Samui 2021

[khunPer]

Seems like the for foreigners usual kind of nightlife will reopen in two weeks time (i.e. April 1st)...

Green Mango Club says today: 
Two weeks before the reopening. We can't wait to have balloon showers. Only at GMC! Stay tuned and keep doing the right thing so we can be reunited again. Love all of you!

[Tropicalevo]

Old style FMP on this weekend.

I have been told -

No booze buckets

No DJ's

Quiet style

But I could be mistaken ????

 

Full Moon Party “Back to the Roots”

Sunday March 28th, 6pm-2am

Tommy Resort, Haad Rin

 

See attached. And link below.

 

https://fb.me/e/15mJxIYYP

 

[Tropicalevo]

A bit more info :-

 

[khunPer]

The new look of Chaweng's beach road (Bill Gates must be happy now)...

 

Image borrowed from Samui info by Nicha.

[khunPer]

Green Mango Club says...

This is the time for The Green Mango Club to come back again on 1st April,2021.

We’ll see you all there for the party’s lovers,

สิ้นสุดการรอคอย สำหรับการกลับมาของ เดอะกรีนแมงโก้คลับ เปิดบริการอีกครั้ง ในวันที่ 1 เมษายน 2564 นี้ แล้วพบกับสายปาร์ตี้ทุกคน !!!

 

[khunPer]

Thailand's Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) approved on Friday a three-stage roadmap to reopen six major tourism provinces : ????????????????????????, ????????????????????, ????????????????????????????????, ???????????????????? ???????????????????? (???????????? ????????????????????), ???????????????? ???????????????? (????????????????????????????) ???????????? ???????????????????????? ???????????? to vaccinated foreign visitors:
From April to June, inoculated foreign visitors arriving in these provinces will only be required to undergo quarantine in hotels or other designated facilities for seven days.

 

 

More info HERE.

[khunPer]

5,000 people are expected to be vaccinated (Sinovac) in Samui per day during this 1-7 April in 4 locations : Koh Samui Hospital, Bangkok Hospital Samui, International school of tourism and Central festival...

 

 

50,000 vaccines, enough for 25,000 people arrives. Both public and private companies will work together to vaccinate the people of Koh Samui. The total number of people living on the island is 130,000 according to house registration and a total hidden population, so to reach 70 percent herd immunity, or group immunity, a total of 90,000 people will need to be vaccinated, both Thai and foreigners.

Full article in Thai language – Mathicon Online "ข่าวดี! เกาะสมุย เตรียมรับวัคซีน ‘ซิโนแวค’ 50,000 โดส พร้อมฉีดต้นเมษายน" – HERE.

[steelerian]

They have absolutely no idea as to how many people live on Koh Samui. None at all.

[Tropicalevo]

On 3/28/2021 at 4:16 PM, khunPer said:

5,000 people are expected to be vaccinated (Sinovac) in Samui per day during this 1-7 April in 4 locations : Koh Samui Hospital, Bangkok Hospital Samui, International school of tourism and Central festival...

 

 

 

50,000 vaccines, enough for 25,000 people arrives. Both public and private companies will work together to vaccinate the people of Koh Samui. The total number of people living on the island is 130,000 according to house registration and a total hidden population, so to reach 70 percent herd immunity, or group immunity, a total of 90,000 people will need to be vaccinated, both Thai and foreigners.

Full article in Thai language – Mathicon Online "ข่าวดี! เกาะสมุย เตรียมรับวัคซีน ‘ซิโนแวค’ 50,000 โดส พร้อมฉีดต้นเมษายน" – HERE.

I do not read Thai so I do not know if my comment is the same as the article.

The documentation that I have seen has three criteria for registering for vaccination.

1 Thai national

2 Over 18 years old

3 In high risk group. (Tourism first)

[khunPer]

April 1st was reopening of Chaweng's nightlife, but the activity seems to have suffered a lot from 2nd wave's lockdown, or some entertainment-owners are just waiting a bit longer before reopening...????

 

As it was Thursday, I didn't check the beach, where they before mainly had activity on Fridays and Saturdays, I've also not seen any postings about reopening of for example Ark Bar or upcoming events at Paradise.

 

 

The Soi Green Mango entertainment area is down to only the hip-hop dance club Hush, which had a nice number of guests as usual, and Green Mango that unfortunately had space for more crowd. Further back Black Bamboo Club with background house-music also had visitors.

 

Only two bars were open, the International Bar next to Black, and one bar with some very lonely ladies in Soi Sound.

 

The great news is that all the hanging wires on the beach road had vanished, unfortunately the street lights had also gone together with the wires, so with less than before activity the road is quite dark at night...

 

 

However Hooters kindly had compensated with switching on their big sign, even that the place seemed extremely closed...

 

 

The rumors that Sound Club is preparing to raise from the ashes like Fønix, might be true, as heavy activity seems to go on inside, a new speakers system is already flying...

 

[khunPer]

Unfortunately it seems like all bars and nightlife on Samui shall close from tomorrow April 10 for two weeks...

 

 

Knock to close the nightlife in Surat Thani, Koh Samui.

Closing entertainment, pub, bar, karaoke in 41 provinces.

For 14 days to reduce the epidemic

Effective from 10 April onwards

Other affairs such as restaurants operate as normal.

But there will be strict surveillance officers.

 

Source link HERE.

[Tropicalevo]

"Unfortunately it seems like all bars and nightlife on Samui shall close from tomorrow April 10 for two weeks... "

 

Thank you KhunPer

 

Whilst this is sad for people wanting to celebrate Songkran and have a reasonable good time, I believe that it is the correct thing to do.

 

The virus is spreading via 'party people'. It has started in the entertainment areas in Bangkok and moved to the  clubs and pubs in Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Phuket etc.

 

I understand that the (suspected) case on Samui is a musician who travelled here after visiting a club in Phuket!

 

Stay safe people. There are lots of 'tourists' visiting Samui from those places.

[khunPer]

Covid-restrictions as per 18th April...

 

[khunPer]

Nationwide measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 infection...

 

Source: PR Thai Government.

[khunPer]

From April 20th...

 

[goagoa]

Regarding the local measures announced for the Surat Thani province on April 18th: Does anybody have the details for the rule  '14 day home quarantine for visitors from red zone' ? I entered Thailand 3 weeks ago, stayed in ASQ in Bangkok for 10 days, now stay 1 more week in Bangkok, after that I would like to go Samui, but I definitively will not do quarantine again ! Does anybody know for sure whether I had to ? And if so, what does 'Home quarantine' mean for a tourist, stay in the hotel all the time without food and drinks ? Any other measures apart from the official ones like another PCR test for just 3,000 THB ?   

[Tropicalevo]

10 hours ago, goagoa said:

Regarding the local measures announced for the Surat Thani province on April 18th: Does anybody have the details for the rule  '14 day home quarantine for visitors from red zone' ? I entered Thailand 3 weeks ago, stayed in ASQ in Bangkok for 10 days, now stay 1 more week in Bangkok, after that I would like to go Samui, but I definitively will not do quarantine again ! Does anybody know for sure whether I had to ? And if so, what does 'Home quarantine' mean for a tourist, stay in the hotel all the time without food and drinks ? Any other measures apart from the official ones like another PCR test for just 3,000 THB ?   

This one is a tad difficult to answer.

Most of the press and the 'helpful' Facebook pages etc, state that visitors to Suratthani Province have to do 14 day self quarantine.

 

All I can say is, that for guests arriving this week, there has not been any change to previous weeks.

The ferry ports and Bangkok Airways are just asking people to scan a QR code (or fill in a form) and then a temperature check.

None of our guests have been asked to quarantine.

 

https://www.healthpassthailand.com/APPs/registration/visitor.php

 

https://www.bangkokair.com/eng/health_screening_for_traveling_to_samui

[phetphet]

12 hours ago, goagoa said:

Regarding the local measures announced for the Surat Thani province on April 18th: Does anybody have the details for the rule  '14 day home quarantine for visitors from red zone' ? I entered Thailand 3 weeks ago, stayed in ASQ in Bangkok for 10 days, now stay 1 more week in Bangkok, after that I would like to go Samui, but I definitively will not do quarantine again ! Does anybody know for sure whether I had to ? And if so, what does 'Home quarantine' mean for a tourist, stay in the hotel all the time without food and drinks ? Any other measures apart from the official ones like another PCR test for just 3,000 THB ?   

I suppose it  depends on who questions you on arrival.

 

If after having quarantined on arrival in Thailand you then spend over two weeks in Bangkok, with all the risks that entails at the moment as a red zone, then by current rules you should indeed do a further quarantine on arrival in Samui.

But as Tropicalevo has said, his guests haven't had to undergo any further restriction to date.  

 

Its worth bearing in mind that if cases do continue to rise here, (30 at moment), who is to say the government won't bring in further measures? Even a total lockdown from the mainland.

 

As for hotel quarantine, I'm pretty sure you will be given food and drink. Maybe even possible to order via foodpanda.

[khunPer]

13 hours ago, goagoa said:

Regarding the local measures announced for the Surat Thani province on April 18th: Does anybody have the details for the rule  '14 day home quarantine for visitors from red zone' ? I entered Thailand 3 weeks ago, stayed in ASQ in Bangkok for 10 days, now stay 1 more week in Bangkok, after that I would like to go Samui, but I definitively will not do quarantine again ! Does anybody know for sure whether I had to ? And if so, what does 'Home quarantine' mean for a tourist, stay in the hotel all the time without food and drinks ? Any other measures apart from the official ones like another PCR test for just 3,000 THB ?   

It was up in a news article a few days ago. Within two days after ended ASQ  and negative Covid-test one don't need to quarantine again, more than two days in red zone a quarantine (or self-quarantine) is needed. You should be able to search it up via Google, I'm not sure if it was from Thaivisa's news section or another news feed I read it.

 

Updates about travelling to the islands are posted in "Transport from/to the islands Phangan, Tao and Samui", lates Covid quanrantine update is here...

 

[goagoa]

Thanks for your replies , have been very helpful !

[khunPer]

90-days online address reporting is back online...

[khunPer]

From today April 26th...

[AlfHuy]

4 minutes ago, khunPer said:

From today April 26th...

Open:

flower shops(that's a live safer).

[khunPer]

From 4th May and until further notice you can only drink alone, including residence (according to Nicha)...

 

[Tropicalevo]

4 hours ago, khunPer said:

From 4th May and until further notice you can only drink alone, including residence (according to Nicha)...

 

 

That is a bit tricky.

I have friends who have three grown up children living with them on the island.

Married couples? Sorry sweetheart, It's my turn to have a drink tonight. Your turn is tomorrow. ????

[Neilly]

7 hours ago, khunPer said:

From 4th May and until further notice you can only drink alone, including residence (according to Nicha)...

 

And Richard Barrow...

 

 

[khunPer]

6 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

That is a bit tricky.

I have friends who have three grown up children living with them on the island.

Married couples? Sorry sweetheart, It's my turn to have a drink tonight. Your turn is tomorrow. ????

Separate rooms like or one inside, and another outside; it just says "together"...????

[khunPer]

Another Surat Thani decree apparent say that "restaurants can serve food and drinks until 21:00" – I'm however not sure about alcohol in those mentioned drinks, I think alcohol is only permitted for hands and tables surfaces...????

According to Samui Info by Nicha...
ANNOUNCEMENT of Surat Thani effective from 4/05/21: Restaurants can serve food & drinks until 9pm by using following measures:

staff wearing a mask

providing a temperature check spot

providing hands sanitizer

arrange a waiting point for cashier not less than 1 meter

frequent cleaning

control social distancing

Source : Surat Thani's announcement dated 3/04/22

 

[khunPer]

From May 17th, restaurants can be open till 11 pm (23:00), but no alcohol consumption allowed in restaurants...

 

[khunPer]

Koh Samui is aiming to open the island for foreign tourists on 1st July 
according to Samui New Update May 20th:

 

′′ Koh Samui ′′ opens the registration point for COVID-19 vaccination registration.

Koh Samui opens the registration service for COVID-19 vaccination, community source around Koh Samui so that people on Koh Samui and those who come to work in Koh Samui have registered for COVID-19 vaccination. According to government policy, all Thai people must vaccinate against COVID-19 virus as a national agenda. If Koh Samui is vaccinated, 70 % will make Koh Samui immunization. Tourists who will travel to Koh Samui, aiming to open the island for foreign tourists on 1 July 2564

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Source: Online News Phuket Journal, State Department, Online Referee and Online Matichon.

 

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