6 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai PM wants all tourists to wear wristbands - we're not opening the floodgates

The new normal Thailand.

GPS tracking & a catchy looking outfit.

7 minutes ago, brucegoniners said:

<deleted>? Would you go somewhere and WEAR GPS???

 

The day they make all foreigners wear them is the day I move out.

I have a smart watch wouldn't switch the tracker on when I go out at night,the main reason this won't happen is that when the GPS is on it sucks the life out of the device it will need charging 3 times a day.A fitness/activity app on my phone tracks me.Pretty much all of us carry a GPS!!!!! all the time on our phones.When they ask for your passwords and pin number you need to get all CAPITALS AND !!!!!!!!

4 hours ago, Flying Saucage said:

There are other people in the rich elite who are tired of losing billions of Baht of revenue due to the isolation of the country. But it s Prayut and Prawit who do not want tourists in the country now. They are the ones who create the hassles and keep to borders closed as much as possible. Because it is for their own financial benefit.

 

These current schemes of "reopening the country" are only made to appease the other side, to make them believe that the government cares of the tourism industry, while the real plan is to ruin the industry. There is a hidden agenda going on between Prayut, Prawit and their Chinese friends. And it's really easy to understand.

 

China uses the Covid crisis as part of their road and belt initiative. They pay currupt governments in the region to ruin their country, to make it a bargain for Chinese investors. Now in Thailand, they do not want foreign tourists here, because this would be against their plan to destroy the tourist industry here. And also, they want to keep the number of foreign observers as low as possible while they do it.

 

It's so cheap for China to buy a whole country, when they have the right friends in power there. It costs only a few million dollar and a handful of luxuary watches.

 

The wristbands are only one more hassle to reduce the number applicants for these toursts schemes. But you can bet that these Chinese investers who will be the first coming with their own private jet, will not have to wear the wristbands.

 

something is happening behind the scenes with these secretive agreements with the chinese over 20-25 year periods in the belt and road countries, the money just corrupts the ones governing, and allows the door open to the chinese, when the chinese corrupted the last malay gov. the new government found out that their 20 year secret agreement signed by the previous gangsters, had a scheme where only chinese nationals could buy property in a place called 'forest city' and secretly over 20 years would gain malay citizenship by increasing their legal standings incremently, that one development had plans for 500,000. the new government just cancelled the whole agreement on the project and new chinese citizenship, makes you wonder, what really is going on, when you see whats happening in laos, cambodia, sri lanka, pakistan and now mynamar

With the GPS they will track them in the B.......

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Assuming that it applies to all foreigners and not just short term visitors, many foreign husbands and fathers of Thais will have to comply, also any retired persons that want to stay in LOS.

I'm not supporting the idea, but I'm surprised it hasn't been done in NZ given the number of people in isolation that escape and have close contact with members of the public.

There's been talk of it being applied in Australia. 

Could be interesting if a couple of tourist toke of the GPS wristbands and fitted them on some stray dogs. That would keep authorities busy for some time

30 minutes ago, aussienam said:

Let me back in as a stranded retiree, I'll wear a GPS tracking device if they want.  I just want to get back to my empty home and stop paying rent for a place I cannot live in.  All my personal belongings are there and my motorbike - 7 months later.  

I have nothing to hide.  They can watch my movements day to day. I must warn it will be very boring, 7 Eleven, gym, home, supermarket and local Thai markets once a week/fortnight, 2 local bars about once a week/fortnight.  Rinse and repeat.  

Upside, all my monthly income is spent in Thailand. Currently only rent being paid.  Multiply people like me x perhaps 100,000 stranded retirees and it adds up. We are not worthless human beings because we are retired farang thank you.  

How fascinating.  Amazing for how little people will sell their souls.  And how easily people can be swayed to embrace totalitarianism.  GPS monitor today.  Tattoo tomorrow.  A 9mm in the head and a dirt nap if you end up on the wrong side of a Geo-political dust up later.
*Pop*  "Farang so easy to find!"

And how much are the tourists going to have to pay for these GPS bands 5,000+ baht !!!!!! Because there is no way they are going to be handed out as freebies. Maybe this PM should be concentrating on the millions of lost jobs not a few hundred Chines tourists 

Knowing my Scandinavian cousins, they may not think kindly of wearing GPS. That, in my part of the world is reserved for repeat sex offenders and pedophiles. Uhmmmm, where are these ideas coming from? I do understand the need to show caution and to be careful but GPS tracking? Honestly?

26 minutes ago, humbug said:

something is happening behind the scenes with these secretive agreements with the chinese over 20-25 year periods in the belt and road countries, the money just corrupts the ones governing, and allows the door open to the chinese, when the chinese corrupted the last malay gov. the new government found out that their 20 year secret agreement signed by the previous gangsters, had a scheme where only chinese nationals could buy property in a place called 'forest city' and secretly over 20 years would gain malay citizenship by increasing their legal standings incremently, that one development had plans for 500,000. the new government just cancelled the whole agreement on the project and new chinese citizenship, makes you wonder, what really is going on, when you see whats happening in laos, cambodia, sri lanka, pakistan and now mynamar

Exactly. And Thailand is in no way different to the other countries you mentioned. 

 

All these totalitarian governments, dictatorships or faked democracies you mentioned are ruled by rogue and currupt gangsters. Currupt enough that they even would sell their own grandmother to the Chinese. They all claim to be patriots, but they don't care at all about their countries. They care only about their personal wealths. Thailand is in no way different.

 

I believe this first batch will be actors or these millionaires have been doing a different story for GPS bands. Security etc. Surprising move thailand should know chinese despise the controlling government. Could really backfire for the Chinese tourism dollar. Maybe that is the plan.

What about the 14 days quarantine or are they just going to let  them loose in Paragon and all you can eat crab and shrimp buffets. I saw a Central ad going up one of it's escalators the other day — "Shopping is a cure for Covid".  

If that was enough to get tourists back without quarantine I would agree.

Amazing 

unbelievable,the worlds locked down,theres a naff off depression in the post,and they think punters are so desperate to return that they,ll put up with these gestapo tactics,tourism was going down the gurgler before corona.that would be the final nail in the coffin.

6 hours ago, CGW said:

Sure that most folks realise that "track & trace" is at the heart of this agenda, just play along, get chipped, take your vaccine like a man and regain your "Freedom" ????

Notice that most countries are following the same agenda, or is that just coincidence? ????

Conspiracy? .........

Nah, conspiracy theorists are nutters ....... it's just a coincidence.

31 minutes ago, connda said:

How fascinating.  Amazing for how little people will sell their souls.  And how easily people can be swayed to embrace totalitarianism.  GPS monitor today.  Tattoo tomorrow.  A 9mm in the head and a dirt nap if you end up on the wrong side of a Geo-political dust up later.
*Pop*  "Farang so easy to find!"

No doubt written inside your bunker safe from the nasty world outside - enjoy

6 hours 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.

Too late i,m afraid

Did they ever trust this guy with a loaded weapon? 

I can just see the guys doing the tracking.

Somchai: These farang not go anywhere they just stay in their room!

19 minutes ago, Magenta408 said:

Knowing my Scandinavian cousins, they may not think kindly of wearing GPS. That, in my part of the world is reserved for repeat sex offenders and pedophiles. 

For citizens of the north, tracking is a no-no. That's what wolves do when they're hunting you in the -65 DegC summer months.

 

Privacy is a concern that people in EU have started taking seriously. GDPR and so forth. Thais seem to not know the concept at all.

42 minutes ago, connda said:

1 hour ago, aussienam said:

Let me back in as a stranded retiree, I'll wear a GPS tracking device if they want.  I just want to get back to my empty home and stop paying rent for a place I cannot live in.  All my personal belongings are there and my motorbike - 7 months later.  

I have nothing to hide.  They can watch my movements day to day. I must warn it will be very boring, 7 Eleven, gym, home, supermarket and local Thai markets once a week/fortnight, 2 local bars about once a week/fortnight.  Rinse and repeat.  

Upside, all my monthly income is spent in Thailand. Currently only rent being paid.  Multiply people like me x perhaps 100,000 stranded retirees and it adds up. We are not worthless human beings because we are retired farang thank you.  

How fascinating.  Amazing for how little people will sell their souls.  And how easily people can be swayed to embrace totalitarianism.  GPS monitor today.  Tattoo tomorrow.  A 9mm in the head and a dirt nap if you end up on the wrong side of a Geo-political dust up later.
*Pop*  "Farang so easy to find!"

I 100% agree with you connda, and for me GPS trackers are a big no-go, and all these totalitarian fascist egoistic generals should be kicked out and go first to jail and then to hell.

 

But, also I like to defend poster aussienam. His post clearly was intended to show how ridiculous, embarrasing and paranoid it is of the authorities here, the government and the immigration, to blame every decent foreigner, who only wants to a happy life without hassles, as a potential criminal.

 

Instead of welcoming foreigners who want to spend their money here, they insult them, offend them, libel them and anger them. Instead of welcoming us, they do everything to devide their society by creating hate, mistrust and boosting xenophopia.

 

Thailand became a quite disgusting banana republic under this government.

 

10 minutes ago, Pasadena said:

Do you prefer quarantine in hotel?

Sorry?

Next the combo GPS/shock collar.

Absolutely cuckoo.

Most of these tourists will be Chinese.  A wrist band won't faze them in the least. 

Better have a yellow label pricked onto one ear with an ID number on it so malls and shopowners can more easily register them. I am thinking of those with long sleeves not to be identifed as big spenders for the wristband woun't be seen.

This absolutely makes no sense when foreign partner stuck outside Thailand whether married or not but have a family & a life there 

Is it the foreign ATM machine when I'm guessing most own property through whatever means then the Chinese - I don't who did it but original was China & 1st to be let back in - what a <deleted> joke 

 

12 minutes ago, 1duckyboy said:

Next the combo GPS/shock collar.

Go near a protest and the explosives will detach your head. Convenient.

No need for wristbands.  Just look out for groups of Chinese following a flag waver. They are are probably the only ones that will be here