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3 hours ago, MadMac said:

 

Great maths ????

Not really. They are counting each room per day.

1101 bookings * 15 days = 16,515 rooms but some will be families

Only in Thailand would you spout this nonsense though

Just now, poskat said:

translation: the thais whose incomes are not generated by tourism are against foreigners coming, while those whose incomes are derived from tourism want the dirty farang back ASAP

Pretty much sums it up I suspect.

4 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

The previous poll was ran by SuperPoll, which is controlled by the government, so no surprise about the results

Surely you are not doubting the authenticity of a Government poll. ????????

9 minutes ago, Susco said:

NIDA poll: Nearly three quarters of Thais DO NOT agree with reopening Thailand to foreign tourists

 

But, but , but

 

Vast majority of Thais want country open to foreign tourists, poll

 

 

Yes, I wonder if a leading question was asked, you know, something along the lines of "Given how deadly Covid is and how hospitals are being overwhelmed, do you think that tourists should be let into the country?".

Already the pollster has placed doubt into the mind, especially if she is attractive.

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

Yes, and when it these early farang returners report that it was all well managed and their experience was great, the more reluctant farangs will sign up. When they also report that it's working even better than they expected, the 'tourists' will start to sign up. Once the word spreads among tourists that it's a decent vacation experience, it will be high season.

 

BTW, I'm a glass-half-full kinda guy.

What tourists? Most have already made their plans for the year. People don't typically make a decision of taking a 'holiday of a lifetime' on a whim.  They may get some Phuket 'regulars' but I'd be amazed if they get 33,000 every month

I'm a glass-empty, barrel-empty and brewery-empty when it comes to Thai politics.

46 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

there are no foreign tourists, the majority of tourists are Thais....wonder who they are going to blame this time

Foreign tourists of course.

1 hour ago, Surelynot said:

Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia is my guess....555

Yes but not Thailand of course ????

17 minutes ago, khunPer said:

I presume we are talking about international long distance flights coming from mainly Europe - other articles have again and again stated that European, and American, tourists are the main number expected - which in average will carry about 200 passengers each, if not more.

 

So here comes the simple math...

426 x 200 = 85,200 passenger in July out of about 100,000 during all three month, which total number seems to be scaled down from earlier more specific 129,000 guests  in third quarter's sandbox.

 

If however, only one third of 100,000 arrives in July, the math goes like (100,000 / 3 ) / 426 = 78 passengers in average on each flight...????

 

Oh, perhaps I forgot that a number of these flights are for so-called quality tourists, i.e. private jets only carrying a few people onboard, then the math fits much better...????????

As I mentioned before, the earlier flights in July are going to be fuller due to farangs desperately wanting to get back into the country to see their loved ones without having to quarantine.

I bet those flights in August & Sept are going to be fairly empty...

Assuming I was psychotic and decided to go to Phuket, can I get my wife to fly from Bangkok and meet me in the hotel? The article states that partners must arrive together.

On a seperate note, I believe this is all an experiment to see how far they can push the human spirit to breaking point....

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

The UK is today announcing their new updated travel list and which countries you need to do quarantine when you return to the UK, I suspect Thailand will be moved onto this list, lets see, we'll know in a few hours.

Thailand is already on the amber list, do you mean they may move to the red list ?

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

How big are these airplanes??? 10.000 a day in 5 flights...???? 2000 a flight??

Maybe the article has been changed but it says 1,000 a day. Over 5 flights that's 200 per flight which is a realistic figure but highly doubtful.

What they also haven't factored in is that most going back are probably just doing this to get back into Thailand to avoid quaranting so I would think that the first flights will be more booked out than those in August and September.

I pray this will happen chiefly for the Thai people but we all know it won't. This Government couldn't arrange a <deleted>-up in a brewery.

If on the outside chance they get their act together, I'm pretty sure they would put too many restrictions in place for anyone wanting to come.