Anutin: Thailand is ready to open up to foreign tourists

[Blumpie]

5 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

yea, yea, yea, this is just an attempt to spin some positive news in light of all the negativity from recent events on the streets.

 

dont believe anything until there is some detail, and even then take it with a pinch of salt as it could all change the following day.

Yes, that's pretty much it.  

[MayPutThai]

8 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Exactly! What does the phrase "Ready to open up", really mean? 

In case of Mr Anutin it means the Millions of Chinese which fighting to get the STV in zero case. 

I think, he will never change his loud spoken minds about the Farang People.

So, sit down again, have a beer. He does not mean us.

[oldhippy]

20 minutes ago, BusyB said:

Whatever the ins and outs and pronouncements foolish and otherwise, no country in the world can take a 20% hit to GDP on a permanent basis and survive for long ...

A 20% hit to GDP would set us back to about 2005.

We survived 2005, didn't we?

[ronaldo0]

Yeah they will all be flocking to watch the protests in Bkk I’m sure !

[Polaky]

Previous report was that on the 4th november all the heads will meet to decide how and when, sounds very much like it will go ahead but to iron out the quarantine issue, no doubt it will be allocated to a few islands first to contain any outbreak and isolate the mainland.

[FarangJon]

And here we are again with our TAT super brains.

Best government department for us dirty cheap charly farangs.

[lust]

How does this clown still have a job?!

[thailand49]

8 hours ago, darksidedog said:

It's those certain measures which are the issue. They have no idea what measures to use, as is evident from the daily flip flop on the proposals to date. The whole thing is just a comedy show.

The nail right on the head " measures "  it means we are scared <deleted> have nothing medically in place to address the second wave which will come when they open even with a a vaccine!  We are going to open up so when you apply be ready for the 100 things you still need and beware every Embassy has a different story! 

This guy is really tough as nails to constantly making a stupid fool out of himself!????

Should really think about changing his name BIG FOOL!

[biggerpill]

3 days ago I returned to Thailand from Europe and got out into the hotel quaruntine. I am a a family member with a Thai wife..The hotel is lovely and everyone is nice but being stuck in 1 room for 14 full days is hard. Iam an american but have lived  in Portugal for the last 4 months. All these latest proposals for foreign tourists,home owners but NOT the retirees are in summary a joke. The Thais only mention the added benefit of all the income they will get but never what the foreigners need. I have not seen my wife and Thai daughter for 10 months and this was the only way.But as I explained to my wife I do not see myself making Thailand a permanent home by the way they have treated the foreigners in general. Immigration with tm30,9,28...come on.They don,t ask our opinion what we think. I am an alien but NOT from mars..Philippines will give me easy retirement visa with no hassles, no reporting because they want me and need me..Thais don't really want us here. With the latest insult to homeowner to put up 100,00USD in thai bank to come ..obviously heads are spinning and with the condo glut already and prices dropping how stupid it would be to dump more good money into bad. I will probably considering the current sh_tshow talk to some realtors about my very large condo in Bangkok to sell. This place is not the place where I want to enjoy the rest of my life. In Europe where I have a small house near the ocean they love foreigners. The beaches are clean,the drivers are not insane, the price are much cheaper than Thailand and there is NO choking smoke in the winter..I see no comparison..yes I will miss my crazy and affectionate massage girls( and my wife.LOL) but overall there is no comparison to the quality of life for a foreigner ..especially an expat.Thailand and the people who run it are blind and self centered. Not only that they truly believe that people want to come here now. So may better place to go and probably live ..and I live it here and my family but after 8 years I am tired of being abused by immigration, almost killed everyday on the road, being overcharged cause I,m white,looking at garbage and bags everywhere I go,breathing the most polluted air when the burning starts,being shaken down for money by police,..and swimming on always dirty beaches now. Thailand needs to recognize us as a valuable part of their culture. We can hardly ever become citizens here..but everywhere else they WANT us not just for our money..The politics as well clearly show you how Thais are treated by their government.( So many starving and not working)..so why should we be expected to be treated better than that.I,m sorry for my family here but the future does not look bright. I,m getting old now and can afford to live anywhere but really tired of jumping through hoops and bullcrap. Maybe this quaruntine is making me crazier but by being alone and isolated gives time for quiet thought and contemplation..it's like a bad hand of cards in poker with money in the pot...TIME TO FOLD! Good luck and well wishes to others like me put into an uncomfortable position to make such harsh life decisions. No reason to be abused..YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE

[Rockbottom]

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Back in February he had his now infamous spat with a "dirty foreigner" who wouldn't accept his offer of a mask.

Attention! Calling all dirty, rotten, unshowered and smelly foreigners...we need your cash like NOW! Bonus offer: we have desperate hookers....ahhhh sorry "charms" you need.

[John CS]

8 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Thailand has been COVID free for many months but everyone is still in masks. Do these people really look ready to you? It's not going to be trivial to undo the fear and hysteria that's currently in the population. Everyday we live like this it's going to be harder to go back to normal.

Unusual press release , as if it was an appeal to calm the citizens , using the WHO backflip statement that lockdowns are harmful....

Evidence is clear Lockdowns are damaging

Evidence is clear , Masks do not protect

Evidence is clear people are getting angry

Evidence is clear , manslaughter charges for the accountable should be implemented

 

[Isaan sailor]

Wanna bet Chinese tourists come first and foremost? 

[sambum]

Every time this man opens his gob, I want to  vomit!

 

Going back a few months:-  "on 13 March 2020 that Anutin made a series of derogatory comments disparaging foreigners.^[11][12] Anutin wrote on a Twitter account, "...all you see are farang ('Westerners'). They flee their own countries for the safety of Thailand. In Chiang Mai, 90% of Thais are wearing face masks, although none of the farang are wearing masks." He went on to add, "This is the reason our country is being infected [by the SARS-CoV-2 virus]. We should be more careful of the farang than other Asians. At the moment it is winter in Europe and farang come to Thailand to hide from the [Covid-19] disease. Many farang dress dirtily and don't shower. All [Thai] hosts have to be very careful."

 

Now he wants them back :- "We must use all our "charms" to get lots and lots of them to come". And ""The rest of the world has confidence in us and many foreigners want to visit." (Like the 120 Chinese who supposedly had the Special Tourist Visa? When in actual fact ZERO Chinese had even applied for it!!!) 

 

And spouting this rhetoric while NOT wearing a mask while everybody round him IS! (Something else he has apparently changed his mind about!)

 

Does he honestly think people have such short memories? (No answer necessary!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[djuiiy]

100% hot air.
0% action.

Thailand's been ready to open since March, but that didn't open the borders then, and it won't open the borders now.

[mickymouse1]

He is a gambler anyway. I would do the same as long as I am vaccinated and well protected. <deleted>, just open the doors  and .......

[essox essox]

there is going to be  new "CARRY ON FILM" called "carry on covid"

guess who the stars are????

[Fairynuff]

With cool season on its way we might need a lot more of his hot air

[apetryxx]

Where do they find these guys? Under rocks I guess. I love Thailand, am married to a Thai/American citizen for 20 years who  I adore. Love my extended Thai family and we have a comfortable home we have owned for many years. Having said all that, we’re packing up for the Algarve In Portugal where I’m welcome unlike here where I’m constantly maligned. Bye Bye Thailand and so sorry for all the people we employ and are leaving behind.

[Thumbs]

Thought this clown had been gagged 

[The Theory]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The rest of the world has confidence in us

Really ?!!! ????

[malthebluff]

It's like watching a tv soap opera or a good comedy movie  you never know what will change 

[peterdarby]

9 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Our charm??? 

Most of them come from Isaan

[tomauasia]

Thailand will not open to any genuine tourism. There conditions are ridiculous and broad daylight robbery. Nobody is coming to there pay to be jailed nightmare. Thais should accept and welcome tourists with caution and common sense. Or don't open 

[Jake72]

I don't think this includes western tourists.

[Magenta408]

WHO get megabucks from Billy Goats and big Pharma so they are well placed to disburse. WHO seems to be back peddling quite often this week.  

[Call]

Just waiting for tomorrows exciting news 

[Matzzon]

3 hours ago, Stadtler said:

This question is asked many times per day in prisons around the world.

Oh, somebody posting with experience. Nice for a change, compared to all the believers nonsense.

[metisdead]

Conspiracy posts and replies have been removed. 

[paulbj2]

Do you think it has dawned on the clowns running Thailand that without tourism, a huge number of people are going to be out of work and banging on the governments door for hand-outs, or rioting because they have nothing to eat.

 

Has the penny dropped that the Thai tourist is at or near tip-over point when so many businesses will have gone broke that tourism as it was in the past cannot be resumed because the number of available hotel beds and restaurants to serve them will no longer be adequate to accommodate them? I know of at least one restaurant that used to serve western tourists that has gone bust and I am certain that there are many 1000s more.

 

Oh and did I forget to mention that maybe, just maybe, Thailand is not as clear of Covid-19 as the government would have people believe. Two Thais tested positive for Covid on arrival at an overseas airport - 2 people out of an aircraft full - that represents an infection rate rather higher than has ever been acknowledged by Thai officials!

[ThaiAl]

Every day another new plan ????