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

[roy bennett]

Is LOS only safe then due to the current dearth of foreign tourists? On my many past pre- Covid visits the predatory habits of the locals hardly recommended it as a safe land for a holiday. My last visit to Pattaya I was attacked on Soi Buakao without provocation by a dope crazed youngish Thai man who sprang on me from a shop doorway with flailing fists and feet. Not one of the many Thais standing around raised a finger to help, one woman however remarked that he did this often to farangs. It was thanks to help from a young farang (I was 75 at that time) that I managed to break free from this animal with only a few minor scratches.  Likewise, in Phuket, anyone with a sense of caution avoided the Bangla Road area at night for fear of being mugged by packs of feral lady men. I wonder will it be safer if and when when the tourists return or will it be back to the same old routine? BTW, it's only fair to add that I have toured all over Thailand over many years and found the vast majority of the people decent, polite and honest so perhaps the malaise was mainly confined to popular tourist spots.

Edited August 17, 2020 by roy bennett

[Mung]

Laos.. no COVID recorded deaths, far less road deaths, and a kinder people imho 

[Mung]

7 minutes ago, herwin1234 said:

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. 

Because the claim is BS. There are numerous safer locations in the world in relations to COVID and various other social markers.
If something is obviously incorrect, people will call out the BS claim.. and quite rightly so 

[eastendanto]

Think I'll have to make this Berlin based Travel startup (or was that a misprint and should have said upstart) as my go to place for all things tourist and health

[mberbae]

This survey was taken by a Berlin tour company called Tourlane.

They have about 150 followers on Twitter.

They did NOT mention that Thailand is basically CLOSED

to tourists.

[Mung]

Random nations with 0-10 COVID deaths 

Monaco 
Mongolia 
Laos 
Greenland 
Liechtenstein 
Fiji 
Bhutan 
Saint Lucia 
Cambodia 
Myanmar 
Taiwan 
Barbados 
Malta 
Iceland 
Belize 
Thailand

[Captain Monday]

As Thailand lets no tourists in it is safest not only for covid-19. No  scams, thefts

accidents, overcharging, assaults. Nothing at all. Maybe the future of tourism. You can just pay by credit card and TAT will email you a video travelogue (with a retort pouch of gaeng kiew wan gai) that can be watched back home in your country.

 

Like proclaiming a headline the best way to prevent STIs is abstinence. 

[mike787]

Really?  Safest roads?

[Cranky]

So is the moon, no flights there either. Immigration easier though. 

[sammieuk1]

On par with North Korea I would say ????

[barney42bb]

Not ranked so high when it came to Ferry's.

[marquis22]

5 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

Probably not enough covid19 kits to test them. Certainly makes sense of the Government's overreaction to covid19. There may be a huge underreported number of cases. Thanks for your chart.

Latest figures .. well done Thailand.

[Mung]

6 minutes ago, marquis22 said:

Latest figures .. well done Thailand.

and at what cost? The economical strain later this year and the next has not even really shown itself yet. 

[Keesters]

I don't wanna be anywhere else. 

[dallen52]

Nobody there.

not likely to be either if they have closed borders and no flights. 

So how do you gauge it?

 

Allow the ones who are still locked out to return. 

Certainly less risky than the returning thais who are not even tested. 

 

Then post the same headline in a few months time...

[milesinnz]

Well I cannot even find "the report" from this obscure travel agency... if there was truth to it or any credibility, you think it would be reported in their Website. It's not. it sound like absolute <deleted>..

[captainhornblower]

How about the moon - I bet that is pretty safe and about as easy to get entry ????

[Cake Monster]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Malaysia’s Malay Mail news agency recently reported that a Berlin-based travel startup, Tourlane, had carried out a study on August 10 to determine safe holiday destinations amid the outbreak

Wow ! These people really know their Onions, and should do well in  the Tourist Industry.

With very, little Tourism allowed in Thailand, this was a safe statement to make.

[alzack]

5 hours ago, trucking said:

 

A few extra words to paint the real picture.

When the wind of change blows, some build walls, some build windmills!

[DjSilver]

Fake news and nothing more than propaganda.

[sandyf]

5 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

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

 

If you think it is the only country, that would make it a fact in your mind but you ought to check the facts first.

[agood1963]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

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

What a joke with a pointless ranking , there are no tourists coming in .

 

[Nicknoodle]

Absolutely stupid survey! How many countries actually have ‘tourists’?

And also, how reliable are the Covid-19 figures that are supplied?

I have serious doubts around anything that involves Covid-19 numbers! 

[fraggleRock]

What a super stupid statement to make, most idotic and misleading.    

[Ketyo]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

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

Thailand is closed to tourists!!

 

International ones at least, which the Berlin-based outfit is probably catering for.

 

At least before the Internet, news stories often contained news. Not just <deleted> useless statements from outfits whose sole purpose is to generate self-publicity and hits. 

[solent01]

What a load of nonsensical bulls41t........

[Jack Cook]

Bwaaaa Haaaaa Haaaaa. You couldn’t make this <deleted> up. I have been locked out since February and have zero intention of jumping through ever changing hoops and paying the extortion they demand to lock someone up in quarantine jail. Maybe by mid next year there will be a semblance of normality. 
Oh but wait not only tourism but the whole country will be beyond bankrupt by then.

[Max69xl]

How is it possible to be ranked as the safest country during the Covid-19 pandemic when the borders have been closed for inbound tourists several months?? 

[connda]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

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

<Slide whistle and cymbal crash; canned laughter>

[Caldera]

That's nonsensical. Thailand currently isn't a "tourist destination" at all (safe or otherwise), as tourists aren't allowed to enter.