Thailand to slowly restart tourism with flight from China

[ChipButty]

Out of curiosity, can any of you guys here check to see if and how many flights from China have been coming to Phuket over the last week? lots of you guys are more knowledgeable than me at things like this

[fdsa]

I'm going to buy a pack of real N95 respirators instead of that 30 THB hoax mask everyone wears...

[brianthainess]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

"Thailand's protection system can prevent a second wave," government spokeswoman Traisulee said.

Bar owners know all about this.

[Mywayboy]

Quality Chinese tourists Hmmmmmm!!! ???

[GeniusFarang]

So the same country that invented and gave us Covid, will be the first country allowed back into Thailand? Are these officials really this ignorant or just paid off?

 

the bowing down to China’s money bs needs to stop.

[jwbrit]

Under Chinese labor laws, employees who have worked continuously for one year are entitled to paid annual leave.  The statutory vacation period, based on years of service, is as follows: More than 1 and less than 10 years service: 5 days vacation. More than 10 and less than 20 years service: 10 days vacation.

 

Unfortunately, it looks like the Chinese don't get enough holiday time to even enjoy 14 days of quarantine.

[ChouDoufu]

1 hour ago, TSF said:

So how long are these Chinese tourists planning in staying at Phuket? If they have to do the first 14 days in quarantine, they surely would stay on for another 2-3 weeks minimum after quarantine to make their holiday worthwhile. So that makes it quite a lengthy and expensive holiday, especially as they all need to pay for their $100,000 covid insurance policies. 

i believe they are coming on long-stay tourist visas.  valid for 90 days, extendable twice. 

 

travel insurance with $100k covid cover is available for less'n $50/month.

[Elizway]

These numbers are bonkers! 

 

Who's spending 832,125 bhts to vacation in less than a month? And 1,200 of them?!? And at the worst time to vacation?? 

 

"The government predicts just 6.7 million" 

Just?!? 

 

I know Thailand is a famous vacation hub, but jeeezus....39.8 million in 2019?!? No wonder they don't give a ph*ck about the 150,000. That's chump change. 

[newnative]

I don't know who these 120 Chinese are but they are not tourists.  

[simtemple]

19 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Scrap the vaccin plans! 

 

 

According to Michael Moore documentary producer, of Flint USA fame, the WHO don't expect an effective vaccine for at least four years.

The New Zealand Government has found that the Covid19 tests are unreliable. 

A Chinese Scientist reported on the Tucker Carlson Show that the Chinese Government deliberately released the Wuhan Virus. 

The CIA is working through the youth movement to remove Thai Government. Prayut and the Thai Government are seen as lapdogs of the People's Republic of China

[thairookie]

1,200 tourists will generate 1 billion baht per month ?  That is to say, each tourist will spend approximately 833K baht in a month ??

 

Did I miss something ?

[Mavideol]

21 hours ago, 86Tiger said:

It was 150 arrivals in the first article, they already lost 30.......

don't you know th regular/standard TAT reporting  555

[Expat Tom]

I have lived here many years. I love Thailand but allowing Chinese back in is perhaps the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Someone, or many someones, In Bangkok are puppets of the Chinese Communists Party. They are only concerned about money in the bank and appeasing their puppet masters in China. 

I have toyed with the idea of trying someplace else. I am getting closer to that decision every day. I believe that I love Thailand and the real "Thai" people more than the decision makers in Bangkok. They are selling out their country and should be ashamed.  

[hobobo]

21 hours ago, heist said:

'slowly'

I hope they are serious about this and that the Guangzhou flight never reaches its take-off speed!

[RichardColeman]

Much as I want to get back to the wife - which will be hard until a vaccine or something - i fully hope that these chinese bring so much covid with them that Thailand has no option than to ban the Chinese and their diseases

[Mr Grumpy]

Again, totally ignoring the thousands of retirees stranded around the world with wives, children and families in Thailand. People who have lived and contributed hundreds of thousands/millions of baht to the Thai economy.

 

And here we are, big deal, bringing in 150 Chinese to 'kickstart' the Phuket economy. Ahem, time to leave Phuket methinks.

[surfinglife]

22 hours ago, worgeordie said:

The Thai's and Farangs would also like protection ,i just hope these

visitors are checked very carefully, before been let free in the wild.

regards worgeordie

Thr virus is here to stay, hiding in Thailand and pretending it's safe forever is just wishful thinking, sooner or later everybody will be exposed to the virus and the sooner the better. As for the Chinese, the c$#ts should be shunned by the world community for eating the diseased bats, no invited to holiday in Phuket!

[PETERTHEEATER]

21 hours ago, Shuya said:

Chinese long term tourists. That's a new one. 

There ain't enough shrimp in the sea.............????

[DrTuner]

Those are not tourists. They are the advance troops.

[Patts]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Government spokeswoman Traisulee Traisoranakul expects 1,200 tourists in the first month, generating about 1 billion baht ($31.55 million) in revenue and 12.4 billion baht over one year, drawing in 14,400 tourists.

These figures have been pulled out of someones ass. Very few tourists can afford to spend $26,000 a month.

 

A more realistic figures could be anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000 a month

[DrTuner]

1 hour ago, Expat Tom said:

I have lived here many years. I love Thailand but allowing Chinese back in is perhaps the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Someone, or many someones, In Bangkok are puppets of the Chinese Communists Party. They are only concerned about money in the bank and appeasing their puppet masters in China. 

I have toyed with the idea of trying someplace else. I am getting closer to that decision every day. I believe that I love Thailand and the real "Thai" people more than the decision makers in Bangkok. They are selling out their country and should be ashamed.  

Unless there's a revolt very soon, Chailand will become a reality. That's as in within weeks.

 

Cambodia and Laos are about to fall into the debt trap already:

https://www.thaienquirer.com/18893/opinion-thailand-took-two-and-a-half-years-to-build-3-5-km-of-high-speed-rail-it-might-not-be-a-bad-thing/

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The Diplomat also said that Laos’s reserve is now down to $864 million as of June which is not enough to meet its debt obligations of at least $1 billion per year. Its sovereign debt has reached $12.6 billion or 65 per cent of the GDP, they added.

China is now Laos’s biggest creditor and the country is facing default while Cambodia could be next.

 

[Patts]

22 hours ago, baansgr said:

Considering Chinese were the largest tourist nationality to Thailand pre Covid...and that they supposedly have controlled the virus...it makes sense to court them first...

The largest purely due to tour groups which are run by Chinese travel operators using chinese owned Buses and Hotels probably flying on a Chinese airline. The Chinese tourists spend very little money in Thailand and all the money they pay for the holiday stays in the hands of Chinese businesses. 

 

Sure they account for the largest percent of tourists but lets not kid ourselves that any of the money they spend goes towards the Thai economy 

[Elizway]

1 hour ago, victorpeeke said:

Again, totally ignoring the thousands of retirees stranded around the world with wives, children and families in Thailand. People who have lived and contributed hundreds of thousands/millions of baht to the Thai economy.

 

And here we are, big deal, bringing in 150 Chinese to 'kickstart' the Phuket economy. Ahem, time to leave Phuket methinks.

When is the last time you spent 832,125 bhts a month? 

[phantomfiddler]

The chinese completely destroyed Sihanoukville, the beach haven of Cambodia, in a remarkably short time, is Pattaya next ?

[DrTuner]

2 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

The chinese completely destroyed Sihanoukville, the beach haven of Cambodia, in a remarkably short time, is Pattaya next ?

Yes. They already started with lower Jomthien. Local Chinatown. Another hotspot was The Base, illegal hotels, which must be pretty quiet at the moment.

[Sheryl]

An off-topic, baiting post has been removed.

[rumak]

I am pretty sure those who will come here are ones with business interests ( land projects, condos,

or something)  that need to come to manage or assess the damage.

I do not think they are coming for 2 week quarantine and then the beach !

 

i'll bet my last yuan on it.....

[ronaldo0]

All part of Thai plan. They are letting the Chinese in and then going to send them all home with a mega virus created in Thailand. Once it wipes out the whole Chinese race Thailand will claim the country by steaming there in their submarines ! ????

[Truth Will Set You Free]

Great keep them in one area where you know who is giving them service. This way if the virus break out there then you don’t have to worry about it coming North. 
 

Plus they are planning to spend any money. They just want to lay in the sun and have noodles all day..

[meechai]

On 9/29/2020 at 2:38 PM, bluejets said:

mmmm...low risk countries (China ???) to be the first allowed to re-enter Thailand.......

Hang on....wasn't that the origin of this now world wide problem??

They weren't too forward when it was discovered so what makes anyone think their current low risk assessment is anywhere near correct ??

To be honest...China & Thailand are two peas in a pod & deserve each other ????