Thailand ranked world's safest tourist destination amid Covid-19

[Crash999]

It’s safe because no one is allowed to travel here. 
 

By that metric Antarctica should be even safer. 

[lensta]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Am i the only one to notice the irony of such honors? world safest place with no tourists, and non for some time to come...

No you aren't the only one to notice this, and HTF can Italy be on the list when it's cases were off the charts yet NZ doesn't even make the list. Don't know how any credible news outlet can print such divel. Oops, sorry, forgot the nation isn't credible. 

[mtls2005]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Malaysia’s Malay Mail news agency recently reported that a Berlin-based travel startup, Tourlane, had carried out a study

 

Congratulations on mining this nugget.

 

 

[BillyBobzTeeth]

If it's that safe then why hasn't the UK taken Thailand off its list of countries that require a 14 day quarantine to enter the UK?

It seems the UK still thinks Thailand is a high risk country if they are insisting on 14 days quarantine if you want to enter UK coming from Thailand. ????

[Bender Rodriguez]

ahahahaha, yes with NO INBOUND FLIGHTS for normal tourists, 14 days STATE QUARANTINE

 

hell of a holiday

[charmonman]

This has got to be the dumbest headline in years. You know what tourist destination is even safer? The planet Mars. They haven’t had a tourist die there ever! How about restricting the list to places that actually permit tourists in the first place? Sheesh!

[vandeventer]

Safest country, Yet you don't mind kicking out a few hundred thousand people to

cop the virus somewhere else as long as its not here.

[kaneko86]

Well but all this will not make tourists choose Thailand as their next holiday.

In fact me for example I love Thailand over every other country in the world and own a condo and a brand new motorbike there but will spend my next autumn vacation of 3 months in Mexico for the simple fact that I am not allowed in to Thailand. So it can be as safe as it wants but that will not make their situation better if they keep their door shut.

Edited August 17, 2020 by kaneko86

[bbbbooboo]

Hmmm.... one might wonder how this could be asserted when there are so few tourists. Remember half of nothing is still nothing?

[PETERTHEEATER]

3 hours ago, SteveK said:

Is this a joke? Tourist destination? You can't get in!

Clearly it's  for vitual tours. To give the experience an 'I was there' feeling you have to buy real insurance cover and check into a Thai owned hotel in your home country for two weeks quarantine at your own expense and spend sixteen hours a day viewing videos of LOS on the Internet.????

[Mr Meeseeks]

16 minutes ago, BillyBobzTeeth said:

If it's that safe then why hasn't the UK taken Thailand off its list of countries that require a 14 day quarantine to enter the UK?

It seems the UK still thinks Thailand is a high risk country if they are insisting on 14 days quarantine if you want to enter UK coming from Thailand. ????

I wouldn't be listening to the UK as regards COVID-19 advice. They are a shambles.

 

Chok Dee!

 

[findlay13]

4 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

Why is Thailand the only country that reports only hospital cases in their Covid number (hence the discharge number).

 

What about the other 380,000 PUI (patient under investigation) not reported in the press.

Maybe it's like the same way the road toll is reported????

 

[JTXR]

The story is just not true.  Mars is a far safer tourist destination.

[DrTuner]

7 minutes ago, JTXR said:

The story is just not true.  Mars is a far safer tourist destination.

Just about as easy to get to.

[sitanonchai]

Did they ask some TAT people for the numbers ?

They don't test so they don't know.

 

Maybe if they change then name of traffic to covid the numbers are probably more accurate.

Edited August 17, 2020 by sitanonchai

[crazykopite]

I have not read the article just the headlines “ worlds safest place for tourists “ how can this be the case when due to regulations tourists cannot get here . Who the hell comes up with all this verbal diarrhoea 

[Matzzon]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand was ranked the safest destination in the world to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Sure it´s so safe that no one can visit.

[crazykopite]

Safest in the world from Covid 19 but the chances of being killed on the road is a good 70% if not higher 

[Megasin1]

The study is almost right, but as many people have pointed out the getting there and the getting back make for a good part of your holiday, so having been a long time frequent visitor to Thailand I am now going to Greece. Nice and covid free on the islands, where you are welcomed for the income you bring and I can spend my 2 weeks browsing ancient monuments and culture with the same entry fee as anyone else without being locked up in a hotel prison and constantly giving samples to someone in a space suit.

[Thailarry]

I swear if the folks on Thaivisa were told the government was giving them 20,000 a month for being Expats they would shout  "Why not 40,000?"   Is there any topic in the history of this site that got a happy bunch of replies?

 

[hobz]

Thailand is no tourist destination amid covid-19.

This is like saying that the safest car is your bed at home. 

 

[transam]

2 minutes ago, Thailarry said:

I swear if the folks on Thaivisa were told the government was giving them 20,000 a month for being Expats they would shout  "Why not 40,000?"   Is there any topic in the history of this site that got a happy bunch of replies?

 

Well, yes............Do your homework.......????

[tonysilly]

And worst in car accient!!! How many this year??. Over 1,000 people died???  Sad  ????

[GAZZPA]

Absolutely pointless statement. i guess they have to try everything, so not sure I blame them. Every country is struggling with covid and the affects on the economy. If they open the borders for tourism they would soon lose the safest badge, and of course people will not travel Internationally for this year or next I think.. The only thing that will change this is a vaccine, other then that it will run it's course to 2 or 3 years. 

 

I don't see Thailand ever making a decision to "balance" it's economy and manage living with the virus because they have spent so long trying to impress "we are the best at locking down and controlling this". For Thailand to suddenly change tact would be a complete u turn and Thailand can never loose face, better for the poorer people in the community to starve. 

[fxe1200]

4 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Yeah safe as long as they stay off the roads

....and off Koh Tao.

[Guderian]

It's just a subtle way of winding up would-be tourists who are stuck in their plague-pit homelands. By the time they reopen the borders next year, there'll be a tidal wave of visitors desperate to come at all costs, lol.

[RichardColeman]

Come to Mars, we are ranked No.1 in tourism due to NO covid outbreaks, no deaths or infections..........and no testing !!!

[steven100]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand ranked world's safest tourist destination amid Covid-19

of coarse it was ... lol    everything the Nation writes is so true & believable ...right  !!

[herwin1234]

It seems the favorite hobby of Thaivisa and its forum farang; post a positive article about Thailand just for the purpose of trashing it and make the usual degrading and cynical remarks...

Why stay in Thailand? Laos and Vietnam are just a short busride away....Stay there and enjoy the fun there. 

[Venom]

Must be safe as they are not allowing tourists in.