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

[Airbagwill]

A mixture of face and xenophobia. An effort to pacify the rising  anger in the desperate tourism industry?

 

It is a symptom of every military government to seek information , data and try to control....... regardless of whether it is necessary or even useable.

 

 

[Kalasin Jo]

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

The cloud cuckoo land kid strikes again.????

So Prayut says any tourist must wear a GPS wrist band, ha, ha ,ha, dream on pal.

I think you are wrong. Western farang wouldn't tolerate that I agree, but the Chinese, the tourists Thailand wants back urgently it seems, won't mind. It's the norm there anyway to be monitored 24/7. The pretties and the bars won't be happy but the Thai Chinese will.

[sammieuk1]

6 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

I can see the benefit of these wrist bands

Anyone can now see who the tourist is and overcharge accordingly 

You mean like wrinse bands????

[Damrongsak]

7 hours ago, AbeNormal said:

you are correct, these devices will need a sim card to constantly upload data, they will need to be charged like a smartwatch or phone, GPS requires quite a lot of battery, add to that the GSM data connection and you are looking at something the size of a house to make it through one day, this is all total nonsense, not to mention it would need to be waterproof

Satellite tracking is the way to go.

 

[Airbagwill]

3 minutes ago, Kalasin Jo said:

I think you are wrong. Western farang wouldn't tolerate that I agree, but the Chinese, the tourists Thailand wants back urgently it seems, won't mind. It's the norm there anyway to be monitored 24/7. The pretties and the bars won't be happy but the Thai Chinese will.

Good point....unikely that the average Chinese person on a group tour will object.

[terminatorchiangmai]

meanwhile i am still waiting for my expat discount card for the national parks. Finish what you start first!

[mr PPG]

tourists with gps constant  tracing, do this mr retard ever been for holidays abroad, probably not? westerns not welcoming, no problem, once this nonsense over, ill comeback to Thailand, take all my stuff and just drive out from retardland (sorry- Thailand) to any neighbouring country, cannot be more stupid anywhere else as is in retardland...... scary scary 

[Russel]

Coincidentally they have chosen Chinese and Scandinavians or the ones most prone to accept these impositions. Chinese coming from decades of Communist dictatorship, while the Scandinavians especially the Swedes are already used to it since the most of them are already microchipped

[humbug]

7 minutes ago, Airbagwill said:

A mixture of face and xenophobia. An effort to pacify the rising  anger in the desperate tourism industry?

 

It is a symptom of every military government to seek information , data and try to control....... regardless of whether it is necessary or even useable.

 

 

6 months ago, it was pretty bad the xenophobia amongst the local popation, some racist/brainwashed staff in some stores like 7-11 not wanting to serve, and getting one of the other staff to do it for them, it hasn't been as bad the last few months, but i can imagine with all the media hype around tourists, except the media forced stories on chinese saviours, its going to increase the racist levels locally for all of us

[Buri utd]

Not a bad idea if it gets me back to my family, then I'll hang it around the neck of one of our water buffalo's while there walking around the paddy fields ????????

[rioD]

Only a complete moron would believe there will be millions of people dumb and or desperate enough to willfully go along with such stupidity just to visit Thailand. 

[sezze]

1 hour ago, DJ54 said:

 Singapore was going to impose wristbands for tourist and people

who quarantined at home... a few months back......

As alternative to quarantine , it is a solution . There is no talking about alternative to quarantine , just wear it so we can follow you .

[ThailandRyan]

2 hours ago, 1duckyboy said:

Next the combo GPS/shock collar.

I just located a picture of what the arrival hall will look like and there is now a pre screening trailer out for those wishing to come.

 

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi346095897?playlistId=tt0103239&ref_=tt_ov_vi

[donmuang37]

So, why not have their "Tourist Number" tattooed to their forehead? That should be popular!

????????????

[Jack Cook]

Ha ha ha, a daily dose of Thai humour. The only thing is they would see it as deadly serious. They may as well just keeps the gates closed for a year and open up again when the economy is totally smashed.

 

[wombat]

 TG's have been banding their tourist punters with Buhdda string from the temple tour since forever.

 

for the humor challenged

[Funkymover]

well we did say,, after all the T30 rubbish, that they will be wanting to tag us next, and here we are ,  using corona as an excuse to tag us .

[ehgnyc]

7 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.

 

This is what's happening here. Just ask the Cambodians and expats who live there. Here's further evidence:

MP proposes opening casinos in Thailand, legalising online gambling

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/politics/mp-proposes-opening-casinos-in-thailand-legalising-online-gambling

[bangon04]

7 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

No mention of the cost of wristbands but sure to be ridiculous ???? 

do we get a choice of colors?  

[ourmanflint]

Whilst this does sound very draconian, I suspect the general means wearing a tracker whilst in isolation only, not when you leave quarantine, as no one should ever accept that kind of loss of privacy. There was an article the other day regarding these covid trackers

 

link: https://www.nfcw.com/2020/09/24/368157/thailand-tests-nfc-wristbands-for-tracking-covid-19-patients-and-at-risk-groups/

 

[Artisi]

they should stop pissing around and go the full-blown ID route, branding iron on an appropriate location and cow-bell around the neck.  

[redwood1]

2 minutes ago, ehgnyc said:

This is what's happening here. Just ask the Cambodians and expats who live there. Here's further evidence:

MP proposes opening casinos in Thailand, legalising online gambling

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/politics/mp-proposes-opening-casinos-in-thailand-legalising-online-gambling

Casino gamboling......The game where almost EVERYONE is a loser except the Casinos, the state, and the land owners....Gamboling would destroy Thailand... 

[ehgnyc]

Just now, redwood1 said:

Casino gamboling......The game where almost EVERYONE is a loser except the Casinos, the state, and the land owners....Gamboling would destroy Thailand... 

Not for the Chinese. They'd be thrilled

[DrTuner]

5 minutes ago, ourmanflint said:

Whilst this does sound very draconian, I suspect the general means wearing a tracker whilst in isolation only, not when you leave quarantine, as no one should ever accept that kind of loss of privacy. There was an article the other day regarding these covid trackers

 

link: https://www.nfcw.com/2020/09/24/368157/thailand-tests-nfc-wristbands-for-tracking-covid-19-patients-and-at-risk-groups/

 

 

Nope, from the OP:

 

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

 

What you got there is a NFC chip in a wrist band, not active GPS tracking.

[agood1963]

10 hours 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.

How much are the criminals being charged for these GPS trackers as i am sure they will not be supplied free of charge.

[tomauasia]

9 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.

I think we are truly past that stage..Now it's a comedy segment with actors in silken jackets

[DefaultName]

I haven't read through all 18 pages, so please forgive me if this has been asked already.

 

Do these lock on?

If not, what's to stop the tourist taking it off before heading to a massage parlour, or somewhere else that wouldn't look good when the GPS records are requested by a divorce court?

[soalbundy]

9 hours ago, Surelynot said:

That is a key question. Do they?

Not a case of wanting, more a case of needing.

 

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

13 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

Casino gamboling......The game where almost EVERYONE is a loser except the Casinos, the state, and the land owners....Gamboling would destroy Thailand... 

Millions upon millions of Thais already gamble mate. Online, lotteries, illegal casinos etc. 

[soalbundy]

3 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

I haven't read through all 18 pages, so please forgive me if this has been asked already.

 

Do these lock on?

If not, what's to stop the tourist taking it off before heading to a massage parlour, or somewhere else that wouldn't look good when the GPS records are requested by a divorce court?

It was the toilet seat