Tourism Ministry presses ahead with "Phuket Model” as other areas of Thailand may also be opened to tourists

[FarFlungFalang]

26 minutes ago, Deli said:

What happens to the people these "tourists" will be in contact with during their 1st 14 days ?

If they fail the test during or at the end of their quarantine, they had contact with multiple people who might have traveled allover the country in the meantime...

No, this does not work and remains rubbish.

If someone tests positive for covid-19 they will die it's as simple as that and if they  infect anyone else before they die then those people will die and so on until we are all dead so better say your goodbyes now before it's to late.

Edited August 27, 2020 by FarFlungFalang

[ukrules]

1 hour ago, Berti said:

hailand's people are mentally not prepared to handle covid outbreaks in a reasonable way like it is done in Europe now. Even one case would cause a mass hysteria costing xx% of GDP.

Mass hysteria, lol. There's no such thing as mass hysteria, sensible people just keep their heads down when there's a disease going around, the rest literally don't care and continue as normal.

 

We've seen this all around the world. Thailand will be no different.

[ukrules]

5 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

If someone tests positive for covid-19 they will die it's as simple as that and if they  infect anyone else before they die then those people will die and so on until we are all dead so better say your goodbyes now before it's to late.

You do realise that almost nobody dies from COVID right, the survival rate is something like 99.xx%?

[DrTuner]

Like a game of hiding the salami, slowly and bit by bit thinking nobody will notice until it's too late. Bit boring to watch. Either open or keep closed and stick to it, none of this half cooked <deleted>.

[vermin on arrival]

20 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Strange how they accept 1000 road deaths each month but none from covid-19 yet 3000 die in Thailand of the flu each year yet not a single peep!

In 2018, the last bad flu season, the number for flu and pneumonia was 44k. The whole thing is absurd

 

https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/thailand-influenza-pneumonia

[rumak]

6 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Well, we follow draconian rules to live here. We are all sheep to this govt and their rules. The falangs will come for the sun.

falangs will come for the sun tan

 

their tee raks will come for the som tom

[vermin on arrival]

18 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Mass hysteria, lol. There's no such thing as mass hysteria, sensible people just keep their heads down when there's a disease going around, the rest literally don't care and continue as normal.

 

We've seen this all around the world. Thailand will be no different.

I dunno, it does seems like there is some kind of mass hysteria and panic. Look what happened in Rayong over one Egyptian who was most likely immune. If not hysteria surely some kind of panic. It seems to be something that would be discussed in a sociology text on the mentality of group man as something different than that of sensible individuals. Maybe mass anxiety neurosis would be a better term.

Edited August 27, 2020 by vermin on arrival

[FritsSikkink]

6 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Well, we follow draconian rules to live here. We are all sheep to this govt and their rules. The falangs will come for the sun.

What draconian rules are you following?

[Oldie]

1 hour ago, Berti said:

Nobody of the officials answers the obvious question: What happens if there is an outbreak in the resort you are in?

4 weeks, 5 weeks, 6 weeks cut off from the rest of Phuket and Thailand? Not allowed to leave?

There are many open questions. But is this project allowed to fail? I guess they will open Thailand pretty sure afterwards whatever the outcome will be. It is the high season and there is too much pressure from many people not earning money. 

[hansgruber]

7 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

What draconian rules are you following?

I'd also like to know. Visa system is the easiest I've come across anywhere in the world. 

A few photo copies and I'm done in 30 mins. 

90 day report may be it. I don't mind stopping by the drive through 4 times a year. 

 

[hansgruber]

2 minutes ago, Oldie said:

There are many open questions. But is this project allowed to fail? I guess they will open Thailand pretty sure afterwards whatever the outcome will be. It is the high season and there is too much pressure from many people not earning money. 

A lot of these big hotels are owned by Bangkokians. They don't live on the island it's just their cash cow. 

The rich and powerful don't give a toss about the locals, they just want money again. 

[Berti]

I think that Chinese will not go to resorts where people from Europe and the US do their quarantine "holiday".

They will not be allowed back to China.

 

Maybe they should start to gamble which island will welcome which nation?

Little China all over Phuket. LOL

[samsensam]

 

ok, so...

 

- how will they know which tourist is supposed to stay 1 km from which hotel? or indeed in which tourist should be in which part of the country?

- if a tourist goes over 1 km from their hotel what will happen?

- who will be checking tourists and where they should be? and how will they do this?

- how will they know who is a tourist and who is working/retired in thailand?

 

it's not going to happen.

[Flying Saucage]

48 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

If someone tests positive for covid-19 they will die it's as simple as that and if they  infect anyone else before they die then those people will die and so on until we are all dead so better say your goodbyes now before it's to late.

Be careful! Thais don't understand your sarcasm. They will believe everything you write, and we all know how much they love to panic. If an official reads your post, they likely will close the country for the next decade

[Flying Saucage]

49 minutes ago, ukrules said:

You do realise that almost nobody dies from COVID right, the survival rate is something like 99.xx%?

Not only Thais don't understand sarcasm. Sometimes it happens to us too 

[Flying Saucage]

41 minutes ago, vermin on arrival said:

I dunno, it does seems like there is some kind of mass hysteria and panic. Look what happened in Rayong over one Egyptian who was most likely immune. If not hysteria surely some kind of panic. It seems to be something that would be discussed in a sociology text on the mentality of group man as something different than that of sensible individuals. Maybe mass anxiety neurosis would be a better term.

100% agree.

 

And indeed this would be a very interesting subject for a sociologic study. But, necessarily done by foreign researchers in order to look at it this very Thai phenomena from a meta-perspective, as for Thais themselves this sort of panic is too normal already.

 

It's similar to when you snap your fingers and this makes a flock of thousands of birds fly away in absolute panic, without any thoughts about the logic of this. Thais are very special, indeed.

[sammieuk1]

If you get a Phuket model as a comfort blanket for 15 nights it will be the only way to justify the absurd price ????

[NoshowJones]

7 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Well, we follow draconian rules to live here. We are all sheep to this govt and their rules. The falangs will come for the sun.

and don't forget the temples.

[khunPer]

14 hours ago, madmitch said:

If gambling were legal, I would make a bet that this scheme, at least in the form outlined, does not happen on 1st October.

If gamling were legal it might be a success, if the quarantine hotels were casinos...????

 

By the way, I saw a post that Emirates announce they'll fly to Bangkok from September 1st, so maybe they know something that we don't know yet...????
"Emirates to resume flights to Bangkok from 1 September"

[leicesterguyuk]

Looking at ASQ in Bangkok, nearly all of the positive cases identified whilst in quarantine have been returning Thai nationals. Non Thai positive tests have been almost non existent, I think I've seen one reported but there may be a few more.

 

We really need to keep the likelihood of infection in perspective. Talk of Phuket turning into a petri dish and similar is total nonsense. Travellers would need a negative test within 72 hours of flying with tests being around 98% reliable. And one would hope that in the days before that test and the days after and during the flight, travellers would be super careful for fear of a positive test and hospitalisation in Thailand, I certainly would. 

[Powellie]

Or hotels. PMSL

[Powellie]

I’ve booked Emirates To Bangkok in November. They have changed the departure airport and times on 3 occasions in the last month. They now expect me to travel for 20 hours with a long wait in Dubai

[RocketDog]

On 8/27/2020 at 11:15 AM, Oldie said:

"They will have to stay within a one kilometer radius of their hotel for the entire two weeks."

 

How do the tourists know where the radius ends and how does the government want to check it. Interesting times are ahead... 

GPS electronic ankle bands that cripple them when they cross the invisible fence. ⚡⚡

If they've already jumped thru hoops to get here a few just might accept that too.