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4 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

That has been the case since I first came in 1991, and will never change !

why. go to thailand if you have a lot money. ,south France quite nice. ,what about many other places in the world with fine beaches /mountains /clean air ,if you after female company thats everywhere. ,only difference  is the price

5 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Pretty clear that they don't want foreigners coming in at the moment and that is both justifiable and understandable given current circumstances and public opinion.

 

When will these people learn that they are only temporary visitors for purposes other than tourism and plan accordingly? 

 

 

about. time somone said what the problem is where did it start. ,all the world is suffering   , Health/Death/Economy ,WHY.  all due to the Chinese eating wild animals.  People dont  earn enough buy normal food like the rest of the world. 

3 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Another day, another hub... 

AT. LAST SOMONE with Brain. ,,,,,great idea     ,,,,,, i would do it. ,Thailand  1970 clean beaches. ,Thailand 1980  cheap. easy visa , until 2010. ,Thailand.  overpriced impossible to get Visa. ,,Thai beer cheaper in France than Thailand ,i fail to understand why the Thai Bt so strong ,and why its got so hard to get visa. ,that was before corvid.  ,today. well best stay where you are ,travel is what  old people did in the past  , history 

8 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

domestic tourism off to a good start. NOT.

How Many dead. this year. to covid.  ,,,,,,,,how many dead  due to bad driving.  ,  whos the winner.  ,why control corvid when everybody being killed on the road 

11 hours ago, Adelphi said:

Utterly ridiculous how they have posed for this photograph.  Although it says everything about how they view foreigners who are almost never violent even if they have overstayed.  They really are determined to make it clear that foreigners are the enemy.  Welcome to Amazing Thailand.  Over 30 years ago we used to refer to it as the land of smiles - what a joke that is now.

First went to thailand. 1978.   , Visa was easy. ,exchange rate good. ,  nice place to be , now i wonder why people wish to go there or even stay there , and today to get in like trying to jump  through ring fire ,is called Fire wall today 

10 hours ago, genericptr said:

Given the absolute shambles tourism is currently in, I still can't believe they're going to send all these tourists home without even offering some alternative visa.

 

What's the explanation for this behavior?

ITS THAILAND

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

No they will more than likely be chatered Thai airways specific flights, get ready to pay some money its the only way the 14,400 estimated for the year will spend what TAT estimated at 12.3 billion Baht. Does not take much of an immagination.

Dream world.  , so i am going on holiday where ?

7 hours ago, Berti said:

There are many tourism workers but they are still a minority.

The majority is still in panic when it comes to Corona.

 

We have to acknowledge that they are building up a quarantine industry to let in foreigners, but somehow I get the feeling they want to get rid of retirees.

 

YES

3 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

i'm doing my part right now.

 

staying in a hotel in Bangkok 100 meters from Crazy House. 

 

been here for 2 months and booked until October.

 

 

they are slow there  , iv been spending my money in thailand since 1978.  ,they just noticed ,so pleased 

Being tourist/holiday /travel. ,is fun for those with money ,who would wont to go to country with so many restrictions  and its no longer cheap. ,,,to me the old thailand is gone. ,went some time ago 

6 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

It's hysterical. It took 12 officers to arrest one guy, who they then villainise as much as possible. Hate to point out their incompetence, but the fact he had been in broad daylight, even appearing on the TV shows all 12 probably watched at some point, for years before they caught up with him, kind of proves the point.

should be given life long visa. ,free apartment job with the thai tourist board. ,great asset to thailand.  ,for sure not the normal international gangster. 

10 hours ago, Mung said:

If his prediction is correct, I wouldn't be surprised at all. It's a gross overreaction at this point, and Thailand needs to learn how to live with this virus just like most of the other countries have. Either they don't understand this or they don't have the capacity, resources and facilities to handle domestic infections 

Have people thought that this is a Chinese game ,kill of Thailand as its known ,no tourist. ,no bars ,no girls ,kill of the sex trade. ,send everybody back to there farms. ,and Thailand. will be the feeding bowl of China. ,,,,,

3 hours ago, colinneil said:

Dream on Suphawan, cloud cuckoo land is where your at, time to start being realistic, severe restrictions, you plonker, who in their right minds would come here and put up with that?

Plonker  is good word.  ,you must be old Brit. , comes from Fouls and Horses   ,,,,, maybe.  she sould start selling Mekong dinking water 

8 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

 94.45% are most concerned about losing their jobs,

 

Obviously, not many of the massive number of 1,459 people questioned in the poll, were from the millions who have, rather sadly, already lost their jobs.

in the 1970. thai did not like westerners. at that time we could not even buy ticket on train ,i did get train ticket. ,got thai to buy it for me ,then the other people asked the guard to have me removed ,now they got reason ,to not like westerners.  ,what about the nice chinese.   ,  welcome. , well. the saying goes if they got no rice let them eat cages.  ,that did no work out to well. for one lady        sure. most people know the saying.  ( if they got no bread let them eat cages ).  

5 hours ago, Henryford said:

If the Government put 5% of the effort into road safety that they have into Covid it would save far more Thai lives.

if they can control the Virus.  ,Why cant the control the road ,should be easier.  ? ,rest world controls the roads. ,but cant control the Virus. ,where are yo better of Europe. or Thailand ? 

13 hours ago, YetAnother said:

that's going to work great; whenever you have a document and a thai official , You have a problem

why not just say thailand is closed to all ,what about north Korea.  ,any good beaches 

16 hours ago, silver sea said:

The key sentence seems to be: “General Somsak said that members had agreed to extend the state of emergency for another month to prevent a second wave of contagion after schools reopen next week.”

 

None of us really knows what the virus will do next. We have been very lucky so far in Thailand, when compared with what has happened in other countries. I would be inclined to give the government the benefit of the doubt. 

 

 

Quite correct. just look USA. ,Uk. ,now over40,000 dead. ,i am not one. ,but if your one that gets this Virus its life changing ,it does come back. ,you loose. your taste and are always tired. ,yes. had my run days. ,now only wish to sleep. ,,,,,,live and  bad. ,die. ,never tried that ,looking in from europe.   thailand.  ,doing good job ,looking at the UK.  it truly Bad 

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

Do you think that by now, Thai people realised and it dawned on them that basically without foreigners this country is pretty much back to being a farm and agriculture oriented country, no better than many other poor third world countries around the world.. and do you think that they will remember it when the good times comes rolling back?...

Dont be stupid.  ,with climate change.  ,its food that will have the value. ,not Tarts.  Thailand export food all over the world. 

7 hours ago, robblok said:

To be honest i love to be doing business with a foreigner. I mean like a foreign handyman or something. I find it hard to find Thais to do a really good job. Its not a price thing but just hard to find qualified persons. I am not saying that Thais are not good as they certainly are given that some houses and other buildings look great and are built great. Its just hard to find those kind of people as they have work enough and probably don't have to advertise. 

iv been lucky. ,build.  house. ,Master thai builder. ,lot  wood. ,saw mill made on site. ,outstanding wood work ,tiler team. , husband. wife , very good ,better than europe. , fraction of the cost. ,electrics. ,nice finished.  ,job ,,          gone done on roof tiles fro  chang Mia. ,order terracotta   ,thats not what turned up. ,now replaced. with ceramics   ,fine. ,last longer than me. ,

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

If the Thai government actually believed that virus no longer exists In Thailand they would tell people to ditch the masks, forget the distancing and hand hygiene, open up nightclubs and sports events with no restrictions. 

 

They don't believe that. 

You shouldn't either. 

 

 

Try Living in USA/UK/France /Spain  or Italy. ,, in the UK. Goverment  send old people from hospital  to OAP home and kill more people. ,the world has changed  never be the same. again. ,and the old saying come Back    ,STAY SAFE.  , for those that are not that young. ,first used start AIDS 

4 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

As per usual with these government-concocted schemes.

 

So how will they distinguish between visiting tourists and foreign residents? Will I still have to automatically pay that embedded fee although I, a resident of some 30 years, hold a comprehensive first-class health insurance policy?

 

I travel very frequently for business (well, I used to before Covid). Does that mean I'll have to shoulder that compulsory fee each and every time I purchase a ticket, i.e. 12 - 15 times a year?

if. all your words are true. why worry. about 300bt.  ,not even price of meal.