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"Siripakorn claimed also that Singapore Airlines and Qatar will fly into Koh Samui when they start their "sealed route" addition to the Sandbox plan on July 15th. "
Has anybody cleared this with Bangkok Airways? They who own the airport, and up to now have held the monopoly on flights into Koh Samui.
"Some 400-500 passengers are expected to be onboard."
What happened to the 300 that were expected just a few days ago? Oh, sorry, I've just seen who made the statement, "Marketing executive at the TAT Siripakorn Cheosamut"
I wasn't going to read any further, but I'd already started and the post ends quite typically for anything that involves TAT:-
"This represented 13,116 rooms as each person will be staying an average of 12 days. Thaivisa notes that in the plan tourists are required to spend 14 days on Phuket before moving on."
Eeeh, you just have to laugh, don't ya?
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"People can start paying from July 1st, Thursday, that will inform hospitals how much vaccine they need which will be decided by the end of July.
Jabs will begin as previously announced on October 1st and continue through the fourth quarter, reported Sanook yesterday. "
Nope, I will pay cash on delivery thank you!
Would you pay Tesco/Homepro in advance for a TV so that they know how many to order?
Can you just imagine the rigmarole if the vaccine didn't arrive and you asked for your money back?????
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5 minutes ago, placeholder said:
what with the repetetions and huge gobs of irrelevant data, it seems this text was created or relayed by a bot. Can you put the gist of this into your own words instead of violating thaivisa rules by copying way way more than 3 sentences.
And as overblown as your selection is, it doesnt' do much in addressing the question of how effective the vaccine is at reducing hospitalizations and deaths.
I lost interest after paragraph one!
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And what about AstraZeneca? Let's have a "real world study" (whatever that means) on the other only available vaccine in most of Thailand at the moment!
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13 hours ago, rabas said:
I await publication of the study and data confirming this. Otherwise it may be this week's government announcement that Sinovac is a really great vaccine. Sinovac is based on the Wuhan strain, not Alpha, and was rated at 50.4% in it's first study in Brazil, among health care workers, like this study.
Sinovac: Brazil results show Chinese vaccine 50.4% effective
I would take Sinovac if nothing else were available, all vaccines can help, but lets be clear about facts.
I asked my doctor which vaccine he would recommend, and he said "take whatever you can get"!
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4 hours ago, Damrongsak said:
I would never do that. Of course I'm too old at 67 to scale rooftops carrying 2 cases of beer, even cans.
Thailand needs to come up with a TV show like "You wouldn't believe it" that features these people.
Where do you get "2 cases of beer, or even cans"?
The post clearly states "two bottles of liquor"
Anyway, if he was identified, and British, no doubt it would be plastered over the headline - otherwise it would just be "foreigner"
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6 minutes ago, ricardofel said:
Thailand has a wealth of alcoholics in all provinces. Statistics show that 70% of farangs have at least 5 drinks a day with some starting in the morning hours.
"Statistics show"?
And exactly where did these statistics come from? The Tea and Coffee Distributors Association, or Alcoholics Anonymous?
And are you implying that the "wealth of alcoholics in all provinces" are all farang, because you don't mention Thais at all?
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11 minutes ago, johnmcc6 said:
a beer on a beach after midnight wow ! That is some serious stuff! I'm sure when the tourist industry tells everyone they can get arrested for a beer on the beach after midnight the bookings will come rushing in. But to book other countries.
The Pattaya police must have seen the article on the 3 old age pensioners getting busted on Samui - once again plod showing where their priorities are!
I wonder how many motor bikes they passed with no rear lights or helmetless riders on the way to the "crime scene"?
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Some tried to disguise themselves with leaves, said the media without explaining it fully - well would you Adam and Eve it?
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"Pipat said that on Thursday he was expecting something around 300. But not to worry, when others see how safe it is they will decide to come and he was expecting increasing numbers in the last three months of the year.
He said that the latest Tourism Authority of Thailand assessment was that 100,000 visitors in the next three months will spend 9 billion baht."
Pipat expects increasing numbers in the last 3 months of the year, but, Surprise, surprise, TAT expects 100,000 in the next 3 months
And that is a perfect example of why people do not believe a single stat that TAT come out with - they're probably already working on the excuses why 100,000 didn't come for "Parole"!
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15 hours ago, wensiensheng said:
I see it says 20 million doses here. In another thread it mentions 30 million.
I guess it’s not much difference?
Any advance on 30 million? Going, going,.............................?
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19 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:
Got the email from the embassy this morning, and I had to just laugh. They have put their trust in Thailand and other countries to vaccinate the citizens who are living or working in those countries.
UK same, same! And although I registered in May for the vaccinations with my local hospital (who hold my records), and am 75 years old with underlying health problems, I still do not have an appointment date, and I read yesterday that no new appointments are being allocated..
Would Thais living in the UK or USA be treated in the same way? If not - they should be!
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2 hours ago, itsari said:Draconian attitude to alcohol is life saving , please get wise to what social distancing means .
Thank you teacher! Try telling that to the numpties in the Army whose boxing tournament was responsible for a "cluster"! And "social" distancing is impossible to police (pun intended)
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3 hours ago, Jan Tore said:Most regular tourists can not take more than a 3-4 week vacation. If you then have to be in quarantine for 2 weeks, there is no point in traveling.
You must have missed my recent post regarding holiday entitlement in the USA when the PM was mouthing off about attracting tourists from there (and Europe)
"The number of days varies from employer to employer, but on average, US workers receive around 10 days of paid holiday each year. In addition, this holiday time is often accrued, which means that US staff will need to be working in their job for 12 months before they're entitled to 10 days of holiday."
In the UK , speaking from experience, while the annual holiday entitlement is a bit more than that, to take a break of more than 3 weeks normally requires special dispensation from your employer(s).
Obviously, the above conditions do not apply to the self employed , which are probably the "cash cows" that the PM is trying to attract, but there are not too many of those about (certainly not the hundreds of thousands that are supposedly going to "invade" Thailand over the coming months!) and one thing that he should be made aware of (because he obviously isn't aware of it, or purposely ignoring it because of his and the Government's draconian attitude to alcohol) - they would probably like to be able to visit a bar or two, and have a drink when they get here, and they certainly won't want to sit around a hotel for two weeks while they wait for room service to begin!
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5 hours ago, RafPinto said:
Anutin is very quiet? Is he still running the background show?
Haven't seen him on a building site for ages.
He's maybe unorganising the next "inactive posts" building - the current one must be full to capacity!
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5 hours ago, wensiensheng said:Well, the risk aspect I can at least understand. It’s a gamble that vaccines will arrive in time to stop an India type situation developing, or at least something a lot worse than Thailand has now. Personally I think it’s a big risk, but it’s one he is prepared to take on behalf of the country.
what I don’t understand is the reward side of the equation. There seems to be a suggestion that tourism will be the savior of the country if only the country opens. But to fulfill that prophecy, it will require large numbers of tourists to come and spend, and spend big. Given the uncertainties that exist outside Thailand, plus those inside, I really can’t see how tourism could possibly be a big enough contributor to literally save the Thai economy.
I also feel that it’s not so much a question of upside if the tourism thing works and no downside if it doesn’t, because Thai’s will be no worse off anyway. Loosening restrictions to facilitate tourists may lead to more covid case and that threatens not just the tourist industry but also Thailand’s manufacturing industry. Closed factories don’t produce goods.
all in all, to me it looks like quite a lot of risk for not a lot of reward. But, if there is tacit acceptance from the authorities that they can’t control the virus anyway, then I suppose a few vaccinated tourists aren’t going to make much difference. It’s not the tourist themselves that are the biggest Covid risk, more the changed behavior patterns from Thai’s who see tourists indulging in unsafe Covid behavior and follow suit.
it’s going to be interesting to see it play out in real time in front of our eyes.
"But to fulfill that prophecy, it will require large numbers of tourists to come and spend, and spend big"
They seem to have forgotten the fact that lots of countries have Covid problems - not just Thailand. To think that the floodgates will open if tourists are allowed back in is a pipedream, and I have this mental image of Immigration Officers sitting behind their desks at Swampy in an empty airport saying "Come on then - we're ready for ya!"
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13 hours ago, smedly said:enough is enough ???
you haven't seen anything yet
with Alpha and Delta now surging in Thailand and your government messed up on effective vaccines ............................................ it really goes down hill from here
people in Thailand should be demanding that heads roll right now for this very obvious cluster
Time for Prayut to resign and Anutin to face charges of unusual wealth and incompetence
They all deserve to be jailed
how on earth the Thai people are putting up with this is quite shocking
"how on earth the Thai people are putting up with this is quite shocking"
Unfortunately, they can probably remember tanks and guns in Bangkok a few years ago, and the man currently at the helm would have no compulsion at all about bringing them back again bearing in mind his job in His previous life. ("Got a job for you, boys - time for you to put into practice what you've been training for! Up and at 'em!!!" )
On the other hand, they could have an election and vote Him out - oh, sorry, He has already put the kibosh on that idea!
Hhmmm? Any ideas?
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31 minutes ago, robsamui said:
I wonder how many of the above are available locally?
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7 hours ago, ezzra said:I understand that alcoholic beverages will not be available in the 'sandbox' of Phuket for now, so what those hundred of thousand of tourist to do with no alcoholic drinks available? drink cola or pepsi?...
It'll be interesting to hear the excuses for the non-appearance of those thousands!
You could probably count on one hand the number of Western tourists who would opt for a holiday where they can not even have a glass of wine with their dinner!
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9 hours ago, doctormann said:
Seriously, the British Embassy should get off their backsides and arrange something similar for UK expats. You might think that they would be shamed into doing something but I guess that the chances of anything happening are slim to none!
I am not a great lover of the French (Government) normally, but kudos to them on this one - Vive la France!
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10 hours ago, Thailand said:
I expect the UK will soonbe offering the same service to British expats over the age of 97.
Yes - They do actually offer a 50% discount on a TV licence if you are BLIND!!
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16 hours ago, bangsaenguy said:
And I thought the govt started the current wave by encouraging people to drive during Songkran and spend money. Current clusters are found in factories, not bars.
"Current clusters are found in factories, not bars."
I agree with your comment re Songkran, but the reason why there are no current or even recent clusters in bars is because they have all been CLOSED for months!
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It was only a few months ago that the vast majority of Thais DIDN"T want the country opened up to foreigners!
Depends who you ask I suppose?
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And this "top story" is running side by side with a post from a senior doctor at the Internal Medicine Department of the Faculty of Medicine at Mahidol University, urging caution about reopening Thailand too early to International visitors.
Seems like a conflict of interests here?
Moderna at private hospitals: It'll cost 3,400 baht for two jabs, can pay from Thursday
in Thailand News
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No it isn't!