Tourists told: If you came to Chiang Mai and got Covid we'll give you 100,000 baht

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Tourists told: If you came to Chiang Mai and got Covid we'll give you 100,000 baht

 

Picture: Bangkok Biz News

 

An association of leading business organisations and tourist groups have come up with a novel way to try and restore confidence in the tourism industry in the wake of a Covid-19 scare. 

 

They have promised any tourist who contracted Covid from a 29 year old woman who tested positive will be handed 100,000 baht compensation. 

 

The group that includes the Federation of Thai Industries, Chamber of Commerce, banking association and several tourism agencies in the private sector have readied a fund of 1 million baht just in case. 

 

Recipients will need to show they have followed the pandemic health regulations to get the money. 

 

The leader of one of the associations told Bangkok Biz News that 95% of contacts of the woman have been traced and now it was time that the private sector offered reassurance to potential visitors that the province is safe. 

 

Other reports have suggested widespread cancellations in the wake of the scare, notes Thaivisa.

 

Source: Bangkok Biz News

 

 

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[Thailand]

Now it's worth getting! Pays for the trip.

[bkk6060]

6 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Now it's worth getting! Pays for the trip.

Unless a person does not have insurance.

[jak2002003]

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

Tourists told: If you came to Chiang Mai and got Covid we'll give you 100,000 baht

 

Picture: Bangkok Biz News

 

An association of leading business organisations and tourist groups have come up with a novel way to try and restore confidence in the tourism industry in the wake of a Covid-19 scare. 

 

They have promised any tourist who contracted Covid from a 29 year old woman who tested positive will be handed 100,000 baht compensation. 

 

The group that includes the Federation of Thai Industries, Chamber of Commerce, banking association and several tourism agencies in the private sector have readied a fund of 1 million baht just in case. 

 

Recipients will need to show they have followed the pandemic health regulations to get the money. 

 

The leader of one of the associations told Bangkok Biz News that 95% of contacts of the woman have been traced and now it was time that the private sector offered reassurance to potential visitors that the province is safe. 

 

Other reports have suggested widespread cancellations in the wake of the scare, notes Thaivisa.

 

Source: Bangkok Biz News

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-12-02

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

When you get covid then they will lock you up in a hotel and make you spend all that money on medical expenses and visa extensions. 

[tonray]

Make it 800,000 baht 2 months before and another 800K 3 months after my extension application and I'm all in

[2long]

'Give you 100,000B only if you promise to keep quiet about it!'

[ChakaKhan]

Will that buy me an Elite Visa aka the Golden Pass?   or is the 100k in thai coupons for central food court?

[sweatalot]

They forgot to add that they will pay for insurance and  all the private hospital bills that are not covered by insurance.

[Surelynot]

Damn, if I were a little younger I'd be up for that.....could send the wife I guess.

[Geoffggi]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Tourists told: If you came to Chiang Mai and got Covid we'll give you 100,000 baht

Apart from the inconvenience of having this disease this amount would not cover the hospitalisation even if you could prove that it was directly as a result of the lady in question (WHICH I DOUBT) in other words this is just a scam that they should be ashamed of starting.  

[blorg]

3 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

Apart from the inconvenience of having this disease this amount would not cover the hospitalisation even if you could prove that it was directly as a result of the lady in question (WHICH I DOUBT) in other words this is just a scam that they should be ashamed of starting.  

 

This is mainly directed at domestic (Thai citizen) tourists who if hospitalized would not be paying for it.

 

Even if you were a foreigner paying out of pocket though the bill for 14 days in the public system would be well under 100,000, it's very inexpensive.

 

Could you push the bill over 100,000 at the most expensive private hospital, sure you could. But it doesn't have to cost that, and the typical cost of Covid isolation/treatment for who this is directed at would not come anywhere near 100k.

[Geoffggi]

2 minutes ago, blorg said:

 

This is mainly directed at domestic (Thai citizen) tourists who if hospitalized would not be paying for it.

 

Even if you were a foreigner paying out of pocket though the bill for 14 days in the public system would be well under 100,000, it's very inexpensive.

 

Could you push the bill over 100,000 at the most expensive private hospital, sure you could. But it doesn't have to cost that, and the typical cost of Covid isolation/treatment for who this is directed at would not come anywhere near 100k.

Tell this to the Thai government who insist on using high priced hospitals for all others .................LOL

[yellowboat]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

An association of leading business organisations and tourist groups have come up with a novel way to try and restore confidence in the tourism industry in the wake of a Covid-19 scare. 

I feel for them, but there is not much of a middle class in Thailand.   Even those who were office workers are out of a job now.  There are just not enough people who can afford to go anywhere.

[ourmanflint]

Here's the catch... you have to catch it from a 29 year old woman

 

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They have promised any tourist who contracted Covid from a 29 year old woman who tested positive will be handed 100,000 baht compensation. 

 

 

[AMFWolfie]

6 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Unless a person does not have insurance.

Or they die...

[Pravda]

Times are tough and I'll do it for 20k

[Justgrazing]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

 

They have promised any tourist who contracted Covid from a 29 year old woman who tested positive will be handed 100,000 baht compensation

 

an if she's 28 or 30 tough .. you'll cop the infection and lose out on the dosh .. 

[alianware]

Common..., They make the bill to insurance $100.000 than give you 100,000 bath. Nasty deal.

[keithkarmann]

2 hours ago, blorg said:

 

This is mainly directed at domestic (Thai citizen) tourists who if hospitalized would not be paying for it.

 

Even if you were a foreigner paying out of pocket though the bill for 14 days in the public system would be well under 100,000, it's very inexpensive.

 

Could you push the bill over 100,000 at the most expensive private hospital, sure you could. But it doesn't have to cost that, and the typical cost of Covid isolation/treatment for who this is directed at would not come anywhere near 100k.

Yes but you could die.

 

[brain150]

As the PCR test does not prove a virus or even an infection [According to Court rules from Europe !]

they can easily say this.

 

And if you are not testing you cannot find anyway ????

 

This is all so much nonsense it's pretty ridiculous ...  a Pandemic based on a test that does not test for anything ...

 

You are sick because you test positive !

Usually you make a test because you are sick ... but who cares anyway

[Knobby37]

7 hours ago, Thailand said:

Now it's worth getting! Pays for the trip.

Pays for your hospital bill while your here

[brain150]

Just in case somebody is interested in real facts:
External peer review of the RTPCR test to detect SARS-CoV-2 reveals 10 major scientific flaws at the molecular and methodological level: consequences for false positive results

 

The PCR test does not work !!!

[4MyEgo]

2 hours ago, blorg said:

This is mainly directed at domestic (Thai citizen) tourists who if hospitalized would not be paying for it.

 

Perfect, now to convince wifey that she needs a weeks holiday in Chang Mai.

[CorpusChristie]

"Tourists told: If you came to Chiang Mai and got Covid we'll give you 100,000 baht"

 

   

   Surely that should read *Get* and not "got" ?

[my friend you]

May I repeat: 60 cases of death in 11 months.

DAILY number of deaths in Thai traffic: about 60

[Surelynot]

1 minute ago, my friend you said:

May I repeat: 60 cases of death in 11 months.

DAILY number of deaths in Thai traffic: about 60

Deaths in Thai traffic are not contagious.

 

Covid is contagious and, if not controlled liked in the UK, you get 70,000 excess deaths....how many might have died in Thailand without the action taken????

[Nanaplaza666]

They better put that money in guarding the borders as i have heard there is another such case started from a entertainment lady returning illegaly from myanmar to chiang rai and went to a lot of public places traveled public transport flying from chiang rai to bangkok in apacked plane and then in bkk went the same route of visiting public places and using grab and public transport .but that's just what i have heard from my thai friend who read it in thai news site so i geuss if you ask Anutin and friends they will tell you it's not treu . 

[ronaldo0]

Which we will deduct from your 300k hospital bill !! ????

[b2bme]

Does it only cover Covid or will it cover anything else I catch from this 29 year old girl? Me thinks Covid might be the least of my worries of all the exotic diseases I might catch from her. 

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

They have promised any tourist who contracted Covid from a 29 year old woman who tested positive will be handed 100,000 baht compensation. 

Good luck proving that.