Aussie Col

42 minutes ago, Khun Rob said:

I just returned to Australia and have done the figures on returning next year. To comply with the current entry requirements the absolute minimum cost will be around 80,000 Baht if i can find a flight into Thailand for $1000.

I dont see anyone bothering to do that, particularly tourists or teachers. I will be handing my Permanent Residency book back after 15 yrs of paying through the nose to keep it, the wife has said enough.

You won't be alone.

6 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

Good work Thailand and congratulations to the people of Thailand who came together to fight the virus.

 

Keep the borders closed. 

Wheres the independent link to back up the claim?

5 hours ago, Matzzon said:

So, now continue to live in your little bubble with the stupid belief that Thailand have managed to fool the whole world and it´s only you that can see the truth.

 

Do you realize how stupid that sounds when you read it.

Good Job Thailand!

Just post the independent link to back up the claim and everybody will believe it.

Wheres the independent link to back up the claim?

Until then nobody of intelligence will believe the claim

18 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Its not bad at yield per hectare either:

 

China : 6.5 tons

Vietnam : 5.4 tons

Philippines : 3.8

Thailand: 2.8 tons

 

If Thailand wants to compete long term it needs to improve its farming methods

and improve the quality of the rice and reduce the value of the Baht.

Thailands rice exports have been decreasing year on year for a few years now due to the strong Baht and the poor quality of the rice compared to other rice growing countries.

I'm not sure if China buys any rice from Thailand, but if it does that obviously is going to be reduced in future years. Again i say Thailand is up the creek without a paddle.

5 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

Another brain dead Minister in Prayut's band of deadheads.

Taking the country into the abyss, which it's very unlikely it will ever recover from

21 hours ago, transam said:

Uncomfortable or embarrassed...?    ....................????

All those in the Junta have a great fear of the truth

14 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

You wouldn't need to hide bodies for long - they burn them.

That's a fact. 3 to 5 days in Isan village's and other remote areas and i doubt very much doubt if they have post mortems

6 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

It's probably something Prayut and Co don't want to hear but the fact is Thaksin is still loved and revered by millions in the rural areas if comments I have heard are anything to go by.  He was betrayed,  stabbed in the back and treated very badly so they say.  Is there going to be a Red shirt awakening? 

Prayut and co hate the truth

On 7/26/2020 at 6:19 PM, condo62 said:

Thai government are saying you will need Covid-19 insurance to travel....all the travel insurances companies i have checked exclude pandemics so who is offering cover for this...?  

It's simple really. If the Junta don't want tourists them tourists will fine another country to go too to spend their money and creating jobs.

The Junta hates educated people as the educated people can see how the Junta are taking the country into a very deep hole which the country will take many years to get out of, it at all.

10 hours ago, Blumpie said:

Nobody is travelling to Thailand even if it was open so don't worry about it.

People will find other countries to holiday in if Thailand doesn't want them.

Them tourists money will create jobs and boost economies in countries that want tourists

12 hours ago, Jumbo1968 said:

How long can Thailand afford to keep the 2 airports in Bangkok closed, have all the staff including the Check in Desk Staff, Security Staff, Maintenance Staff and Immigration Officers etc been made redundant ?

On top of that Taxi drivers will be feeling the effects of the government actions at the airports and all over Bangkok alone worth the hotels, Restaurants and bars.

Thailand is heading into a huge financial black hole unless it gets tourists who spend money back

3 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

Well, myself and a dozen friends will not be flying from Canada to Thailand

this year. There may be a couple who will go to Vietnam, as they have been

planning to visit that country for a couple years, and decided to go there this

Winter. I am on the fence for now but will think about it in November when the snow is on the

ground, and the temps will be below zero c.

Geezer

You wont be alone. Anybody who enters Thailand with these new rules needs their brains tested.

Hello Vietnam and the Philippines

Do the Chinese have to jump through the same hoops?

Let's be honest Thailand isn't go to get tourists for a long long time and in the mean time people will find other holiday destinations where their money will go further than it does in Thailand

With zero tourists allowed to come into Thailand there is zero chance of a 4th quarter recovery

With falling exports due to the over valued Baht and poor quality rice and other exports and rising unemployment and no farang tourists things are going to get a lot worse for the average Thai.

4 hours ago, tomauasia said:

I'm in Pampanga Philippines now and will move to Manila by car. No paper work 

Others will be joining you soon.

The Philippines can see the many benefits that tourism does bring, not at least money and jobs.

4 hours ago, nausea said:

So, 10% work in the tourist industry, interesting. Not an insignificant number, but I guess the country will survive. The real problem is the social unrest this might instil, like the go to for poor people has always been the tourist thing. Take away their bread and they might get 'ornery. I'm guessing the circuses thing has ended now, going by my SO.

 

 

Try 30% plus will be nearer.

3 hours ago, JemJem said:

I have a bad feeling that it is going to be a long time before GENERAL tourists are allowed back into Thailand. 

 

I usually spend the (European) winter in Thailand. As of now, I am giving it only 50 percent chance that I will be able to go there this December. 

 

Or, am I being too much of a pessimist?! 

If Bali is too far for you to travel i would put money on the fact that Vietnam and the Philippines will be opening in December at the very latest to get their economies up and running again with the money that tourism will bring in.