PM: Foreign Tourists Not Welcome Yet

 

 

BANGKOK, Sept 2 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha insisted that Thailand has not opened its door to welcome foreign tourists yet and people should not panic.

 

He said that the Center for Economic Situation Administration discussed many measures to help people from the impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019.

 

The measures included a 400-billion-baht rehabilitation budget, 100 billion baht of which was spent.

 

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They have not been welcome for the past 5 years, except for the Wuhan team!

He does have a gift for stating the bleeding obvious....

32 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

and people should not panic.

an extremely wealthy man , likely never saw a poor day in his life, telling others, that are now desperate, cant feed their family, little-to-no-hope 'not to panic'; pathetic; he needs to totally revamp his worthless cabinet

I wish that the Prime Minister would please allow retirees back.  We are not tourists.  Tourists come at their own leisure and convenience.  As expat retirees we are desperate.  6 months stranded abroad.  Still paying rent in Thailand and abroad.  Sleepless nights filled with anxiety and losing hope.  compassion is needed.  Please expand ASQ facilities and help us get back.  

Im the law!I

 

5 hours ago, YetAnother said:

an extremely wealthy man , likely never saw a poor day in his life, telling others, that are now desperate, cant feed their family, little-to-no-hope 'not to panic'; pathetic; he needs to totally revamp his worthless cabinet

Just like any other Government in the World, at least in the UK we get a little cash help!

 

two things they should be doing to create as a safe as possible environment for when tourists do return is to have an effective track and trace system in place  (not the nonsense system they currently have) and effective testing taking place, there seems little interest in having either of these.

17 minutes ago, Gjk7777 said:

Just like any other Government in the World, at least in the UK we get a little cash help!

Yep even so I don't live in the UK I live in WA (I am an pensioner) I got more money

in the bank now than before Covid-19 I do agree it is pretty hard for the normal worker

and small business.

Bye bye “phuket model”.

Somebody in LOS on this forum go pay a fortune teller 100 baht to tell us when..they know ALL....

 

Ask any thai---they will confirm this

New plan: no more plans just waiting the vaccine !

The brainwashing of fear will be the biggest hurdle, not Covid or its figures.

 

Plainly, Thailand (and Prayuths) strategy has been to watch what other countries are doing and go one better.

 

That is an idiots lazy approach.

Akin to opening a business and simply charging 10% less than your competitor, instead of actually working out the margins needed to turn a profit.

 

And anyway, opening up will never happen when individuals are running around saying stuff like:

 

oh.. international travel will be 2-5 years away...

oh.. we need a vaccine...

oh.. we need track and trace....

bla bla and all the other rubbish

 

But all throughout, even though the simple fact has been that 98-99% of the total population will recover from this like a mild to bad cold...

people are still carrying on like its an instant death sentance.

 

Its stupid you can't fix.

And the stupid people have made to many stupid decisions on a grand scale.

 

So just who will make the first moves? 

And how can any nation open up international travel when stupid xxxxs everywhere are still cowering in fear.

 

Its hard to see how there can be any recovery to this.

If the threat disappears in time, yet the fear and MSM B.S. keeps getting perpetuated, then what hope have we got?

 

Very dark times for humanity.

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

PM: Foreign Tourists Not Welcome Yet

Foreigners that should be allowed? Representatives from the WHO

 

Please instead of your incredible claims of xxx days without domestic cases of COVID

in spite of many testing positive surprisingly 12 days after having passed covid tests both pre & post flights

but in quarantine for more than a week says a few things....

1) Untested Thai's on return flights are infecting others ...or even more likely....

2) Thai's working at AQH or transports etc are also infected

 

Not to mention the dozens of Cambodians/Burmese etc who came up positive after leaving Thailand

 

So please hand over some unbiased proof

 

Let the WHO send a handful of reps into Thailand & let them randomly test a few Thai's in a few provinces

Then publish your "claims"

 

 

 

Foreign tourists not welcome yet just send your money via Western Union and save us locking you up for 14 days ????  

the word schmuck comes to mind

 

I have to admit it was pleasing to be on the beach in Jomtien on Sunday evening with just a handful of others around.

The decision needs to come from ONE voice ( the PM). But no way will he have the balls to make final decision 

Could he be saying what he's saying because there were no takers for his "Phuket model" prison style holiday?...

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The measures included a 400-billion-baht rehabilitation budget, 100 billion baht of which was spent.

Where exactly? ????

38 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Where exactly? ????

Cmon, be fair, One would presume they had to have a few meetings - prolly updated the projector to 1080p, pay a few scientist an appearance fee, book the silver mini vans from Pratyuts cousins company, his sister did the catering - fairy cakes with the pink icing. Power points need to be made, flower arrangements in the lobby and not forgetting those cut polystyrene signs, you go, poof, 100B doesn’t go far these days.

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

Where exactly? ????

As everyone knows, the first 35% of a budget are always used to line the pockets of the wealthy.

7 minutes ago, Xonax said:

As everyone knows, the first 35% of a budget are always used to line the pockets of the wealthy.

Ahhh, so that's where it goes!

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

PM: Foreign Tourists Not Welcome Yet

 

Important decisions like this cannot be made without approval from the Supreme Headquarters in Beijing.  

 

 

2 hours ago, Lingba said:

the word schmuck comes to mind

 

Yes it does, but mostly for people on here condemning the safest country to be in at the moment for not letting them come in freely and screw it up like the rest of the world. Don't get me wrong there "retirees", I feel for you but you all are out of this country of your own accord (retiree means don't have a job) traveled to worst infected areas in the world, again, of your own accord and are now complaining about your poor choice. Those of us who choose Thailand as the place we want to live are still here w/o issues and enjoying some peace and quiet in otherwise over crowded areas that we choose to move here to enjoy. Best Song Kran I've seen in a long time.  I personally didn't move here to see a bunch a raging, drunk, weekend rich idiots terrorizing and trashing the country. Been a really peaceful year so far. Suck it up cupcake. This won't last forever and it does no good to complain that your host isn't revamping their country to suit you.

12 hours ago, aussienam said:

I wish that the Prime Minister would please allow retirees back.  We are not tourists.  Tourists come at their own leisure and convenience.  As expat retirees we are desperate.  6 months stranded abroad.  Still paying rent in Thailand and abroad.  Sleepless nights filled with anxiety and losing hope.  compassion is needed.  Please expand ASQ facilities and help us get back.  

Your mistake is still thinking you are to be treated different in some way from a tourist because of the class of visa you are on. 

 

You are only a temporary visitor for purposes other than tourism, don't pay taxes and have absolutely no rights here. 

 

The sooner people waken up to their own predicament in Thailand the better. 

 

It was always a gamble 'retiring' here and it looks like it has been a losing bet for many. 

12 hours ago, aussienam said:

I wish that the Prime Minister would please allow retirees back.  We are not tourists.  Tourists come at their own leisure and convenience.  As expat retirees we are desperate.  6 months stranded abroad.  Still paying rent in Thailand and abroad.  Sleepless nights filled with anxiety and losing hope.  compassion is needed.  Please expand ASQ facilities and help us get back.  

I know what you mean my wife went back to the U.K. as our daughter had her first child which was premature and was in intensive care for many weeks Then the virus hit I will be very surprised if she gets back to Thailand this year as there seems little hope it’s very frustrating for all of us keep strong !

12 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Your mistake is still thinking you are to be treated different in some way from a tourist because of the class of visa you are on. 

 

You are only a temporary visitor for purposes other than tourism, don't pay taxes and have absolutely no rights here. 

 

The sooner people waken up to their own predicament in Thailand the better. 

 

It was always a gamble 'retiring' here and it looks like it has been a losing bet for many. 

What a compassionate individual you are do you have to be so harsh ☹️

31 minutes ago, mrwebb8825 said:

Yes it does, but mostly for people on here condemning the safest country to be in at the moment for not letting them come in freely and screw it up like the rest of the world. Don't get me wrong there "retirees", I feel for you but you all are out of this country of your own accord (retiree means don't have a job) traveled to worst infected areas in the world, again, of your own accord and are now complaining about your poor choice. Those of us who choose Thailand as the place we want to live are still here w/o issues and enjoying some peace and quiet in otherwise over crowded areas that we choose to move here to enjoy. Best Song Kran I've seen in a long time.  I personally didn't move here to see a bunch a raging, drunk, weekend rich idiots terrorizing and trashing the country. Been a really peaceful year so far. Suck it up cupcake. This won't last forever and it does no good to complain that your host isn't revamping their country to suit you.

So in your view a lot of retired expats are yobs or drunks or maybe both I’m pleased to hear through your great knowledge that this won’t last forever can you explain what forever means ,a week , a month, 3 months ,a year , 2,3,4,5,6,7,8, years how long is forever o you wise one . A lot of expats who come to Thailand as retired have good pensions , buy properties and support the Thai economy so I suggest you get off your high horse look in the mirror and hurl the abuse at yourself rather than others. “ Have a nice day “

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The measures included a 400-billion-baht rehabilitation budget, 100 billion baht of which was spent.

Spent 25% holding onto the rest for what, people need it now?