The resort town of Phuket in Thailand will start to welcome fully vaccinated visitors, without quarantine, on 1 July, SEA Tours said a statement.

This follows a decision by the country’s Public Health Ministry and it means that visitors arriving by any mode of transport will be able to visit the town, but in small groups at start, the tour operator said.

The Thai government expects to have all locals at Phuket vaccinated before the end of June.

“Samui, Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Pattaya, Kood, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and other destinations (are) to follow by year end,” SEA Tours said..