DLock

Just a suggestion, but why have a committee of Thai fossils trying to figure out what would tempt foreigners to come settle here. Why not some focus groups made up of foreigners from each of your targeted areas and ask them and run your lame ideas past them. Right now, you just making up ish. It might be easier than you think.

Satisfied with 20,000 "tourists" arriving in Thailand? Aim higher kid.

"It was not the government but it was a bunch of crooks" “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” - George Orwell, Animal Farm

The Thai visa curse of being born beautiful and better looking than your "wife".

You would think that, but the Labor Laws have not kept up the COVID Force Majeur and the fact that many, many business's were forced to close through no fault of their own. But if you had to let workers go as a result of COVID, even though no fault of management or company, you will be forced to pay full entitlements to staff. ...and if you have no money to pay, the cases will turn into criminal cases...

Who cares? If someone would pay me all that money for my limited white-man-underbite dancing skills, I'd consider myself very special. Very, very special. You are starting to sound like a bitter and jealous old man.

You have to remember this is Thai Visa, and even a Miss Thailand Universe pageant draws criticism of how ugly or manly the contestants are, and that their wife/girlfriend is 10 x better looking. So a pretty, talented Thai girl making 100million...doesn't stand a chance here...

That's terrific...but where are those Moderna I ordered and paid for months ago.

Probably...but she has handlers to manage those trivial details...

Regardless, Blackpink and Lisa, in fact the entire K-Pop phenomenon, is brilliantly marketed and produced to extract as much value as they can from a manufactured music industry. I'm sure she is in tears after reading your comments...tears of laughter, as she counts her 100million baht...

I don't care about Phuket. I want to know Bangkok or Chiang Mai. Phuket is simple.

So, how big is the "designated area"? How far can I wander from the AQ hotel? ...and what will they do if I wander too far, or stay out later than I should, or leave my phone in the room "accidentally"? This really is quite farcical and it does give me a chuckle. Just open it up for vaccinated tourists with a 3-day COVID free test and Insurance...anything more is just stupid.

Wrong.

I believe that by November 1st or 15th, the 5 other Sandboxes will be ready, BUT it’s not announced or Royal Gazetted yet So my plan is wait until November, for the NEW 5 sandboxes are announced, and then enter via that route, I’ve already done Sandbox in Phuket and even though 14 days was too long, 7 days will be fine as long as we’re allowed out using same principle as Phuket sandbox. The areas are 1. Bangkok, 2. Chiang Mai (Muang. Mae Rim, Mae Taeng and Doi Tao districts), 3. Prachuap Khiri Khan (Hua Hin district), 4. Phetchaburi (Cha-am district) and 5.Chon Buri (Pattaya, Bang Lamung and Sattahip districts), government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Saturday. Edited just now by bolt So, on the 15th November, in Chiang Mai, I can leave my AQ Hotel at 7am, and go anywhere I want in Chiang Mai and return at midnight? ...or Prachuap, or Cha-am, or Bangkok? This is all I'm trying to figure out. In which case, what is the purpose of the AQ?

So, November, I can leave my Chiang Mai hotel at 7am and return at midnight if I want? ...or am I stuck in a hotel still...in which case, what is the context of Chiang Mai "sandbox"?

I agree. This is confusing. So, a tourists has to stay at an AQ hotel. Can he go anywhere in Bangkok or Chiang Mai - like leave at 7am and return home at midnight doing whatever he wants? If yes, then the AQ are basically meaningless. If no, then this is a quarantine, so stop saying Thailand is "open". It's not.

I will tolerate vegetarians and vegans, as long as they stay on their side of the supermarket... ...but lately, I am seeing vegetable burgers in the manly meat section. If this continues, we are going to put meat products in the vegetable sections and make artificial vegetables out of meat products to confuse your bean sized brains. You have been warned.

What complete idiot would trust the Thai Government and pre-pay for Moderna vaccines for their staff in Thailand? Me. For I am that idiot. Given my staff need to be vaccinated to re-open some businesses, kind of puts us in a bit of a pickle really.