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4 hours ago, lkv said:

 

Who is we, because the only place you will be getting it (and quicker than Thais), will be in your home country.

 

Rest assured that you will not qualify for a vaccine in Thailand unless you hold PR (maybe), or citizenship.

Not if you pay for it. Then you can get the vaccine in Thailand. 

Why not just make it 90 days for all those countries listed why certain countries 90 and others 45 days. Just doesnt make sense. We still have to get visa from the embassy, buy covid insurance, 72 hours test before flight and damn expensive gouging hotels fees. Forget it can wait till we get vaccinated by summer of next year here in Canada. 

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Special Tourist Visa: Thailand opens to the world - But will the tourists really come?

 

Reuters file photo for reference only
 

In a massive U-turn after few people turned up as part of the government's STV (special tourist visa) scheme Thailand has decided to open up to the whole world irrespective of Covid conditions.

 

They have abandoned the requirement that the STV will only be given to those from low risk countries - but announced that all the checks and paperwork will still need to be followed. 

 

Crucially, this means visitors will still have to quarantine for 14 days. 

 

This much criticized sticking point begs the question:

 

Will the government's move inspire any more tourists to come to the country?

 

Critics will say that the cabinet's latest decision is putting a BandAid on the festering sore that is the much maligned STV project that allows long stay in Thailand.

 

The government hopes that allowing visitors from every country on earth - including hotbed places like the US and many countries in Europe -  will provide more tourists and give Thailand's ailing tourism sector a much needed boost.

 

It will have to. 

 

So far the numbers have been tiny in relation to usual tourism figures. 

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

PM's office deputy spokesman Ratchada Thanadirek faced the press after a cabinet meeting and admitted that only 825 people had come on the STV so far.

 

And there were just SIX visitors on yachts; to boost this number the government resolved to allow such people to stay 30 more days, now a total of 60.

 

Ratchada was at pains to point out that everyone on STV must complete all the requirements that have been so roundly criticized.

 

And that includes the expensive and onerous 14 day quarantine.

 

Many will say that the government's U-turn is more like a vicious circle with the inevitable consequence that few people will consider coming to Thailand unless they have very specific reasons - like family and business, notes Thaivisa. 

 

Source: Manager Online

 

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Wishful thinking, with the world economy with millions of jobless, expensive gouging hotel quarantine fees tourism is the last thing people have in mind. 

18 hours ago, J Town said:

Hasn't this poor dead horse been beaten enough?

 

You get what you pay for. Pay a competitive salary and you'll get quality teachers. I know a school where they are currently short 14 teachers. They are part of the the largest private school system in Southeast Asia, and the pay they offer is literally laughed at and it shows. Numbers don't lie. As a result you get lousy English proficiency. Again, numbers don't lie.

Yes. The school hired Filipino teacher for cheap but I have heard and seen them teaching english real badly even when they claimed they are univ graduate, the tenses were all wrong, govt school do not providr any books, teacher had to bring own books from abroad and teach them the most basic grade 1 english to the prathom 4 class. Its sad

On 11/23/2020 at 5:45 AM, zzzzz said:

do the Chinese need quarantine for 14 days if they travel to Japan or South Korea?

If not.  well that answers why their going there.  ????????

No insurance, no set gouging hotel price, no certificate of entry. 3 ridiculous demand required who the hell will go. 

6 hours ago, miamiman123 said:

It does not make sense why the baht continues to strengthen....something is afoot.

The CV vaccine is a long way away from being useful on a large scale.

I honestly think it’s the Chinese that are investing in Thailand with the help of the current administration...nothing else adds up, especially in light of the domestic issues that the country is facing!

 

Hey trump dog <deleted> if you dont know <deleted>. 

12 hours ago, 2long said:

 

Probably not the best picture to put with the text underneath it.

Look like he’s flying in business class thats almost the same price as his hospital fees. 

Not thay desperate to go back for another year. When the vaccine is out then I will travel back for free without any stupid investement. 

Som Nam Na!! Wow this guy is truly disgruntled over a 500b fee. I thought it was just the tripadvisor and other hotel review site. This guy took it to the next level of writing it to the Cnn, bbc and abc news channel as well. Total entitlement idiot. 

8 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

And the gates of hades to reward China will be fully opened and then closed again after the Chinese bring the virus back in again. Seems to be too much wanting to snuggle up with the commie government and looking the other way that they created the virus.

 

Now for Taiwan the honest independent non commie country, I am all for letting these good people with a good government in. . 

It’s the American and the English that will bring in the virus not the Chinese. Duhhh!!!

On 9/26/2020 at 10:11 AM, Pilotman said:

sounds a bit like a vindictive vendetta by him, rather than just posting a negative review on Trip Advisor. Sounds like he may have brought it on himself.  

Serves him right. 

12 hours ago, Pilotman said:

The majority of the Embassy staff are not British, they are Thai, so why should they care. It's not in their DNA

What’s got to do with the Thais? What is wrong with you? Staff follows order. Your embassy head is British. If you dont like Thailand why are you even there? 

On 9/2/2020 at 7:16 AM, Clarkey611 said:

They have not been welcome for the past 5 years, except for the Wuhan team!

Are you envious that you are not allowed in? If I was him I wouldn’t let you in too. Wuhan is free of virus and you are mulitiplying like locust!

I don’t quite believe that 100’s of american soliders tested negative. Impossible.

He’s been living there long time, doesn’t he know that you never wear anything big gold jewelry in Pattaya?

2 hours ago, khaowong1 said:

Although this is a great thing, they should have started about 2 months ago.  Not complaining, just saying.  

Damn you do, damn you don’t. Why can’t you just be happy and not be miserable complaining about everything that Thai’s do?

10 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Just another PR campaign to try and redeem Phukets soiled image by social media gangsters calling for our heads.

No, I'm not buying any of it.

Damn you do, damn you don’t. What is wrong with you? I don’t see you being generous in helping other expats. Such a negative, narrow minded attitude. 

13 hours ago, anchadian said:

"A public health officer allowed them to quarantine themselves at home. There was a commotion because they said they weren't aware they had to be put in a state quarantine," the officer said.

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This will never happen.

Stop bashing or judging the Thais right away. People in Canada and US are not self quarantining even when govt told them to do so. They are still going to groceries stores amd going about meeting friends and getting together. 

Damn what is wrong with her? Why so nasty and entitlement what is she thinking 

Handling of infected person’s passport and then touching the face or eye is bound to happen. The virus can stay alive between 2-4 days on surfaces. 

Without a rat there’s no smart car!!

OMG!! DUMB and DUMBER!! 

7 hours ago, DannyCarlton said:

Disgraceful. Makes me ashamed to be British. Big guy like him can't see off 3 weedy Thais? Must be a Southerner.

Yeh...but he is a fat brits not a fit brits!