Sametboy2019

Want people to come and then set dates for people to leave. So people but tickets home to avoid overstay then hey presto right at the last moment... no you can stay. ????

Korat is about halfway. Big city. Not sure what you define as good.

4 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

Mind explaining that to the almost 1 million death people so far? That number is probably quite a bit higher, actually, because not all covid related deaths are recorded as covid related deaths. The second wave is about to hit many countries in Europe (including the UK) and the USA, so the number of deaths is very probably going to increase again. So far, 200,000 in the USA, 42,000 in the UK, with numbers on the rise.

Some very simple measures can drastically reduce the number of infections and deaths: social distance, wear a mask, wash your hands, it’s as simple as that. If someone can not see the need to practice those simple rules, then Yinn has every right to call those people covidiots. And please don’t play that ‘freedom’ card, because what some people see as freedom is just another way to say “I will do as I damned well please, and screw everyone else”. 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/15/sweden-records-its-fewest-daily-covid-19-cases-since-march

No lockdown, no masks, no sanitizer! World is being brought to its knees buy a something that can be defeated by soap and not getting too close to people.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12710684/anders-tegnell-scientist-sweden-coronavirus-without-lockdown-national-hero/

No lockdown, no masks, no sanitizer.

Impossible almost. 

39 minutes ago, shackleton said:

Well I suggested the government think of new holidays 

Every month to encourage internal tourism

Looks like they have been looking at Thai visa and taking this information on board 

I agree. One Friday to Sunday holiday a month would help the tourism industry massively.

When the love of a object/possession overcomes a living being explains why the World is in the state it is!

How are the rise is infections relating to hospital visits or even deaths?

Why are you confused bkk6060?

Maybe try Taco Taco. Been there a couple of times. Good food. Never had the refried beans

Some kids in Kanchanaburi have got it also. Apparently they crossed the border to Burma. Couldnt of got it from a Thai 

8 hours ago, Pilotman said:

oh dear, let's not economic reality get in the way of uninformed  opinion eh? The whole tourist market only accounts for less than  18% of GDP, fancy that,  while the other 82% of the Thai economy has absolutely nothing to do with expats or tourism. That is the reality, not influenced by a few bar girls sending home their money. You can't build an economy on that. 

That 18% also buys things, food, clothes, rent etc. Its a domino affect. 18% of the GDP. How many people is that? Any resort that goes under employs how many staff? Taxis, restaurants, bars, excursions etc all losing money. 

On 8/27/2020 at 11:28 AM, Kerryd said:

Sterilize 1,000 dogs and the other 19,000 will continue doing what they do. I doubt anyone will notice the least difference in the population of the strays. 

Some of those soi dogs are obviously diseased and suffering from malnutrition. I remember many, many years ago when this was a problem (back before Tony opened up his stray dog shelter) and they noted that the Thai's don't want to put down all these animals because of Buddhism. (Live and let live philosophy. At least until it becomes an overbearing problem and people start getting bit more often and maybe getting rabies as well.)

Doesn't make sense to me to let so many dogs suffer or to let them continue to proliferate in such numbers. 
If this sterilization program had of been continually in effect for the last 20 years, the problem would hardly be noticeable now. Sterilizing a couple hundred dogs once every few years ?
Waste of time, effort and money.

Exactly. Like everything in this country. Even if there are rules nobody enforces them so there is no ramifications of peoples actions.

Drive the wrong way up a road or on a pavement. Throw trash everywhere. Dump animals. etc

And not all places have been added to the scheme by the government.

I believe all national parks hotels have not been included.

If you have no customer's then lower the prices. The government should offer coupons to visit attractions and food discounts.

Same practices across the world. People complaining about immigrants etc. While governments spend billions on space travel and arms.

None of which will benefit the common man.

There will be people who come and stay 3 months who will be willing to do the 2 week quarantine

Cant see the borders being open until a least January 

49 minutes ago, Blumpie said:

Absolute rubbish.  China will never allow its citizens to travel and bring Covid back to China shutting down the #2 economy.

This guy is about as smart as a dead cockroach.  

Exactly. China has imposed 2wk quarantine on returning citizens and will do in the foreseeable future.

Thailand would be better off allowing anybody who wants to or is allowed to come as the pickings will be slim for a while yet.