More tourists! Second batch of Chinese STV tourists plus businessmen arrive in Bangkok

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More tourists! Second batch of Chinese STV tourists plus businessmen arrive in Bangkok

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The second batch of Chinese tourists under the Special Tourist Visa scheme have successfully landed in Bangkok at Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

There were 145 tourists aboard China Southern Airlines CZ 3081 from Guangzhou that touched down at 2.30 pm yesterday. 

 

Deputy airport director Kittipong Kittikhajorn was on hand to meet the arrivals who came with 118 businessmen and 16 repatriated Thais. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

They all completed Covid-19 protocols and went for their 14 day Alternative State Quarantine. 

 

Kittipong said that the public can have faith in the airport's procedures and call 1722 for more information 24 hours. 

 

The first batch of around 40 tourists arrived from Shanghai last Monday.

 

Those on an STV can stay for up to 270 days once quarantine and all the tests that go with it are completed. 

 

Thailand has been open to businessmen for some time now. 

 

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[Misterwhisper]

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[Misterwhisper]

Just now, Misterwhisper said:

You may call me cynical but somehow I believe that NONE of these Chinese arrivals are actual tourists. They ALL are coming for some sort of business. Only that would explain why they would willingly put up with 14 days quarantine.

 

The prospect of being able to afterwards spend up to 6 months in Thailand is NOT something that would attract a bona fide tourist. Chinese tour groups in the past typically only spent between 6 and 10 days in the country, simply because employees just don't get that much paid leave from their companies.   

 

[ezzra]

They must be the kind of tourists with nothing better to do than to be locked up for 14 days or just so desperate to be in Thailand, either way, very bizarre...

[indieke]

Business people. Buying all for cheap cheap I guess. But my gf, who lives with me cannot come in.  They separate desperate couples. Thai or not, it is simply inhuman to separate people. Proving you are together, should be enough to reunite people in any country. It is a slap in our face, these kind of people can come in. It will bring nothing to the economy, only the fact more and more will be Chinese owned.

[fruitman]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

They all completed Covid-19 protocols and went for their 14 day Alternative State Quarantine. 

 

What's that?? Not in a hotel like we have to?

[RyanWalker]

These are people with business in Thailand. I know no one who would go sit in quarantine in Thailand. Crazy

[soi3eddie]

Second wave?

[Legendary Monkey]

5 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

 

So out of the 145 "tourists" there were really only 11 real tourists as 118 people were businessmen and 16 people repatriated Thais? 

 

There were 145 tourists on the plane in addition to 118 businessmen and 16 Thais is what was reported...

"There were 145 tourists aboard China Southern Airlines CZ 3081 from Guangzhou ... who came with 118 businessmen and 16 repatriated Thais.

[GroveHillWanderer]

18 minutes ago, fruitman said:

What's that?? Not in a hotel like we have to?

The Alternative State Quarantine facilities are hotels.

[fruitman]

2 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

The Alternative State Quarantine facilities are hotels.

Oh i see...

Well i think it's good to let these businessmen in...business goes on....not all of us work for governments.

[soi3eddie]

1 hour ago, Legendary Monkey said:

There were 145 tourists on the plane in addition to 118 businessmen and 16 Thais is what was reported...

"There were 145 tourists aboard China Southern Airlines CZ 3081 from Guangzhou ... who came with 118 businessmen and 16 repatriated Thais.

I was questioning the reporting and facts but changed my comment after researching the actual plane used. Originally expected it to be a smaller plane so questioned the number of passengers. Was surprised to find that it was a 787-9 Dreamliner with capacity of 297 so it was a fairly full plane.

[PatOngo]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

There were 145 tourists

 

Thanks for saving our country, big brother! ????

[Guffman]

A planeload of businessmen on a tourist visa. Sounds legit.

[Guderian]

So why have all the headlines to date only mentioned the 140 or so tourists, and never the 118 businessmen? Do they have a reason to hide their presence? I hope the BoT hasn't called in the receivers from Beijing, lol.

[kingofthemountain]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

There were 145 tourists aboard China Southern Airlines CZ 3081 from Guangzhou that touched down at 2.30 pm yesterday. 

 

Deputy airport director Kittipong Kittikhajorn was on hand to meet the arrivals who came with 118 businessmen and 16 repatriated Thais. 

Defintiion of a businessmen for the deputy airport director

''someone who flights in the business class in a plane''

[TheFreqFlyer]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

They must be the kind of tourists with nothing better to do than to be locked up for 14 days or just so desperate to be in Thailand, either way, very bizarre...

To be honest, I'd rather be in China at the moment. Although it depends on which part of the country you're in, as some parts are still strict with face masks and such (Beijing being one); others no longer require them to walk down the street or enter most stores (although they probably are still required to enter malls and public transport)...

 

this applies to many parts of the country from Yunnan to Guangxi etc. according to recent footage I've seen out of the country. Out on the streets...virtually no one is wearing face masks, whereas in Thailand, a good 50% of the population still is. Can't really understand these Chinese "tourists" unless they're all business people. 

[mickyr55]

1 hour ago, Guderian said:

So why have all the headlines to date only mentioned the 140 or so tourists, and never the 118 businessmen? Do they have a reason to hide their presence? I hope the BoT hasn't called in the receivers from Beijing, lol.

According to reports yesterday ALL  "tourists " IN or OUT of China are banned, so they're not tourists but illegal immigrants. 

[sungod]

4 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

The prospect of being able to afterwards spend up to 6 months in Thailand is NOT something that would attract a bona fide tourist.

 

Why not, I got mates in the UK who would jump at the chance, they do it every winter.

[Traubert]

2 hours ago, PatOngo said:

 

Thanks for saving our country, big brother! ????

Its not your country. You arent even in it.

[Cake Monster]

2 hours ago, mickyr55 said:

According to reports yesterday ALL  "tourists " IN or OUT of China are banned, so they're not tourists but illegal immigrants. 

Or more PLA members.

 

[Grumpy John]

6 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Or more PLA members.

 

You know who is bringing in the faceless minions to assist with future planning to deal with protesters?  Would be interesting to sea how many have Hong Kong stamps in their passport about the time of the crackdown...but then...they may not have stamps..... 

[The Deerhunter]

5 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

I was questioning the reporting and facts but changed my comment after researching the actual plane used. Originally expected it to be a smaller plane so questioned the number of passengers. Was surprised to find that it was a 787-9 Dreamliner with capacity of 297 so it was a fairly full plane.

Prepare for a rash of new telephone sales room arrests. I hope those quarantine hotel rooms have Wi-Fi so they can get straight down to business.

[Megasin1]

So according to this report 145 of them are not on an STV, so they must be on WPs or some other type of visa, the business men that is. As usual with these reports they lack clarity. I suppose its the price you pay for being just translators rather than news reporters.

[mikeymike100]

Did they all have Covid insurance??

[TheFishman1]

Problem solved TIT

[apetryxx]

This is just so crazy. If you’ve ever been to China, spitting anywhere seems to be a way of life. I can only hope that immigration tells them that we have a public “no spit policy.!”

[Dialemco]

Whether they are tourists or not is irrelevant they are guinea pigs let's hope none of them develope or catch Covid whilst in Thailand. So far as when actual tourism occurs surely this will not be possible until at least 2012

[smudger1951]

8 hours ago, indieke said:

Business people. Buying all for cheap cheap I guess. But my gf, who lives with me cannot come in.  They separate desperate couples. Thai or not, it is simply inhuman to separate people. Proving you are together, should be enough to reunite people in any country. It is a slap in our face, these kind of people can come in. It will bring nothing to the economy, only the fact more and more will be Chinese owned.

Agree 100%, it has been a journey for all countries but we are learning a vaccine may only be 50% reliable, someone can be re-infected, there are second waves of this virus as in Europe right now  What exactly is the thai government waiting for or is this the way it is ?

[Megasin1]

5 minutes ago, Dialemco said:

Whether they are tourists or not is irrelevant they are guinea pigs let's hope none of them develope or catch Covid whilst in Thailand. So far as when actual tourism occurs surely this will not be possible until at least 2012

we are in the century of the soi dog my friend, i am sure 2012 was just a typo :-), however if you do by any chance own a time machine do you think I could borrow it ? ????