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Caldera

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  1. A regular tourist, from any country, cannot afford to sacrifice two weeks of their annual leave on quarantine. Simple as that.

     

    There are obviously snowbirds, gap year students, retirees and similar groups who COULD quarantine. A fraction of them also WOULD (and has the money), so the number of people Thailand can "woo" with such an offer is quite limited.

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  2. Another unworkable proposal. If you cannot even step outside of your hotel to visit the nearest 7/11 on your own, why visit a foreign country at all?

     

    Also, what about all those Thais who will get in close contact with those tourists? Waitresses and bus drivers, the likes? Will they need to be isolated from other Thais? Otherwise it's easy to see how an infected tourist could spark community transmission in Thailand, even if the tourists themselves are "shepherded". Who shepherds the shepherds?

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  3. I'd imagine that a Thai of considerable wealth can easily assume the identity of a fellow Thai citizen of similar age who has passed away. Heck, even migrant workers from neighboring countries have been caught doing just that.

     

    Then there's of course there's also the option to buy another country's passport. Thanks to the ineptitude of the RTP, he's had plenty of time to buy many!

     

  4. It's not an uphill road. Without foreign tourists in vast quantities, there's simply NO road back to the kind of revenue they've gotten used to.

     

    What domestic tourists spend pales in comparison and household debt is already sky-high, so there's no hope that they will be able to spend significantly more.

     

    It stands to be argued that the real trouble for Thailand's tourist industry still lies ahead - with the upcoming "high season" that will be anything but.

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  5. 1 hour ago, 2530Ubon said:

    I emailed immigration ([email protected]) to ask if tourist visa extensions applied for prior to the 26th of September are eligible for the 30th November stamp, or if it only applies to people who had an embassy letter. I shall post any update as soon as it comes in. Pointless arguing between ourselves when we can ask immigration directly!

    Division 1 immigration (MTT) did not issue tourist visa extensions last month, so don't be surprised if they will find your question confusing.

     

    This issue concerns only those immigration offices that actually still did issue such "regular" tourist extensions (Ubon, Chiang Mai, a few others?).

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