Hotel body demands govt reopen the country to foreigners

[Geoffggi]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai Hotel Association (THA) has demanded that the government reopen the country to foreigners, especially since occupancy in hotels is almost zero, with some small operators being forced to close up.

It appears the big boys are starting to hurt, this should be interesting to see who actually runs the country .......LOL

[Dukeleto]

11 hours ago, Disparate Dan said:

I can see where OP's coming from but I have no connection to the tourism industry and can therefore say I LIKE Thailand far better without tourists clogging the place up. Last few months have been really pleasant (except of course I can't travel anywhere else either).

Thailand needs tourists like it needs more submarines. Keep the doors shut.

 

Compared to almost anywhere else in the world right now, here is less authoritarian (in terms of virus crackdowns) and more easy-going. Unable to fulfil my usual travel schedule, I can't think of anywhere better to be and tourists would only spoil it (again).

Sure! Lets keep Thailand closed to tourists while a whole heap of Thai people dependant on that sector of the economy for their livelyhood suffer so that you can enjoy Thailand. When tourism is back in full force will you be leaving? I didn't think so!

[dougiemac52]

It’s great to actually watch people trying to comment on something that the best doctors in the world are struggling to comprehend how to come up with a vaccine. Just do as the instructions say <deleted> and stop whingeing

[Simon Snake]

Gotta love the snippet of side-boob in the main pic. Hubba hubba.

[Sydebolle]

What Thais, official, authorities or citizen, still have to learn is, that foreigners/alien/dirty farang have the choice. Likewise they cannot be commanded around like Thais. 

In all fairness, show me a Thai person who would visit Europe, North America or any other far-away place if they would have to go through the same "safety procedure" as Thailand tries to implement? Two weeks quarantine in a sh1tty hotel with even lousier food (total rip-off in most places), followed by an extended leash on Phuket island for a week prior to visiting the rest. 

Tourists cannot be sent around like cattle and hence ......... will stay away. I - for one - would not want to spend a single day of my vacation in a locked environment - go figure. 

Once you come to common sense you then decide to apply acceptable frame work - or just keep the tourists out - your call! 

[kcpattaya]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai Hotel Association (THA) has "demanded" that the government reopen the country to foreigners

This Junta can't be "DEMANDED". They follow their own agenda. Sadly enough.

[Sharp]

12 hours ago, ripstanley said:

Open up borders and open up Covid cases and deaths.   

Or just make the numbers up from any source of accidents !! 

[bkk6060]

 

During normal times, they are losing billions of baht a year doing nothing to stop ST Airbnb type rentals.

Doing nothing as 1000's of tourists everyday check into condos owned in many cases by Chinese. 

Stop complaining and look at yourself as you seem not organized very weak and powerless.

 

[mtls2005]

"Hotel Body..." usually sounds ominous as the start of a headline.

 

wake up, smell the coffee, it ain't comin' back. sorry.

 

 

 

 

[Guderian]

The guy should man up and face reality - there were too many hotels in places like Pattaya even before the pandemic bust. It's unlikely Thailand will see a return to mass tourism à-la-2019 for several years, if ever, so quite a lot of hotels are bound to go out of business. Deal with it.

[Katipo]

Even if the country opens up, few will come. It's going to take years for the tourism country to recover, if it ever fully does. As much as it hurts to say it, loans are only going to delay the inevitable for many, and when the inevitable does come, that outstanding loan is only going to make things more painful. 

[phantomfiddler]

13 hours ago, steve187 said:

-easen visa procedures -nothing wrong with them

-eradicate scams - all tourist places have them,  - maybe in 20 years 

-safe roads - maybe in 20 years

-correct pricing - of what

-logic anti-corona regulations (ex if yr country issues a certificate, that will do it) - never gonna happen the certs could not be trusted

-a helping police force - they do help - themselves

-clean beaches - its the ships passing by

-ban pollution -  some hope 

-educated natives against racism (fe. a minister treating alliens as dirty people should be dismissed and sued)  - racism is everywhere  what country has stopped it

-use a correct exchange rate policy   - it is what it is

Wow, ain,t you the negative one ????

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai Hotel Association (THA) has demanded that the government reopen the country to foreigners, especially since occupancy in hotels is almost zero, with some small operators being forced to close up

Stop the useless schemes, drop the prices to realistic ones and Thais would book them, but they won't pay the charges you "demand" for rooms.

Open the borders to international tourism and then what... wait for anyone who fancies doing a document treasure hunt to even board a plane, then endure 14 days in quarantine, then be tracked around the country, only to go home to possibly another 14 days quarantine?

Most Europeans only get 20- 25 working days holiday per year, do you think they're going to spend 28 of those in isolation... but you don't think of these things !

[kingstonkid]

18 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

The chairman is of course correct, need to be smarter in allowing tourists in ASAP

 Okay let's open up to the Chinese and Americans.

 

Even if they do there is not going to be enough business 

 

Hotel owners need to repurpose and some of the all hotels are going to close forever

[Jonathan Swift]

17 hours ago, blackcab said:

 

The quoted source in the original post is a senior member of the Sukosol family. The Sukosol group are well known to be ambassadors for the hotel industry as well as promotors of ecological and sustainable development.

 

The Sukosol group are absolutely compliant in all regulatory matters and in many regards set the standard that other operators aspire to.

Awww, you had to go and spoil the fun of another pseudo intellectual  know it all who loves to dump on Thailand, who would have us believe he knows what he's talking about when it's obvious he does not. It would be a shock to his system to imagine that Thai people might actually know how to run their businesses and to function within their own society. Thank you for providing the legitimate,  true, and accurate Thai perspective. And thank you for providing the credibility that the Sukosol family and the rest of the hotel businesses deserve during these very hard times. Some of us actually have some faith in Thai culture. I suspect that these cynical farang complainers and whiners have had a slew of bad experiences that they brought on themselves but haven't a clue, and therefore always love to point the finger anywhere but where it belongs. I personally find the family's statements to be quite sensible and positive with valid points worth listening to.  I only hope someone is in fact listening. 

[metisdead]

A troll post has been removed. 

[Brunolem]

14 hours ago, steve187 said:

 

-educated natives against racism - racism is everywhere  what country has stopped it

 

North Korea?

Edited August 26, 2020 by blackcab
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[Sean60]

We are now in to month 6 of lockdown. No help what so ever from the government. I am spending every month $4000 to keep my business alive. 

Soon I will fire all the workers. 

This government has destroyed my life. Thank you for nothing!

 

[Brunolem]

39 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

 Okay let's open up to the Chinese and Americans.

And let them have their war on Thai territory?

 

Absolutely not!

 

Let them fight each other in the South China Sea (coming soon), and let's Thailand welcome peaceful people from Bhutan and Fiji...to start with...

 

[DLock]

1 minute ago, Sean60 said:

We are now in to month 6 of lockdown. No help what so ever from the government. I am spending every month $4000 to keep my business alive. 

Soon I will fire all the workers. 

This government has destroyed my life. Thank you for nothing!

 

 

How has the Government destroyed your life?

 

Surely it is the COVID19 virus that destroyed your life (and millions of others) and Thai Government has done a pretty good job keeping you and your family safe...and you are not thankful?

 

The stench of ungratefulness is overwhelming on this forum.

[rott]

19 hours ago, Surelynot said:

What? Even caucasians? No way.

 

I say that.....but have witnessed three fights in as many nights on Sukhumvit.....all seriously drunk caucasians .....not sure I would want to welcome them back.

Your experience is very different to mine, in over twenty years I cannot remember one. 

 

If this is recently they cannot be tourists. Possibly English teachers from Russia. 

[Quietus]

Is there no moderator to weed out the sexist, racist drivel some people post here?

[hotandsticky]

2 minutes ago, Quietus said:

Is there no moderator to weed out the sexist, racist drivel some people post here?

 

 

There would be no forum left if they weeded it all out.

 

 

 

Still, it is good to see a newbie showing such concern.

[PatOngo]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Hotel body demands govt reopen the country to foreigners

Demanding from the govt....yeah right! Where's your tanks and attack helicopters?

[rott]

6 minutes ago, Quietus said:

Is there no moderator to weed out the sexist, racist drivel some people post here?

Please quote some instances. 

General comments are not much use. 

[NoshowJones]

15 hours ago, Susco said:

 

You never get tired of your drivel?

 

Just between you and me, everyone else on this forum does

Steven100 mostly doesn't.

[NoshowJones]

14 hours ago, Reigntax said:

Steven, if i find myself agreeing with you again or often, i intend to check the dosage of my medication

It is obvious what Stevens medication is, particularly after 5pm. ????

[Peterphuket]

17 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

There would be no forum left if they weeded it all out.

 

 

 

Still, it is good to see a newbie showing such concern.

He or she have to start somewhere.

[Eindhoven]

2 hours ago, Guderian said:

The guy should man up and face reality - there were too many hotels in places like Pattaya even before the pandemic bust. It's unlikely Thailand will see a return to mass tourism à-la-2019 for several years, if ever, so quite a lot of hotels are bound to go out of business. Deal with it.

 

But their hotels were one of the first and best in Pattaya. Siam Bayshore for instance. You didn't get the dregs staying there. So no reason why well run businesses should collapse.

[Peterphuket]

6 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

It is obvious what Stevens medication is, particularly after 5pm. ????

What can you expect when you see his avatar.

 

However yours is much better.