Visit Thailand but conditions apply: Tracking devices, set routes away from Thais and "Covid minders" mooted

[agood1963]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Here are the conditions that would allow tourists to perhaps leave their quarantine rooms:

 

* They will have to wear tracking devices to monitor their every movement.

 

*They will have to stick to routes where other Thai people do not go. They must not veer off course at all.

 

*They will have to be followed around 24/7 by Covid minders to ensure they don't stray and are healthy

 

* They will be encouraged to do fresh air activities - golf was mentioned in the Daily News story as a possibility. 

 

Despite these extraordinary restrictions Dr Tharet is convinced this is the way forward to kickstart the Thai economy and get the tourism ball rolling again. 

Is this Thailand no it is ALCATRAZ .

[Chiang Mai Bill]

4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

yes follow me for a day and make sure i don't stray. 

 

Will the 'minders' be on 2 x 12-hour shifts or 3 x 8-hour shifts?  Will they get meal breaks?

[RJRS1301]

They get this idea from CCP??

Sounds like China in the 80s

 

[Megasin1]

* They will have to wear tracking devices to monitor their every movement.

 

*They will have to stick to routes where other Thai people do not go. They must not veer off course at all.

 

*They will have to be followed around 24/7 by Covid minders to ensure they don't stray and are healthy

 

* They will be encouraged to do fresh air activities - golf was mentioned in the Daily News story as a possibility. 

 

I am the perfect candidate for this, I don't mind them monitoring my movements, after all I am fairly regular and they are usually in a predictable place, generally known as a toilet.  I do go places that the Thais don't, which is actually into the shops in malls to buy stuff and I would really appreciate some minders as I have always fancied myself as a bit of an Arthur Daley. I have also wanted to experiment with 'fresh air activities' I'm just a little concerned about the spiders and where the sand may end up, but other than that I'm good to go ????

[MartinL]

"They will have to stick to routes where other Thai people do not go. They must not veer off course at all".

 

If that could be applied to those of us travelling on Thailand's roads, they might be onto a winner. Just imagine - roads exclusively for foreigners! Bliss!!

[Ganesh108]

Just like there are 'ghost taxis' in Thailand (taksee phee, unlicensed taxis), these tourists could be called nak-thorng-tiow phee, the ghost tourists - only seen occasionally by nervous natives furtively hiding in bushes, and only heard by the clanging of their chains. Occasionally a minder would call out, 'Hey you, falang, get back on the trail, fast. We must go Buriram!'  

[paulikens]

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

[BillyBobzTeeth]

Covid survival rate is high so why is Thailand making things so difficult? 

 

[SpanishExpat]

all other countries in the region have clearly said they WON*T open up until 2021. So why is TH bs around? 

 

For now...let everyone enter who accepts the quarantine, negative covid test etc. That could be the retiree, who desperately wants to go back. That could be someone, who just misses his/her gf/bf and wants to visit her/him for 2-3 months. Or it could be the genuine tourist who would even visit TH with all those extra costs.

 

The quarantine/ negative covid test is 99.9% safe and it`s much easier now, as the semi-commercial flights have been restarted. Let that run smoothly for 4-6 months and then re-evaluate. It`s ridiculous that there are around 70 ASQ hotels now, but most are half-empty, because of the 1111 extra-hurdles.

[bougnat]

Pathetic

[spidermike007]

Tharet is the latest "dummy of the day". 

 

Thailand needs courageous leadership. They don't have it. The army are major cowards. ANY person from ANY nation should be welcome starting tomorrow, if they are willing to subject themselves to a 14 day quarantine and pay excessive fees for that two week sentence. There is no downside or risk, and only upside for the nation.

 

No groveling from a local consulate should be required. That is utter nonsense.

 

A covid free letter and a booking at an approved hotel. Period. No more Inane "Phuket or Thailand models".

 

And no special health insurance either.

 

Quarantine is enough of a penalty already. And you will only attract a few thousand tourists a month with the quarantine. But, at least it is something. 

 

Man up! Show us something. Show us anything. Just stop showing us nothing. Stop being silly and stop the nonsense. 

[Cake Monster]

Another Brain Fart 

[TKDfella]

Questions. Will the 'minder also have to wear tracker. Will the minder also have a minder, and that minder have a minder, to make sure the minder's minder doesn't stray (see family etc.) I know, why not get the tourist to mind the minder's minder...yeah, right, that is just about as crazy as their plan. Why not put all tourists on a chain gang and done with it; that way they'll at least feel comfortable when they visit those exciting prisons.

[Scouse123]

5 hours ago, Surelynot said:

I think the biggest problem they might face is marshaling the huge queues of people desperate to get into Thailand on these terms.

 

 

Yeah,

 

I can't wait for the new special immigration uniforms for Covid19

[Destiny1990]

Wow this plan sounds like a real game changer and right in time for the high season! 

[SunsetT]

4 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

I think a rubber stamp every time they enter or leave a vehicle would work along with the minder, following like a blood hound.

 

Does going to the toilet count for another rubber stamp under my new scheme count?? This is currently under discussion with Prayut.

 

Hey, this is as good as all the other stupid ideas from the alphabet soup of Ministries and TAT.

No rubber stamp required for the toilet as we have CCTV installed.

[Curmudgeonly59]

5 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

A Covid minder?  Of course! The perfect opportunity for Thailand to invent a new uniform. 

So true!  Don't forget the service medals, badges, gold braid and epaulettes...with frequent blasts on a special whistle, to clear a path through the shopping mall crowds... 

[Justgrazing]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

"Covid minders"

The headline had me imaging Terry McCann with Arfur in " Minder " .. 

Perhaps that's what they mean .. all visitors must have a mohair coat , trilby and cigar and say " I swear on my sainted mother's grave I don't have Corvid " ..

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Here are the conditions that would allow tourists to perhaps leave their quarantine rooms:

 

* They will have to wear tracking devices to monitor their every movement.

 

*They will have to stick to routes where other Thai people do not go. They must not veer off course at all.

 

*They will have to be followed around 24/7 by Covid minders to ensure they don't stray and are healthy

 

* They will be encouraged to do fresh air activities - golf was mentioned in the Daily News story as a possibility. 

Delusional.

[sammieuk1]

Welcome to the mental institution where a different act performs every day with the same ending ???? 

[metisdead]

Some offensive posts have been removed. 

 

A post using a trolling meme has been removed. 

[RJRS1301]

23 minutes ago, TKDfella said:

Questions. Will the 'minder also have to wear tracker. Will the minder also have a minder, and that minder have a minder, to make sure the minder's minder doesn't stray (see family etc.) I know, why not get the tourist to mind the minder's minder...yeah, right, that is just about as crazy as their plan. Why not put all tourists on a chain gang and done with it; that way they'll at least feel comfortable when they visit those exciting prisons.

1984 ??

 

[Letseng]

I can be in and out in 2 days. Just need to empty my bank account and get some items out of my apartment. Don't mind a minder or a tracking device.

[tifino]

note to self... dump smartphone & grab the old Nokia OVI-Symbian out of the drawer for the next trip...

 

 

Must take non-app-compatible phone 

 

[thailand49]

When I read these suggestion what I want to do is line everyone up have them bend over and give them a swift kick in the ass but at my age I think not more than halfway my leg would cramp up!????

[Caldera]

Another nonsensical and unworkable proposal. Don't cross paths with Thais? How does that work, are you supposed to massage yourself when booking a massage treatment?

 

[JWRC]

5 hours ago, Forza2002 said:

These daily idiotic ideas to boost tourism are making a Thailand a laughing stock around the world.... 

I was just thinking the very same thing. I cannot imagine anyone going on holiday to wear a tracker only walk where I am told to walk and have someone following me. They really have no idea.

[Fairynuff]

Come to Thailand but don’t go anywhere near Thai people. There are those who’d find that very appealing ????

[digger70]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

* They will have to wear tracking devices to monitor their every movement.

 

*They will have to stick to routes where other Thai people do not go. They must not veer off course at all.

 

*They will have to be followed around 24/7 by Covid minders to ensure they don't stray and are healthy

What a Muppet he is  Why is there No1  if you have No3 

Thai Logic ,,, I thought they could do better than this Freak show.

[Tich]

Will the minder follow behind blowing his whistle to keep you on the striaght and narrow