martin81

Well may be you were flying to a country that required it ? I Flew with Qatar to Denmark and no PCR test was required. When I flew to Thailand recently it was required but that was because Thailand required a PCR test.

For Qatar Air this of false. You can check on their website. They only follow rules of destination country. I flew Qatar Air BKK-DOH-CPH recently so I know also from personal experience. No test required.

You do not need appointment for evisa https://www.thaievisa.go.th/ It costs around 1200 Baht for single 60 days TR visa. I got reply with printable visa within a week.

I have stayed several times at ShaPlus Hotels after completing sandbox and also after coming from BKK. Only needed to show vaccination. So no problems. And Sandbox guests can go anywhere on Phuket after first test negative.

Well I have user Mr T taxi in Pattaya many times. Never any problems and only 1100 Baht to and from Pattaya - BKK airport all inclusive. Never had a problem but of course it is just a taxi agency.

You need to be vaccinated second time 14 days before departure. Pcr-test 72 hours before scheduled departure. I have not read of anybody having problems because of a delayed flight.

They need it to be sure. Just read about a family denied boarding because a child not tested. https://www.tatnews.org/2021/10/thailand-reopening-exemption-from-quarantine-test-go/

I think they confuse revenue profit and income. They cannot have profit of 50 billion with monthly revenue of around 1 billion in 9 months. Tg certainly have plenty of cost for employees fuel and aircraft maintenance.

This change to 30 days only forced me to apply for eVisa which took almost a week to get in this time with very few tourists! Had to upload many documents for visa but only uploaded hotel booking for seven days in Phuket. In the end it forced me to postpone my trip by 5 days because of waiting time for Visa and COE. And they want more tourists? There are only around 200 tourists from Denmark to Thailand a month at the moment so the Embassy should not be overwhelmed.

How can they stop cheaper tourists from going? Are they going to require visas for all and a prove of a certain minimum income to get visa? Thailand hotels and food and ladies are not just going to be more expensive if fewer tourists arrive. And what about work and income for all the bar girls? They provide money to the villages. In my experience the hotels are now easy to get cheaper than before because of the few tourists. But TAT want only rich tourists. so who will stay at all the cheaper hotels.

How do they know how much specific nationalities spend per day? For example if somebody pays a prostitute or for meals or for shopping by thai cash they bought in home country how do they count that? I think spending may be higher than this statistic by Thai ministry

Domestic tourism probably does not add much to Gdp per capita as it is mostly money that might otherwise be spent other places in Thailand. Like in Bangkok where many of the weekend visitors come from. Foreign tourism on the other hand is equal to export as it adds foreign currency to the Thai economy.

Does VISA exempt entry change from 45 days to 30 days from 1st October 2021 or is it still 45 days? My understanding is the 45 days was only until 30th Sep. 2021? My country is Denmark and over 50 years old.

Tourist arrivals in July 18000 and August 15000 according to Mots.co.th. I guess more than half were to Phuket sandbox. Maybe they will get a little more with sandboxes in BKK and Payyaya in Nov-dec but not 40000 per month with all that redtape.

When I arrived in start of April the actual quarantine period ( 7 nights ) was only determined when I arrived. It said 10 or 14 days on the Coe but as I was vaccinated ended up with only 7 nights after document check at BKK airport.

Well if the country is on list of permitted countries to Phuket Sandbox it should not be a problem(not sure if Greece is on that list). Anyway I don't think you will get a stamp in passport in Greece. Although I am not sure if you are from UK.

Not true. Have just been on vacation in Greece. For vaccinated no test and mostly open and normal everywhere. Many tourists at the tourist places.

You can buy a one-way Qatar Air ticket out of Thailand. If you don't need it then ask for a refund before flight date. In my experience you will get a refund within 2 - 4 weeks. No fees at the moment.

IT WILL NOT help the tourism industry very much if vaccinated people stiil need four expensive PCR tests and risk of two weeks quarantine(if someone with positive test sat near you on flight) and at least some kind of quarantine in most of the opening provinces. Even in Phuket with only 12 hours quarantine there came very few tourists after reopening. Number of tourists in Thailand rose from around 6000 in June to 18000 in July after Phuket reopening. Before Covid there were 3 to 4 million of tourists per month. The 18000 in July is less than 1 percent of that.

Obviously they mean 11 mill. not 11 thousand. That gives 22 billion. These journalists do not proof read.

Why would they want you to die unless of course you marry them? If you don't marry the lady she will not inherit anything when you die.