keystonecoppers2 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 3numbas! It`not year on year, it`s almost daily! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Elkski said: 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 Mechanically easy to sort out. Get a 5 year visa when you first invest and provide proof at your annual renewal (or 90 day reports) that the 31 million is still invested in approved instruments. There's tons of Chinese folks and expats who would jump at the chance to get a WP for $1 million investment. With a WP, they can legally operate the hotels, restaurants, bars and other businesses they already own. And they can do it out in the open, rather than in the shadows. Plus, it puts them on the track to permanent residence after 3-4 years of working/ paying taxes. That could easily bring in thousands. The free nights? Not so great. They'd be better off hiring nice looking women on 30 day live-in contracts at the ASQ hotels. Call them massage artists. 15 days of "close quarters working" with the guests, then 15 more days of quarantine, then a few day breather on the outside. With business being tough, they may find a lot of eager applicants. Though I'm not a fan of pimping the nation's daughters in the name of tourism, I doubt that's going to change in the long term, in spite of Covid. And who knows. Some tourists may actually want a daily Thai massage. Edited November 21, 2020 by impulse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobbyClarke Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Covid doesn't care if the tourist is s "well healed" Chinese business man or a Western pauper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Zweistein Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I am off to Spain tomorrow because after tomorrow I need to have a PCR test and I like to travel hassle free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Thailand govt still thinks that genuine tourists would like to spend their holidays in a quarantined hotel when most of the time they will just be surfing the internet? Get rid of the quarantine... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedan Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 lol 3 nights in quarantine for the price of 2 seriously this is the most comical yet in fact its so ridiculous I am now convinced they don't actually want tourists to come they just have to come up with a new hair brained scheme every few days to keep the tourist industry thinking they are doing something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadilo Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) Buy 2 get one free and you get to walk around the courtyard and maybe do some basket weaving if you behave yourself. Sound familiar? Edited November 21, 2020 by Kadilo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blumpie Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Third world tourism in a second world country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blumpie Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Bluedan said: lol 3 nights in quarantine for the price of 2 seriously this is the most comical yet in fact its so ridiculous I am now convinced they don't actually want tourists to come they just have to come up with a new hair brained scheme every few days to keep the tourist industry thinking they are doing something. Believe it or not there are people stupid enough to buy this. Probably around 700 or so is my guess in the entire planet. Their numbers are probably correct! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smylee52 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Low rent country looking to entice high rollers . No clue of their market as they continue to let the regular joe know they aren't wanted . It is now a toss up as to what is damaging Thailand more : covid 19 or TAT. So many useless machinations to create new processes when they can just use what is already in place . Really brings into question the agenda of this government . None of what they have done so far is helping the working Thai . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocopops Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 They really are that simple! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancelot01 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 18 hours ago, transam said: Packages, I thought it was going to be a goodie hamper..............???? With past their 'best before date' contents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlanbusch Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 9 hours ago, geisha said: Why would a dollar millionaire need a work permit ? Maybe so he can send and answer his company e-mails without breaking the law. That mus be worth a couple of millions . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadgw Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 What drugs are these people using? they can't be this stupid or can they??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 16 hours ago, Misterwhisper said: Endure 14 days quarantine in Thailand -- and we'll throw in for free a 80sqm, fully-furnished condo, PLUS a 5-year multiple entry visa, PLUS a work permit, PLUS the local entry fee to all tourist attractions and national parks, PLUS a complimentary assistant-cum-maid-cum-lover. Oh, and not to forget: You'll also get a "Premium Tourist" badge for your Armani suit lapel. Now, THAT would be a deal! As long as that includes the free shrimp buffet and mango/sticky rice. And a souvenir bath robe. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyk Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 This nonsense is endless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Cook Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 The humorous delusion is never ending. Thailand has missed the boat well and truely now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garbol56 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 All these new plans and schemes by the government and tat are just a continuation of what they we're trying to achieve pre covid with all the changes to requirements for the long stay visa's. This military government no longer wants the two week millionaire tourists, no more "dirty farang" only the high quality tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ54 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 hours ago, rooster59 said: years and they get a work permit once the treasury and employment department are provided with the evidence. What if they don’t want to work.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbenson Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 hours ago, rooster59 said: Packages approved to attract big spending foreign tourists to Thailand Image: Bangkok Biz News Thai Media reported that the TAT are proposing special packages designed to attract well-heeled foreign tourists. These include promotions in Alternative State Quarantine facilities along the lines of buy two nights get one free. A meeting of the Covid steering committee CCSA'a economic arm was presided over by Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha. They approved the TAT's plans for stimulating tourism and promoting new measures to attract Elite card holders. TAT governor Yutthasak Suphasorn hopes to get 2,000 foreign tourists to visit Thailand a month from December to the end of March with a one stop package shop organised by his teams, Thai Airways and hoteliers in collaboration with government ministries and departments. Tourists will be able to book air tickets, hotels and get their visas sorted just by going to the TAT website. Three imaginative packages are on offer: 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. Why do big spenders need buy one get one free deals? If they don't like quarantine, it is not because of the cost. It is because it is horribly boring and no vacation at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 How about A soapy a day keeps the frowns away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycoops Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Complete and utter tosh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedan Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 9 hours ago, Blumpie said: Believe it or not there are people stupid enough to buy this. Probably around 700 or so is my guess in the entire planet. Their numbers are probably correct! well I guess thats about right on those figures one in 10,000,000 of the world population could really be that stupid ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 23 hours ago, rooster59 said: Image: Bangkok Biz News Where are the tracker bracelets? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Please use discretion in your references to the government. Phrases which can be considered as anti-coup will be removed. Referring to Thailand or the government as a dictatorship, military dictatorship or other such terms will be removed. Posts using trolling images have been removed. Some posts containing comments which were in violation of the following forum rule were removed: 11) You will not post slurs, degrading or overly negative comments directed towards Thailand, specific locations, Thai institutions such as the judicial or law enforcement system, Thai culture, Thai people or any other group on the basis of race, nationality, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 26 minutes ago, overherebc said: How about A soapy a day keeps the frowns away. Indeed. A most wonderful Thailand experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 12 hours ago, Gracas said: Always enjoy a ride in the prison bus. could be a taxi and have to pay for excess luggage!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 13 hours ago, Robin said: 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. think it is still only 60 deaths from population of about 70 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 On 11/21/2020 at 8:43 AM, worgeordie said: TAT is finding it extremely difficult to "Lure" tourists to Thailand. maybe they should take a pay cut,that would help the country. regards Worgeordie better to leave their posts NOW.....more detritus coming from their **sses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londinium Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Reading through the previous 9 pages of comments I get the impression (and I may be wrong) that not everyone thinks the latest tourist initiative will be a success. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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