Travel boom raises Covid-19 concerns in Chonburi

By The Nation

 

 

The rush of people visiting Pattaya and Koh Lan beaches, has raised fears of a fresh outbreak of Covid-19.

 

The beaches were opened to the public under the third phase of the easing of the nationwide lockdown.

 

The Ministry of Transport has instructed concerned agencies, especially the Harbour Department that takes care of port and boat services, to ensure that tourists follow social distancing, as well as request cooperation from tourists to constantly comply with virus prevention measures.

 

On Sunday (June 7), Atirat Rattanaset, Deputy Minister of Transport, made a sudden inspection of the Bali Hai pier in Chonburi province.

 

He reiterated that despite relaxation of the lockdown, everyone must still strictly follow the preventive measures.

Chonburi province has seen a surge in visitors since it has many tourist attractions, and due to its proximity to Bangkok.

 

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Travel  boom, really? Come on now, it was people finally moving around because they finally could, but a travel boom......laughable.. who writes this stuff, TAT?

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The rush of people visiting Pattaya and Koh Lan beaches, has raised fears of a fresh outbreak of Covid-19.

rubbish

They meant boom boom. 

In the close up photo I counted 5 Harbour department employees and 3 tourists. I don't know how the Harbour Department is going to handle this surge in tourism. I think we should create a "Foreign Volunteer Harbour Department" to help answer important questions like where are toilets on the pier and where is the closest McDonalds,

Edited June 8, 20206 yr by riverhigh

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Chonburi province has seen a surge in visitors since it has many tourist attractions

I thought the "tourists attractions" had all returned to their villages?

Whether it’s a travel “boom” or not, I don’t know. But on the assumption that there are more visitors than before, it’s hardly surprising. TAT have been heavily promoting domestic tourism, including in conjunction with this media site. So even small success will mean more travellers.

 

its nice to see follow up from the health side of the equation, reinforcing caution.

54 minutes ago, riverhigh said:

In the close up photo I counted 5 Harbour department employees and 3 tourists. I don't know how the Harbour Department is going to handle this surge in tourism. I think we should create a "Foreign Volunteer Harbour Department" to help answer important questions like where are toilets on the pier and where is the closest McDonalds,

Oh, maybe that one photo taken at that moment doesn't prove there's no domestic tourism. Maybe there's (cough) more to Pattaya and Koh Larn than the pier. Why should Thais need foreigners to tell them where anything is?

 

 

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Travel  boom, really? Come on now, it was people finally moving around because they finally could, but a travel boom......laughable.. who writes this stuff, TAT?

And it just so happened, entirely at random, they chose to "move around" precisely to tourist areas, the only areas reporting crowds. Laughable. Who writes these denials of domestic tourism? TAT: TVF!

 

 

 

 

31 minutes ago, whaleboneman said:

I thought the "tourists attractions" had all returned to their villages?

Get used to the idea that Thais are people too and domestic tourism does exist.

I just don't know how any of the many tourists have time to go to the beach after visiting the many municipal parks and gardens, museums, art galleries and theatres. 

wouldn't there need to be a first outbreak in thailand for the virus to breakout again ? 

14 minutes ago, BigStar said:

Oh, maybe that one photo taken at that moment doesn't prove there's no domestic tourism. Maybe there's (cough) more to Pattaya and Koh Larn than the pier. Why should Thais need foreigners to tell them where anything is?

 

 

Packed with thais.. Hardly. I drove up and down all of jomtien several times and never saw more than handfuls in a few areas.. Unless packed to you means a few hundred in a kilometer. 

 

36 minutes ago, thesetat2013 said:

Packed with thais.. Hardly. I drove up and down all of jomtien several times and never saw more than handfuls in a few areas.. Unless packed to you means a few hundred in a kilometer. 

 

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story"?

 

I have trouble reconciling the encouraging of Chinese tourists with Thailand's 'no smoking in public' stance.

As a non smoker I am happy with that, but pretty much every Chinese guest that we have had is a smoker.

Never mind the beaches, judging by the queues at the checkouts in Makro yesterday afternoon, half the Bangkok crowd had decided to come here for the shopping rather then the sea! 

Well, this applies just to normal underlings, the upper crust has special "Corona" privileges - it seems, but see for yourself ????  As of the public health minister and further up - no prombrep ...... 

 

How can the travel boom bring the virus as they say all other provinces have no cases 

1 hour ago, BigStar said:

Get used to the idea that Thais are people too and domestic tourism does exist.

That post obviously went way over your head lol

Healthy tourists are not a threat to spread Covid-19.

I will confirm and repeat what was said already - Sunday afternoon on Jomtien beach was a mad house ... traffic jam , much like a day during Songkran . Beach chair operators were hopping.

 

---> Police are patrolling and fining any vendor who sells beer. So what is to stop you from crossing the street and buying some booze at Family Mart or 7-Eleven ??? Nothing !

 

---> Not a parking space along the beach to be found. 

 

QUESTION ... why are cars allowed to park along that narrow strip of south Jomtien beach ? 

Curb parking reduces traffic to ONE LANE . 

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There is a small fortune to be made by forcing car owners to get off the road and  pay-for-parking in one of the many empty hotel & condo parking lots across the street .

Keep the beach road open in 2 lanes with NO PARKING on the main road 

**** from Anantaya & Sattungrak Restaurant to the end where the sea food restaurants are. ****

Maybe it is a good thing that the hoards of Chinese and Indians are replaced by Thais reclaiming their own country. 

Obviously, domestic tourism exists but they do not bring in needed "hard currency" to the country. Nevertheless, it is good to see Thai out enjoying their beautiful country. 

A further reminder not to believe anything one sees in Thai media. Remember the guy with the jackhammer about to remove the west-side buildings on Walking Street, even had the photo ????

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Travel  boom, really? Come on now, it was people finally moving around because they finally could, but a travel boom......laughable.. who writes this stuff, TAT?

 

And certified experts in social distancing whist can wear a helmet on their bikes....................

1 hour ago, jimn said:

That post obviously went way over your head lol

No, my reply simply went over yours, lol.

2 hours ago, thesetat2013 said:

Packed with thais.. Hardly. I drove up and down all of jomtien several times and never saw more than handfuls in a few areas.. Unless packed to you means a few hundred in a kilometer. 

 

Probably need to get your eyes checked. First Optical is usually recommended.

 

 

1 hour ago, Guderian said:

Never mind the beaches, judging by the queues at the checkouts in Makro yesterday afternoon, half the Bangkok crowd had decided to come here for the shopping rather then the sea! 

I avoided Makro yesterday for that reason.

 

Domestic tourism has been important to the Pattaya economy for years now. Thai tourists hit Makro, the malls, the movie theaters, the restos, the beaches, the festivals, the water parks etc. Saw quite a few in T21 this past weekend too.

1 hour ago, Expat Tom said:

Obviously, domestic tourism exists but they do not bring in needed "hard currency" to the country.

You mean, that Brit "ounce?". Been gone a long time, hasn't been much missed. It's funny how domestic tourism is recognized as an important market segment in all Western countries, yet Western expats refuse to see it as such in Thailand and even deny it exists when it's in front of their faces. Fortunately the Thai gov't knows that it is and is taking some measures to help revive it.

3 hours ago, thesetat2013 said:

Packed with thais.. Hardly. I drove up and down all of jomtien several times and never saw more than handfuls in a few areas.. Unless packed to you means a few hundred in a kilometer. 

 

There are trying to say they don't need farang. These people have jobs through family there into cross breeding as well. They work for themselves not the country.

8 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Travel  boom, really? Come on now, it was people finally moving around because they finally could, but a travel boom......laughable.. who writes this stuff, TAT?

Travel trickle, people are eager to get out after the lockdown, but after a week or two they will settle down again.

These muppet should be rejoicing not pushing negative vibes. They have starved citizens deliberately