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54 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

Could even be read as the I.O confirming that the free amnesty will NOT be extended ?

 They cannot confirm or deny anything concerning AMNESTY since it is not them who declared it. They may have opinion about the amnesty. And the opinion may be totally ignored at the end (exactly what has happened in July).

Bye bye “phuket model”.

Phuket residents can not to worry. So called ‘Phuket model’ is just another idiotic fantasy which will never be implemented. 

2 minutes ago, rvaviator said:

They should try and get as many back as possible ... Re-instate visa free arrival - Give 90 days visa and slap on the 14 days lock up ..  Getting the C-19 insurance is not that expensive .. 

 

That would test the waters .....

 The problem is nobody in the Thai government will take a responsibility to open the borders at the moment. They have Zero covid cases , they are the winners, they are clean, they are number one mask-wearers in the world... Who will dare to spoil this parade of idiocy? 

6 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

Some expats have deluded themselves into thinking that if there were no expats in Thailand the whole economy would collapse, when in fact they're a very small part of the economy.

40 mln tourists a year x 1000 usd each (on average) = 40 000 000 000 usd in revenues. A big chunk of the economy, actually.

 The industry has already collapsed. More important, it will not recover any time soon. There is no any chance Thailand will reopen its borders in a manner suitable for the international tourism (without the quarantine, 100 k insurance etc.). Let them fully concentrate on growing rice again. 
 

2 hours ago, Guderian said:

When the annual flu season is just kicking-off in the countries that provide most of Thailand's tourists, it's probably not the best time to start opening the borders. The shops, hotels and bars might get a decent month or so of business, but as the virus starts spreading out of control the authorities will have no choice but to impose a lockdown again. The lockdown will seriously hurt most businesses, not just those in the tourism sector. So what do you do, give the tourism industry a brief respite at possibly enormous and unnecessary cost to the non-foreign tourist sector, which makes up 85% of Thailand's GDP remember? That doesn't make any sense to me, why would you risk inflicting great damage on the largest part of your economy just to try and boost a relatively small part of it?

This is why Thailand tourism industry is done. For years.

Ironically, life is almost back to normal in many countries all over the globe. Those countries that were deemed as failed in their Covid response are now recovering fast with their economies back to growth. Meanwhile, the ‘winners’ of the Covid battle,like Thailand, seem to be stuck forever without any viable option to avoid a big economic disaster. 

Still trying to figure out how to open the borders without actually opening them. Not an easy task.

When will they finally understand that their only hope in the current situation are the long time tourists (3 months at least). Only. Nobody else will agree to stay in 14 day quarantine. Why do they learn so slow?

Measures to be taken by the Thailand tourist industry to weather through the Covid times.

1. Leave all those already in the country alone. Visa amnesty for one year to everybody. People should be asked to stay, not to be threatened by the Immigration bureaucrats who keep acting as nothing has changed in the country.
2. Let in all those who wish to stay in Thailand for 6 months and longer and also ready to go through 2 weeks quarantine. This includes  retirees , married to Thais, digital nomads, long time tourists of any kind etc.

 3. Advertise Thailand to the world  as a Covid safe place. Should be interesting to those who live in Covid unsafe places, especially to the elder people.

 4. Stop fantasizing about high season and reviving of the old short time tourism scheme any time soon. One month stay including 14 days quarantine is definitely a bad idea. 

 5. Fire 8/10 of the TAT and similar organizations’ staff. Same with the Immigration offices.

 The measures will not substitute the millions in numbers from the past but they will allow many people in the tourist industry to weather through the Covid times. Hotels, however, will still take a big hit.

Measures to be taken by the Thailand tourist industry to weather through the Covid times.

1. Leave all those already in the country alone. Visa amnesty for one year for everybody. People should be asked to stay, not to be threatened by the Immigration bureaucrats who keep acting as nothing has changed in the country.
2. Let in all those who wish to stay in Thailand for 6 months and longer and ready to go through 2 weeks quarantine. This includes  retirees , married to Thais, digital nomads, long time tourists of any kind etc.

 3. Advertise Thailand to the world  as a Covid safe place. Should be interesting to those in Covid unsafe places, especially for the elder people.

4. Stop fantasizing about high season and recovering of the old short time tourism model any time soon. Fire 8/10 of the TAT and similar organizations’ staff.
 

 This measures will not substitute the millions in numbers from the past but they will let many people in the tourist industry to weather through the Covid times.

 Another childish fantasy. How many more will we hear from these people? Somebody should explain them that it is impossible to have cake and to eat it at the same time. Zero covid cases = zero tourists. So simple.