Overseas tourists began pouring into Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket on Monday (Nov 1) as Thailand kickstarted its tourism industry after 18 months of COVID-19 curbs.

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The coronavirus pandemic hammered the kingdom's tourism-reliant economy, which last year saw its worst performance since the 1997 Asian financial crisis as arrivals dwindled more than 80 per cent.

Thai authorities have given the green light to vaccinated tourists from more than 60 "low-risk" countries to skip hotel quarantine - providing the sector a much-needed lifeline.

Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport and Phuket's international terminal were the first on Monday morning to receive visitors, with mostly European tourists greeted by staff dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) gear to process their documents.

"We are very, very happy," Andre Winkler, 55, told AFP after he and his partner passed immigration in Bangkok.

"We stay in Thailand for six months every year for winter time because in Germany, it's cold ... The last time, before (COVID-19), we came to Thailand was 2019," he said. "It's been too long."

In Phuket, Susanne Peter, 57, said she and her partner will stay on the island for a week before moving on to Bangkok and Hua Hin, another beach getaway.