OH.Great news.Thailand tourism is saved by 33 big spenders.And are they tourists.?

And how many real democracies are there in the world where even a large group of ordinary people have any actual effect on governance? Governments appear to run from mere lip service to citizen participation to outright dictatorships that do not tolerate any citizen input whatsoever.

15 hours ago, anto said:

They are hardly normal tourists .Probably out buying property's and businesses at knock down prices . 

Yep!

Hmmmmm.....yep, Chinese tourists with their obnoxious behaviour are a definite asset to Thailand

16 hours ago, lkv said:

 

Well, 33 "were not bored at all", according to the hotel executive, it's refreshing for me to know that, thought quarantine was like prison.

 

The other 6 got depressed and jumped through the window. It makes for a fair suicide rate of 15%.

Or they could have been killed on the roads getting there 

Oh that's a good start. Only 10,000,067 to go for next years 11 million quota.????

What a joke ! These are not tourists, just scouts for the impending horde of property buyers, and will not make the slightest impact ???? It would be amusing if not so sad ????

16 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

 

They got lost wandering the ample hotel grounds because they weren't led on by a guide waving a flag and playing an annoying jingle on a megaphone. Hotel employees reportedly are still searching for them.

They're parking them a block from Nana.   I'm sure the security is outstanding.  

Still maintaining the fiction that these are tourists...

The quarantine sounds exciting. I hope I get to quarantine soon! I think I would just stay in quarantine and not travel. 555

 

Sorry, but when I read the headline it sounded like the government was opening a jar of roaches. Nothing personal to the Chinese, just the writer.

17 hours ago, webfact said:

The first group of 33 Chinese tourists, arriving in Thailand on Special Tourist Visas (STV) from Shanghai, have completed their mandatory 14 days in quarantine, at a hotel in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok, and are about to leave to tour the country.

Wow how exciting , i expect it was all expenses payed as well as they would not have took part in this joke if it was not .

17 hours ago, Pottinger said:

What happened to the other six? Did they escape?

Ghost Chinese.

they wont like my place have no bats on the menu

Thailand's tourism had been on a good run even before the Chinese tourists invaded the country like swarms of locusts. 

 

Why can't Thailand return to the good old days relying on European and American long-stay tourists and visa holders ?  Why is Thailand suddenly dependent on China for its survival ?

 

10 years ago there were not many Chinese in Bangkok.  In the condo where I live, there wasn't a single Chinese.  Thailand was thriving then.  How did everything change ?

All 139 of those tourists 

Omg Thailand is saved now then 

You could not imagine post like this 1 year ago 

This is a joke 

Half a flight hardly travel in Thailand... 

The land of what was number 1 tourist destination 

In its past... 

14 minutes ago, thairookie said:

Thailand's tourism had been on a good run even before the Chinese tourists invaded the country like swarms of locusts. 

 

Why can't Thailand return to the good old days relying on European and American long-stay tourists and visa holders ?  Why is Thailand suddenly dependent on China for its survival ?

 

10 years ago there were not many Chinese in Bangkok.  In the condo where I live, there wasn't a single Chinese.  Thailand was thriving then.  How did everything change ?

And there you have it...........

14 minutes ago, thairookie said:

Thailand's tourism had been on a good run even before the Chinese tourists invaded the country like swarms of locusts. 

 

Why can't Thailand return to the good old days relying on European and American long-stay tourists and visa holders ?  Why is Thailand suddenly dependent on China for its survival ?

 

10 years ago there were not many Chinese in Bangkok.  In the condo where I live, there wasn't a single Chinese.  Thailand was thriving then.  How did everything change ?

When Covid is over and Thailand reverts back to visa requirements of 10 years ago, only then will tourism once again grow. Until then , Thailand has no chance. Immigration should stop kidding themselves.

 

I've not been following the situation recently. Could anyone tell me a) if SETVs are only available from China currently and b) if available from elsewhere, where? 

 

CC: @ubonjoe

 

 

I thought China was not allowing people out if the country as tourists at the moment? 

5 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

I thought China was not allowing people out if the country as tourists at the moment? 

 

Tour groups, not individual tourists.

This is becoming a joke. See how these Chinese pearls going to react when they have to obey about a hundred rules to do this and that. Could be wrong but I'm afraid it's not going to be a pleasant experience for them. As far as the locals and expats concerns I can think of only one phrase; "Take cover when you hear or see them arriving in your neighbourhood...!"

Did 6 of the 39 test positive to covid19, if so that would mean 15% which are fairly high fail rate for a party which has come from a supposedly covid19 free area. 

17 hours ago, TSF said:

Times sure have changed. Back in the late 1970s I was living in a small village down Sattahip way and one night tuning my SW radio I picked up a Chinese radio station. My TGF freaked and said to quickly turn it off. It was illegal to listen to Chinese radio and if a neighbor heard that coming from our house they would inform the cops.

Tittle  Tell  Tales even back then I see , same  now in the village.

They are made to feel like zoo animals.

The Chinese wreaked havoc on the world when they unleashed this virus.

 

And now they get to travel again.

 

The world is <deleted>. In part due to the CCP and the Mainland Chinese.

4 hours ago, crazykopite said:

It was reported that 39 Chinese tourists had entered the Kingdom where are the other 6  

 

There's only one reason why people would not be released from quarantine but strangely it's not mentioned in the article....why is that?

1 hour ago, thairookie said:

Thailand's tourism had been on a good run even before the Chinese tourists invaded the country like swarms of locusts. 

 

Why can't Thailand return to the good old days relying on European and American long-stay tourists and visa holders ?  Why is Thailand suddenly dependent on China for its survival ?

 

10 years ago there were not many Chinese in Bangkok.  In the condo where I live, there wasn't a single Chinese.  Thailand was thriving then.  How did everything change ?

 

The year 2014 should explain everything.

" Come into the parlour said the spider to the fly, prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy ".........  

I wait with baited breath the following headline:

 

Massive 2nd wave of Covid 19 in Thailand. All borders closed. All flights suspended...except those from China.

19 hours ago, Oldie said:

Somehow such reports give the impression that the Chinese are the first and only tourist that arrived so far in Thailand. But this is obviously not the case. Would be interesting to know how many arrived in total so far and from which countries and how many tested positive. 

Over 20000 non Thais have been through the 14 day quarantine system so far. I think more have come from the US than any other country