3 minutes ago, Techno Viking said:

 

A person 2 checks away from bankruptcy should not be considering an oversea's holiday, extremely irresponsible act but a mindset that has likely got them into their predicament.

When it comes to enjoying their time, people tend to forget how to reason

Just now, alyx said:

Not really huge it is true,  but most people do not keep funds sleeping in a bank especially with the interests the latter give. This being said, I am not quite sure that people are willing to disclose their numbers when they are trying so hard to hide it from their respective governments ( IRS springs to mind ), dont you think ?

 

Who said the money has to be kept in a ow interest account ?

Let's kick-start tourism. Emphasis on kick.

The Vietnamese tourism people must be having a good ol belly laugh when they read this stuff. 

Just now, transam said:

Bankruptcy, so the average holidaymaker in your mind has a Company........Bwaaaaaaaah....????

 

what in my post leads you to believe I was saying the average holiday maker has a Company ?

1 hour ago, katatonic said:

No-one will be able to comply.

 

Which is entirely the point.

 

 

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Waiting to see what the requirement will be for a 30 day Visa on Arrival....let's see the Thai government do away with those and really kill tourism.

They're long gone already.

It wont be long before we see again these long line ups at Suvarnabhumi airport.????????

Back in the day  before 2014 you could get a triple entry tourist visa with  practically no questions asked !

2 hours ago, Falcon said:

Taking in to account the lack of tourists here allowed entry and the future lack of tourists because of both financial problems and / or Thailand’s rediculous ideas on how to restart the tourist trade, or put more simply, how to get a hold of foreigners money, I am expecting them to announce that they are going to charge and entry fee to the country, just like Bhutan who charge up to $250 per day just to be in the country. Ideal for Thailand that...

 

You might want to double check on that as what you posted is not correct, I won't explain why but I know I'm right.

3 minutes ago, Techno Viking said:

 

what in my post leads you to believe I was saying the average holiday maker has a Company ?

Who applies for Bankruptcy......?

Folk like me just go skint........????

Thailand won’t be seeing any tourists! The latest requirements are obviously a very clear sign that thailand doesn’t want tourists as we have long believed. This has nothing at all to do with Covid-19. The Thai government mentality is to utterly screw their own people! But of course the tourist numbers will continue to rise above expectations according to the government. 555 

5 minutes ago, roxnadz said:

 

Which is entirely the point.

 

 

Probably correct, or they can use approved agents to side-step the financials at silly prices.

Brilliant!

 

Let’s drive more tourists away until none are left...

25 minutes ago, Techno Viking said:

500k baht aint exactly a huge sum of money in this day an age.

Sure buddy! Inane comment

15 minutes ago, Techno Viking said:

 

Who said the money has to be kept in a ow interest account ?

That was the first part: one who lives in Thailand should especially know that people buy gold rather than investing elsewhere (I know we are not talking about Thai people but tourists willing to come here...but that is just an example: other nationalities have their own approach)

But you missed the "disclosure" part ????

6 minutes ago, riclag said:

Back in the day  before 2014 you could get a triple entry tourist visa with  practically no questions asked !

Back in the day before 2000 you could get one without leaving the porch on your 50 baht a night island beachfront bungalow as someone else would visa-run for you for 300 baht..

3 hours ago, MadMuhammad said:

Im guessing we won’t see any backpackers for a long time to come. Not such a bad thing 

And where do the small hotels and Guest houses get their customers from.. Where do you stay.

It was Back Packers who reintroduced Thailand to the world.

29 minutes ago, Techno Viking said:

500k baht aint exactly a huge sum of money in this day an age.

15,000K USD sitting in a bank untouched for 6 months is a worldly sum for many in todays day and age, not sure how you think it aint exactly a huge sum when many are unemployed in the US and families have been rocked by less money.

Edited November 11, 20205 yr by ThailandRyan

If tourists need to demonstrate minimum 16.000 USD or so frozen in the Bank, I think the Powers That Be have no clue of the living circumstances and costs in developed countries, and, if there is cash, it is usually moved to investments or back and forward between savings, trading and current accounts. 

In February we decided to shelf plans organising tours to the Qatar Football World Cup and to focus on Thailand as that promised more continuous business and tourism flows from China and India as-if-and-when borders open..

This great knee jerk policy decision makes us look for the Thinking Caps again.

3 hours ago, Shuya said:

They must be running out of feet to shoot themselves into 

Enter the CenTATpede

Do these people have any idea what they are actually doing ?

Change their minds more often than their underpants

15 hours ago, riclag said:

Back in the day  before 2014 you could get a triple entry tourist visa with  practically no questions asked !

 

Yes . I wonder what happened to all those posters who thought the coup would bring in a breath of fresh air ?

 

Got that a tad wrong chaps.  

3 hours ago, Haggislover said:

For the average man/ family in the UK, a annual holiday is planned and cash saved in advance, 12000 quid ? to have dead in bank?? Other destinations are on the card now, another instance of thai lunacy

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The average family in the UK will take a holiday of 2 - 3 weeks max - they will not be requiring an SETV.

Never see crazy same this.

 

There is no relationship between this sum and a ordinary holiday.

There are totally out of there mind.

This will ruin the rest.

 

I hope nobody make holiday in this nazi dictatorship, anymore.

There are my other countries in Asia, who will welcome the tourists

How are the African drug dealers going to get in? The ones who stand on the corner of Suk soi 13 and inquire about how business is when you walk past. I don't think many of them will maintain a bank balance of 500k for 6 months.

If as reported, a totally insane waste of time.  Thailand is not that wonderful that the average tourist is going to bother trying to meet those requirements.

 

Not only that, the negative impact made by this will linger on for some considerable time after they are relaxed or withdrawn.  "Thailand?  Nah, I heard you need to show them bank statements and stuff just to be allowed in for a fortnight's holiday.  Let's do Bali or Vietnam..."

22 minutes ago, transam said:

Who applies for Bankruptcy......?

Folk like me just go skint........????

 

No such thing as applying for personal bankruptcy in your home country ?

5 minutes ago, dunque said:

The average family in the UK will take a holiday of 2 - 3 weeks max - they will not be requiring an SETV.

Considering that the SETV is the only visa available, they will, but 2 - 3 weeks would be a bit crappy with the first 14 days in quarantine.

2 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

I ran a successful accounting practice which ran on an overdraft and took out money as and when I needed it. My savings were my pension policies not money earning no interest in a bank account. 

Exactly. I have money but I keep it in equities and investment funds. Only the brain-dead leave large amounts of cash on a current acocunt - especially as if it is in EUR, the BANK CHARGES YOU!