33 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thai PM wants all tourists to wear wristbands

Perhaps if I get one with 'Covid-19' written on it, I'll get a seat to myself on the bus.

I suppose its slightly better than giving them a bell.....but only just

 

1 minute ago, bluesofa said:

Perhaps if I get one with 'Covid-19' written on it, I'll get a seat to myself on the bus.

Are 'we' still barred from interprovincial buses...not that I have the balls to catch one?

10 minutes ago, Antonymous said:

 

No doubt track and trace devices coming to expats and immigrants next... try it out with tourists first.

It might be something like that or something that says CV19 free so the general Thai public doesn't start freaking out on every foreigner.

I'm sure the tourists heading for the soapy massages will be chuffed to know the authorities are looking out for them.

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I'm sure the tourists heading for the soapy massages will be chuffed to know the authorities are looking out for them.

"Yes, I'll be there in a jiffy."

 

17 minutes ago, Antonymous said:

 

No doubt track and trace devices coming to expats and immigrants next... try it out with tourists first.

I already have one.  it's called the live in girlfriend 

I dont think this goes far enough. Some kind of sandwich board declaring the wearer to be unclean should be employed.

Maybe a cow bell around the neck should also be used. Oh and a big red flag.

If anyone hasn't yet grasped that Thailand with its enormous financial reserves can keep the borders closed for decades should they so choose, then you have now

 

You can come in but the restrictions will be so onerous that no one will. Thank you for your past custom x

31 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

I'm sure the locals are going to super friendly to anyone seen wearing one of these wristbands. They'll be treated like lepers. How long before shops have signs outside "Solly, wristband people cannot".

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Never work.

 

What they want is electronic exploding neckbands that decapitate if the tourist wanders out of an allowed perimeter.  I think most tourists would be ok with this given all they have already had to go through to get here.

 

Exploding male chastity belt would also be good whereby the crown jewels disappear if any horizontal activity happens.

4 minutes ago, Chivas said:

If anyone hasn't yet grasped that Thailand with its enormous financial reserves can keep the borders closed for decades should they so choose, then you have now

 

You can come in but the restrictions will be so onerous that no one will. Thank you for your past custom x

Why are they borrowing so much, as announced today? A serious question.

Welcome to Thailand now bend over and spread em,oh and you might experience some pain.

14 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Seriously, coming here for a holiday sounds like a humiliating test of endurance

 

Just staying here is becoming like that !!

3 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

I dont think this goes far enough. Some kind of sandwich board declaring the wearer to be unclean should be employed.

Maybe a cow bell around the neck should also be used. Oh and a big red flag.

 

9 minutes ago, fdsa said:

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Had the termite inspection out to the house Sunday.  My Thai comprehension is poor but I did pick up the old guy asking GF where I was from and when she told him America,  he mumbled something about Covid-19.  I asked her after he left but being polite as always didn't comment. The older generation especially really don't like foreigners mucking about their country 

 

Granted.. USA has done a terrible job and I really don't blame him.. But the general population cannot distinguish between tourists or long stayers. 

I think that wristbands would be too easy get around. Chip and PIN has to be the way to go. Tourists first as a trial and then expats later.

Only the Chinese tourists will agree to wrist Bands.
Will they be staying in their own Hotels owned by Chinese.
Do they still sell those fake COVID19 FREE certificates on Alibaba?

As it's only a couple of days until the first inmates tourists arrives, the government only got this type of wrist bands available.

 

Many years ago I visited regularly the Dominican Republic.

 

Every tourist/customer got a wristband in the all-in hotels.

No wristband, no free drinks/food.

 

I am prepare to wear again a wristband here.

 

I already wear one  a few years ago, when  

 

my Thai wife gave me one, to show  support to King Bhumibol.

14 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Why are they borrowing so much, as announced today? A serious question.

Same the world over nominal interest rates. £255 Billion in foreign currency reserves says they can frankly do what they want

1 hour ago, webfact said:

That means all foreign tourists allowed in under the special tourist visa must wear GPS wristbands so that their movements can be closely tracked.

Here's a less costly alternative! Clowns!

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Everyone on the STV plan must agree to comply with the conditions set out by the Thai government. 

Unless you are extremely rich as they do not run the risk of having Covid ......LOL

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

I'm sure the locals are going to super friendly to anyone seen wearing one of these wristbands. They'll be treated like lepers. How long before shops have signs outside "Solly, wristband people cannot".

 

Seriously, coming here for a holiday sounds like a humiliating test of endurance.

Maybe the Japanese can turn it into a gameshow.

The Marine golf course in Sattahip has banned foreigners because of the fear of catching Covid. The people who make these rules must have pea brains as well as being xenophobic

1 hour ago, darksidedog said:

They really need someone with an ounce of common sense to stop all of these ridiculous ideas before they make fools of themselves every single day.

No hab

1 hour ago, Surelynot said:

That is a key question. Do they?

They do not want any foreigners here, not at the moment.

 

It's pretty obvious, but these schemes are the typical Thai way of saying, look, we're trying and we are open for business, when the reality is, we don't want any foreigners here and we are closed.

 

Thais are experts at fooling people into thinking the opposite is true, just look at the famous smile. 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

But he suggested that people who didn't want the country opened were not those suffering in the decimated tourist industry.

so just ignore the majority, sounds familiar

 

would it not be much safer to financially support those in the tourist industry and keep the borders closed for now

 

What happens when China starts reporting on detected infections amongst those returning from Thailand

1 hour ago, tonray said:

How would they know who the tourists who are supposed to wear bands are vs the expats who are already here ?

They'd be identified, obviously, at Immigration at the airport because they're coming in on STVs!

Peter Denis,

don't understand what confused you in my post 52.

 

We have all our personal limits of which we are prepare to undergo to be able/allowed to stay here.

 

I wear before wristbands for different reasons, so I am prepare to do it again.

 

Of course I can easily understand that you and certainly others, are not prepared to accept this, and will prefer to leave the country.