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Nice cars... Good addition to the 'borrowed watch' collection!

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Samui Sandbox! 3 foreigners in, 5 foreigners out!

What a success! ????

This is what happens when idiots run the country...

All these episodes should contribute to best advertisement of tourist re-opening plans and sandboxes. Tourism is the business possible for the civilized countries only.

Thailand does not need tourism and does not deserve to be a tourist destination. Back to agriculture, Thais go farming to their sweet home Isaan.

Just now, placeholder said:

So it being not famous makes it okay to persecute it. Well, being small and weak is an enticement to bullies. And clearly Meduza is not the only news source facing persecution from the Russian govt.

Did ever You read Russian press?? It is quite open. Of course they crackdown the 'media' which are extremist or not officially registered or accredited in Russia. This is normal, every state would do that.

3 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Possibly you're confusing the real Thai attitude towards foreigners with the real Thai attitude towards yourself. And your citing of isolated incidents is just another sad example of cherry picking. Before Covid, Thailand had 40 million tourists in a year. How many were murdered? Are you one of those people who think that the fact that someone is a tourist should guarantee them absolute immunity from harm? I know there are lots of vaccine denialists who think that way. Apparently this disability of thinking has been spreading to other persons.

I don't know what You mean 'real Thai attitude'. And I am not talking about absolute immunity. However, Thailand has always been unsafe for tourism, You can read warnings of embassies dated 2019 and back regarding motobikes, cars, boats, robbery, scam, diseases, etc. The government never tried to improve the situation... Come for cheap on Your own risk, but don't forget to pay for visas, extensions, re-entries!

5 minutes ago, boogiewoogie said:

 

I know how life was and see how it now.

No need to convince him. They live in their own world driven by CNN ????

Corruption?? If we call it lobbying, it becomes legal in some countries ????

6 minutes ago, placeholder said:

So people used to come to Thailand with the prospect that would have a blah time but at least it was cheap? The scenery, the beaches, the food, the art, the architecture were all irrelevant?

Scenery? Mediterranian is way nicer to me. Food? The one is too spicy for most of farang visitors... Well, can try, but look how many foreign-owned restairants serve European food - this is becasue of the demand from tourits who dont want to eat Thai food every day. Art?? What do You call art, this visuial garbage on the streets, covered by chaotic advertisements and ugly shop signs? Is there anyone who can walk and enjoy street architecture in Thailand?

Easy to come and low prices - the key for success! Cheap drinks and prostitution, too.

What an nonsense - travel to a country with one million travel restrictions!? For waht purpose? Look at beaches which are closed from their hotel rooms? Hide from police while taking some vine? Wear masks while feeding the beggards?

The reality is: fresh info - Aeroflot cancelled all flights to Thailand today, they say probably will resume flights in November.

Thailand was only desirable as travel destination because it was cheap and easy to get in. Not anymore - so why?

Oh wow, what an amazing performance from cops! No, they don't intend control illegal traffic from neighboring countries - not dangerous. Now they are at more important task: pevent illegal birthday parties and arrest cakes with Mickey Mouse! Cakes are illegal under Emergency Decree!

10 minutes ago, vicbkk said:

 "we have done quite well".

What world is this idiot living in!

He means he and his friend Out-In (Anutin) done well making enough money from distribution of vaccines - buy Chinese ones and sell 3 times more expensive than AZ. An banning all other alternative purchase of vaccines.

1 minute ago, sapson said:

Exactly, if they tested 10k arriving tourists and 10k local residents the latter group would have a much higher positive covid test percentage.

Yes, however domestically they are testing people with symptoms and contacts. This will give higher %, thus difficult to compare.

I would say the risks of domestic transmission is at least 10 times higher than imported by 'tourists'.

However, due to financial interest of decision makers they will continue with this stupid quarantine, killing not only the tourism but other businesses as well.

31 minutes ago, webfact said:

He pointed out that 40 flights a day were going between Moscow and Egypt and Thailand needed a slice of that action. 

They don't understand - this will never happen. Egypt is open for tourism unlike Thailand not inventing idiotic requirements for pre-entry paperwork, tests, quarantines, forced isolation, tracking apps, closed tourist infrastructure, etc.

26 minutes ago, webfact said:

In addition only 50 of the 19,000 tourists had been tested positive for Covid-19.

The risk of getting COVID in Thailand via domestic transmission is times higher than from arriving 'tourists', who are vaccinated and are tested prior to boarding the plane. So from basic risk analysis there is absolutely no point in quarantine; quarantine just seems to be the money-making business by Minister of Health. PS All new versions of the virus will he in Thailand anyway, as the land borders are poorly controlled.

They should be more creative and introduce system of absurd requirements, as they allways do in Thailand:

- develop mobile app 'Safe Sex' which will be tracing the sexual contacts. The lovers should download and intall it before having sex, with bluetooth on...

- prior to having sex, the participants' papers should be sent to Minisrty of Health, including medical certificate form and negative COID test taken 72 hours prior to sex;

- QR code will be ussied by MoH for sex approval;

- foreigners having sex in Thailand should submit copy of visa and/or workpermit to MoH;

- foreigners on marriage visa are only allowed to have sex with married partner;

- during sex, they should be reporting every 90 seconds to the government sex control officer;

- any other ideas?

Officially 5500 new domestic cases in Thailand today. So what is the risk from international 'tourist' arrivals or returning Thais?

Borders are transparent. Recent exodus of migrant workers from lockdown zones proves that - otherwise they will have no chance to return.

And they treat these 300 'tourists' as terrorists, pushing them through all thise ridiculous paperwork. With less than 1% probability of any of the vaccinated 'tourist' infected, the risks are negligible. But the Thai authorities keep destroying the country by blocking the internatioanl travel.

Thailand is not an island. Blocking legal travel just creates illegal travel, with loss of income for millions.