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13 hours ago, 86Tiger said:

No body wants to be left holding the bag.  It will not be pretty when all is said and done.

Do you really think people this high up in the food chain actually care?   ????

6 hours ago, GAZZPA said:

I hope you are wrong, i think there must be an answer.. The government should invest heavily in infrastructure, yes it costs but it will pay back and move the country forward.. i think preparing the country for post pandemic and aiming to crush the SE Asia competition is the only way, at least the only way i can think of.

Infrastructure?  You mean like the sewage plant that spews filth into the water by the beer bar on Beach Road?  And a sidewalk that smells so bad tourists must hold their nose to get to Walking Street?

I won't hold my breath.

11 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

7 reasons that will kill the return of tourists... Good luck resorts hope you survive until next year.

Is that really a bad thing?  Expats have complained for years that there are too many tourists and tour buses ... First it was overrun with Russians (hence little Russia on Pratamnak) and then it was the Chinese with the buses and organized tours where they follow the lead duck.

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How many of us are going to sit-it-out?

1 hour ago, unheard said:

May I ask you to verify that your letter has Covid-19 wording?

I'm with Cigna also but the letter they sent me just shows an evidence of coverage for all reasonable medical conditions, no specific mention of Covid-19.

btw what is the country of your policy?

Cigna expat confirmed by email that hospitalization due to Covid was covered and they sent my dec page again showing HOW I am covered -- but as you said, the dec page doesn't mention Covid specifically and I didn't ask for a custom letter from them.  I would think that is what you would need to do.

1 hour ago, elliss said:

 

     Pandemics , same same , act of God . 

       Insurance companies , escape clause...

Not necessarily ... I checked and mine didn't have any of that "If you need to be hospitalized for anything, you are covered".

On 6/28/2020 at 3:34 AM, Brunolem said:

There is a number of beach hotels/resorts that charge 20,000 + baht per night...and obviously cater to high end tourists.

 

But I think that a large number of their customers are wealthy Thais, and not foreign billionaires...

I was thinking about that ... we used to dine at the Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort (Wong Amat), which rented for hundreds of dollars USD per night at one time.  We noticed two types of customers:  Wealthy Russian; and wedding parties from wherever.  It seemed to us that they kept the hotel relatively full.
 

Pattaya-Jomptien-WongAmat are not designed for wealthy tourists IMO, especially older wealthy tourists.  Splurge tourism, yes.  But I think pursuing the wealthy travelers is a pipe dream.

I also wonder about the amount of money REALLY put into the economy from the different types of travelers.  Payments to bar girls don't ever seem to be part of the "estimated daily spend" that TAT uses to sail its idea of higher class of tourism.

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On 6/23/2020 at 1:22 AM, ThailandRyan said:

It is not viewed as prostitution if you do not pay them up front but rather pay them to leave as the majority here in Thailand do it, just like a divorce ????

 

Hahahahahha.  The opposite of "sin sot" ... we will call it "sin finished".

9 hours ago, robblok said:

I too want to go back to pre corvid but I think its still too early. 

Meanwhile, people starve to death and lose their businesses and homes that they worked their entire lives for.  

Thankfully where I am in the USA, the government has figured out that they MUST open.

We are now in Phase 2, 50% capacity for dine-in restaurants, spas, nail salons, and hair care as well as all retail open again.  No dramatic spike in cases.   In fact, all across the US, the temporary Covid hospitals have been dismantled.

The only people here in the US who think it is "too early" are the ones collecting $995USD per week in unemployment.  Less than one out of three customers wear a mask.  One out of three customers will use sanitizer upon entry.  

It is NOT too early.

On 6/2/2020 at 7:11 AM, ChipButty said:

Bars closed again?

Wait. The bars are going to be opened by first of July???

19 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Cost per night?

I found one listing for 50,000 baht for the 14 days

17 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

All those people on the 5000baht a month program would probably enjoy a holiday......all be it a brief one. 

Really?  You mean some people are receiving the money?  Last I heard -- you must have a bank account; and you must be able to prove employment (even if a maid for cash; or a seller at the market).  

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17 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Joe from the USA

Some people might object to this one.

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2 hours ago, bkk_bwana said:

Don't discount the value of domestic tourism. If the article is true, locals spend is almost half of that spent by foreigners. Fact 76% of tourists in Hua Hin in 2019 were Thai.  Average hotel rate 4k a night. Domestic tourism also puts more cash right back into the economy.

That is true ... look at the domestic tourism around SongKran and the Music Festival in Pattaya.  That is substantially Thai.

9 hours ago, CGW said:

They never closed markets down, people live day to day outside the cities where the majority are going to be, little point hanging around in the city when they have no work! there not going to intentionally starve people, surely you don't think they would go that far, hungry people will do horrible things!

According to my wife just outside of Buriram city, the local markets where she usually buys food items, cooked food, and vegetables are CLOSED.

15 hours ago, glennb6 said:

Remember Purachai back in the taxin days? Anutin must be trying to out-do him.

 

If the govt declares the bars in Pattaya must shut down, stick a fork in it and say goodnight. Property prices will crash, businesses will close and throw people out of work, and crime will increase. Maybe half the locals can take up rice farming again...

 

I can't believe this is even being considered an option. Govt MIGHT be able to pull this off for a few days or a couple weeks, but if it's longer or indefinite, forget about it.

Angeles City shut their bars and clubs down effective today for at least two weeks ... I don't see how they will survive either.

Once Pattaya clubs shut down, I can't fathom the effect.  There are 50 times as many bars and clubs in Pattaya as Angeles City.

2 hours ago, ChouDoufu said:

 

 

really?  did they actually track down the hong kong someone to confirm they had the virus?

 

or did they just assume "it must have come from the chinese tourist," and then ended their search for the source?

Or better yet ... let's talk about the plane flight he returned home on .....