Visitors take pictures in front of sculptures made of white sand imitating ice in the "Frost Magical Ice of Siam" park outside Pattaya on Sept 2, 2020. (Photo: AFP) Bangkok(VNA) – Thailand's Centre for COVID-19Situation Administration (CCSA) has said it will allow more categories offoreigners to enter the country from October.
According to astatement of the CCSA, the agency has agreed toallow foreign athletes to enter Thailand for tournaments in a supervised area.
The first group will beinternational cyclists participating in the royal marathon cycling event, the centre said.
Non-immigrant visaholders, such as businesspeople who do not have any type of work permit, arenow also allowed, but they must show that they have savings of at least500,000 THB (15,782 USD) in the past six months, it stated.
The CCSA said PrimeMinister Prayut Chan-o-cha had alsogiven the green light to the Special Tourist VISA (STV) scheme, which primarily targets foreign visitors with the intention to stay in Thailand on along-term basis for nine months, to go ahead.
Accordingto the centre, from October 8 onwards, around 150 verified foreigners wouldstart arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport or Phuket Airport.
Separately,a group of 150 tourists from the Chinese city of Guangzhou will land in Phuketon October 8, before another group of 126 fly to Bangkok on October 25.
Also, 120 tourists from Scandinavia and otherEuropean countries on November 1 will arrive in Bangkok on a Thai Airwaysflight.
The CCSA said that these tourists will spendtheir first 14 days in Thailand at alternative state quarantine sites beforethey are allowed to travel on their own.
TheThai government previously decided to extend a grace period for visa renewals for foreignersstranded in Thailand until October 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic./.
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