amid a decline in the local virus cases.

Foreigners traveling to Thailand will no longer be required to apply for the “Thailand Pass” or to have $10,000 COVID-19 insurance, the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said on Friday.