joining me now from phuket is anthony lark. he is the president of the phuket hotels association. programme. good morning. it is treat on the programme. good morning. it is great to _ on the programme. good morning. it is great to have _ on the programme. good morning. it is great to have you _ on the programme. good morning. it is great to have you on. - it is great to have you on. lots of people will be desperate to get away and take advantage of this initiative, this scheme. but at the same time people worry that this is just too soon. talk me through what the system will be to get people in. what the system will be to get people im— people in. ok, thanks for havin: people in. ok, thanks for having me _ people in. ok, thanks for having me on. _ people in. ok, thanks for having me on. the - people in. ok, thanks for| having me on. the system people in. ok, thanks for i having me on. the system is quite simple. if people who have been vaccinated from those countries that are low risk or medium risk are interested in coming to phuket for a holiday and not quarantine, they apply to

anthony lark is the president of the phuket hotels association. who have been vaccinated from those countries that are low risk or medium risk are interested to come to phuket for a holiday and not quarantine, they apply to the thai embassy of the country of their residency and they get issued certain documents, and they need to obviously be vaccinated. it's actually more simple than it may seem. it's a very careful and strategic system that really is in place to help protect not only the locals of phuket but also other travellers. and i'm presuming there'll be testing there? indeed, when you arrive off the aircraft there is a pcr test at phuket airport and then another one a couple of days later after you check into one of the thai—certified sha hygienic standards hotels. there have been 1,000 people arrive already over the last three days. and all of them have tested negative, so we're thrilled with the early results, but it is baby steps. i see, that is really interesting. it goes without saying, but the tourism industry is so important to that

all of put cap -- phuket once -- phuket wants to keep it that way. through the worst crisis prior to this, the tsunami. the whole island of food cap -- phuket. i think the long-term future of thailand remains very positive and phuket in particular. thailand was voted the most popular country in the world for digital nomads because of low tax rates, low living expenses and so on. i think this country will continue to grow and we will come out of this. >> how will the whole experience of banyan tree have evolved and changed as a consequence of the pandemic? >> we have been positioned quite well because the book of the banyan tree -- if you look at the banyan tree brand, that is relatively isolated from mass tourism. we always had a strong focus on wellness, well-being. that is one of the big consequences of a pandemic. we are coming out of this with a lot of new initiatives. this is in different parts of the world. that will emphasize the ecotourism that we have always been known for. i think we will come out of this as everyone else will with lessons

. >> reporter: a big gamble for thailand's biggest island, phuket. the prime minister himself rolled out the red carpet for vaccinated international tourists that leads straight to the picture referring sandy beaches, without any quarantine restrictions. in a surreal contrast to the year that's been and to the rest of thailand, that's mostly shut down due to rising cases and three days of record deaths, nearly 400 tourists from the middle east and singapore arrived under an experiment called the phuket sandbox. ready to hit the beach armed with sunscreen and covid antibodies. >> it's so nice. >> how do you feel now? >> very happy. >> reporter: there's a lot riding on their return and the island has been preparing. more than 80% of its population have been vaccinated, with at least one dose, about 65% fully vaccinated. >> i am quietly confident that the industry and the government has done all it can to make this sandbox scheme both safe and effective. >> reporter: an assurance echoed by thailand's tourism minister. >> translator: looking at the natio

. >> reporter: a big gamble for thailand's biggest island phuket.mself rolled out the red carpet for vaccinated tourists that lead straight to the picturesque sandy beaches without any coronavirus restrictions. a contravelst it's been, nearly0 tourists from the middle east and singapore arrived under an experiment called the phuket sand box. ready to hit the beach with sunscreen and covid anticipates. are you happy? >> very happy. >> reporter: there's a lot riding on their return and the island has been preparing. more than 80% of its population have been vaccinated with at least one dose. about 65% are fully vaccinated. >> i am quietly confident that the industry and the government has done all it can to make this sandbox game both safe and effective. >> reporter: an assurance echoed by thailand's tourism minister. >> translator: looking at the nationwide coronavirus infection rate, we would say we are not ready. but if you focus only on phuket, we've laid the groundwork for three months, we're 100% ready. >> reporter: the government estimated 100,

for phuket, it is 95% of its economy.a calculated risk worth taking. >> translator: in 2019, revenue from domestic and international tourism stood at 95 billion u.s. dollars. that shrank to near 20 billion in 2020. a huge drop. >> reporter: so while it may seem like a parallel universe, thailand is pinning its hopes on phuket while the world watches. p paula hancocks. cnn. >>> you're looking at some of the thousands of brazilians who are demanding the impeachment of president bolsonaro. more access to vaccines and a new strategy to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. now, this is happening amid allegations that the president turned a blind eye to a covid vaccine corruption scheme within his government. as of friday, brazil has recorded over 18 million cases of covid-19 and 522,000 people have died. >>> so president biden did not mince words about track star sha'carri robinson. >> the rules are the rules. and everybody knows that the rules, what they are. whether that should remain the rule is a different issue. >> hear wh

around the world in the same month it launched a tourism scheme to welcome vaccinated visitors to phuketed — mostly with the chinese—made sinovacjab — but the country is to become the first to mix vaccines, using locally—produced astrazeneca for the second dose after hundreds of medical staff who were fully vaccinated with sinovac got covid. the government is also considering a cap on the number of locally—produced vaccines it sends overseas — a move that could disrupt supply to its regional neighbours, like indonesia and malaysia, which are also battling a surge in infections. courtney bembridge, bbc news. a two—year—old who was found apparently being smuggled in a lorry to the us, has been reunited with his family in honduras. wilder garcia was discovered in suffocating conditions. tim allman reports. back in his mother's arms after a harrowing adventure. wilder garcia looked happy enough, despite spending more than two weeks in the care of the mexican authorities. after a cuddle with mum, it was a drive cross—country, and a reunion with most of the rest of his family. translation: yes

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food cap -- phuket in particular.u rating what is happening across asia, it is apache picture. >> you are correct. thailand, indonesia, philippines, malaysia, for economies in the region, all struggling at the moment, with a resurgence of this virus, and with no end in sight. and that will continue to dampen equity prices, in particular. longer-term though, longer-term, we are overweight in emerging markets, in terms of equities. we have started to move our overweight in the case of asia from north asia into southeast asia. we do think we will get through this. we do think as economy start to open up there will be real value on a stock by stock basis. yvonne: we will have more from kirk west from principal global investors. with first word news we have vonnie quinn in new york. vonnie: use of it -- u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen has set a timeline for when the biden administration hopes congress can take up a global tax agreement endorse by g20 finance ministers. janet yellen did not signal if she thinks the par

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