Packages approved to attract big spending foreign tourists to Thailand

[newnative]

     If they're 'big spenders' how interested will they be in a buy 2 nights and get 1 free night in quarantine.   Pathetic.  Tiny thinking from tiny minds.  Will not move the needle one bit.  

[geisha]

Why would a dollar millionaire need a work permit ?

[sambum]

9 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Thanks for highlighting that....????

 

ALL AN INVESTOR HAS TO DO is invest $US 1 million (around 31 million baht) in property, companies or stocks for five years and they get a work permit once the treasury and employment department are provided with the evidence. 

 

WOW! my flabber is gasted! It's that easy to get a Work Permit? And I thought it was difficult! 

 

Oh, hang on, did I see "TAT" mentioned somewhere? 

[mrmrmred]

Big spenders go to places like the Maldives, not Thailand where they cannot even fit pavements properly! get real - some might come but will be few and far between and probably like most travellers now is a one time event due the treatment received from the moment they land at immigration to when they leave..

[sambum]

5 hours ago, Flying Saucage said:

 

So, they want to create big spendings of billions of Baht by well heeled foreign tourists by giving them free mandatory jailtime to let them safe their money by this, and hope to get 2000 tourists per months with that, while keeping the borders closed for all others? ????

 

Their idiocy is really infinitely!

 

Okay, but this explains everything: 

  9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

[The] meeting was presided over by Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha.

Nope, the fact that it came from TAT explains everything!!!

5 hours ago, Flying Saucage said:

 

 

 

 

 

[crazykopite]

Cannot believe these idiots think they can attract the big spenders with these crazy ideas .I’m laughing that much my sides are hurting  cannot wait to hear what BS they will come up with tomorrow

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, rooster59 said:

1. Pay for two nights in quarantine in Bangkok and your third is absolutely free.
2. Pay for two and get one free in Bangkok PLUS road transport to another hotel later.
3. Pay for three nights and get TWO free PLUS air transport to another destination.

The well heeled don't do gimmicks !

[Sean60]

How much of this money will go as relief package to working people and to small business owners? Or is this money to be taken in to the private accounts of members of this government.

I think the later. what di you think?

What is the game plan? to get the tourism back on its feet? then this will not work! again, last year you had 20000000 tourists. 2000 tourist will not compensate for that. It dose not matter how rich they are. 

 

[amdy2206]

Still always targeting the wealthy who don't need targeting. Sure these can get in whenever they want! The gov needs to get the normal people in, the bread and butter people, who still spend lots. And also support the smaller businesses. The rich, wealthy businesses will survive, whatever, but the smaller businesses won't. 

[Bangkok Barry]

Dear TAT

 

No-one wants to come to Thailand to spend two weeks confined to their room. Even if you offer buy three, pay two. They just don't.

 

Regards

[sammieuk1]

Three imaginative packages are on offer to imaginan tourists imagine that I can't ????

[Soikhaonoiken]

Deluded...... 

[3NUMBAS]

they live in a ivory tower cocooned from relality ,hence these dumb ideas year on year

[Robin]

TAT is still under the delusion that the world is full of rich people who are desperate to visit Thailand, and that they will do and pay anything to achieve this...  As TAT thinks that Thailand is the centre of the world, they cannot conceive that any tourist would consider going anywhere except Thailand.

So long as they cling to this deluded idea, nothing will change their policies

Maybe in 1 year's time, when the actual tourist arrivals are still below their latest prediction of 681, they will begin to wonder if Thailand is still the world's favourite tourist destination, but they it will be too late.

 

How many people have actually died of Covid in Thailand???  

Probably less than die in road accidents in any year.  Yet not even Prayuth is suggesting closing down all road traffic to save Thai lives.

[eggers]

It’s fine to encourage tourism ! How about offering incentives to those foreigners who live here 365days a year!!! We pour billions of baht into Thai economy, but receive little in return !!!

[billd766]

4 hours ago, DaLa said:

I don't understand all the negativity.  21 days in a quarantine hotel for the price of 14 seems to be a reasonable deal to me.

But zero days in quarantine plus, staying where YOU choose, going where you want on YOUR holiday sounds much nicer and a far more resonable deal.

[billd766]

3 hours ago, kg1947 said:

Indeed very very very simple , rich people like that buy 2 get 1 free .... 

Why would rich people voluntarily spend 14 days in quarantine just to get 4 free nights somewhere else when there are far more attractive countries in the world that they can go to for a lower cost and far less restrictive petty rules.

[ronaldo0]

So what they are offering is basically the same price as it costs now to return anyway !

681 took up the last offer so where are they hoping to get 2000 from ? ????

[Call]

Just waiting for the next weeks offer. ????

[SiSePuede419]

11 hours ago, rooster59 said:

 

1. Pay for two nights in quarantine in Bangkok and your third is absolutely free.

Wow!  What a deal.

 

No thanks.  I'm waiting until there's a vaccine to travel. 

 

It's a suicide mission at the moment ????

[SiSePuede419]

29 minutes ago, Robin said:

How many people have actually died of Covid in Thailand???  

Probably less than die in road accidents in any year.  Yet not even Prayuth is suggesting closing down all road traffic to save Thai lives.

Not many because Thailand has listened to science.

 

Road accidents aren't contagious.

 

You can't pass a road accident onto someone else before you know you're in an accident.

 

Don't give up your day job.  You're a lousy epidemiologist. ????

[Elkski]

These guys wives must fall for the 2 for 1 sales at Tiffany's.  

So you buy 1 million in stock.  It has to be there 5 yesrs before you get a 5 year visa?  What about when stock value drops below 1 million?

 

Why do they think rich people want a work permit?    Is this special work permit for any occupation one chooses? 

We all know  at 5 yesrs or before this offer will be denied.   

I think this continually <deleted> is just PR for the  masses

[djayz]

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

I'm a millionaire, where am I going to vacation this year? 

 

I literally stopped reading when I got to "These include promotions in Alternative State Quarantine facilities along the lines of buy two nights get one free."

[joecoolfrog]

Wouldn't it be easier , and more profitable , to simply kidnap the children of billionaires.

With quarantine fees and ransom payments , TAT should be able to meet the monthly Mercedes acquisition targets.

[Skeptic7]

5 minutes ago, Flying Saucage said:

 Great post, couldn't agree more! You are so right Sceptic7 ????

Sad, but true...and pathetic. Wish it wasn't. Didn't used to be.

[MisguidedPangolin]

For only 10,000 baht per day extra you can get the gold package which includes free coffee and vouchers to buy beer from the quarantine facility's room service at a 33% discount. Coffee mugs cost extra and bottle opening fees apply.

Thailand is saved.

[keystonecoppers2]

 

 

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                  For sure, there will be more to come on monday.

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[lovethai123]

Why can't we all see something here?

 

The days of hopping around Thailand and nearby countries are over.

It appears Thais don't want the average tourist anymore. They want filthy rich but again there are better and more welcoming places for the filthy rich.

 

So you can't just take your passport and fly to Thailand. 

[Gracas]

12 hours ago, rooster59 said:

2. Pay for two and get one free in Bangkok PLUS road transport to another hotel later.

Always enjoy a ride in the prison bus.

[stuandjulie]

Best one yet, 2 days in prison get 1 free ????