Tourists Arrive To Enjoy Quarantine-free Phuket "Sandbox"

PHUKET, THAILAND - JULY 18: Phuket International Airport staff and medical personnel wear personal protective equipment as they help travelers download a COVID-19 tracing app while entering Phuket "Sandbox" on July 18, 2021 in Phuket, Thailand. Travelers arrive to Phuket, Thailand as part of a quarantine-free program for vaccinated tourists called Phuket "Sandbox". The "Sandbox" is an effort to boost tourism and bring in money to Phuket, a tourist destination that has been economically devastated by COVID-19 travel restrictions. The program allows fully vaccinated tourists visit Phuket, Thailand without having to be traditionally quarantined, instead allowing them to move throughout Phuket, Thailand's largest island and the province with the highest vaccination rate. Since July 1, 2021 when the program started, over 6,000 fully vaccinated travelers visited Phuket and followed strict testing and distancing measures. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)