Attention for delegates attending APT meetings in Thailand  (updated 23 Mar 2020)

As of 22 March 2020, all foreign nationals intending to travel to Thailand, upon check-in at the airport of origin, the travelers must present the following documents to the airlines:

(1) Health certification certifying that the persons “pose no risk of being infected by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)”. The health certificate must be issued no more than 72 hours prior to the date of travel.

(2) Health insurance (in an amount of at least USD 100,000) that should cover all expenditures of medical treatment while traveling to Thailand. The travelers need to purchase health insurance before traveling.

All Travelers arriving in Thailand must fill in the health form (T.8 form) accurately and truthfully and have to download the “AOT Airport of Thailand” mobile (by scanning the QR Code.) to record their information and monitor their health signs and symptoms until completing the duration of quarantine (or duration of monitoring).

All travelers will pass a fever screening through a thermal scan. Travelers who meet the criteria of surveillance will be referred to a designated hospital.

Travelers from the Disease Infected Zones (DIZ)* who pass the initial fever screening at the airport must implement mandatory self-quarantine for 14 days at their registered hotels/ accommodations provided to the disease control officers at the quarantine for control of communicable diseases office. And they are not allowed to leave the quarantine areas until completing the duration of 14 days.

Travelers from ongoing local transmission areas or affected areas reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO)** who pass the initial fever screening at the airport must implement control for observation (or self-monitoring) for 14 days at their registered hotels/ accommodations provided to the disease control officers at the quarantine for control of communicable diseases office. And they are requested to notify the disease control officers to ask permission to leave their hotels/ residences and permission will be granted when deemed necessary in the required channel of communication.

For those who decide not to physically attend the meeting in Thailand, if the meeting and/or the chairman accepts remote participation, APT Secretariat will do the best to provide the necessary environment for remote participation.

APT Secretariat will monitor the announcement of the Thai Authorities concerned and will update the situation on the APT website.

For more information reagarding COVID-19 situation in Thailand, please visit the website of Department of Disease Control (click here).
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* Territories defined by Thailand as Disease Infected Zones (DIZ) are: Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of China (including Macau and Hong Kong), Italian Republic, and Islamic Republic of Iran.

** Ongoing local transmission areas or affected areas reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) include: Austria, Belgium, Malaysia, Canada, Portugal, Brazil, Czechia, Israel, Australia, Ireland, Pakistan, Finland, Turkey, Greece, Chile, Luxembourg, Poland, Ecuador, France, Spain, United States of America, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, England, Germany, and Japan (specific cities).