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Tourists to Thailand to wear smart tracking devices

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Tourists to Thailand to wear smart tracking devices

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Tourists in Phuket who arrive on yachts will be required to wear a smart wristband to monitor them.

The high tech device will enable something called "Digital Yacht Quarantine" to become a reality and kickstart the process of rescuing Phuket tourism.

Thai Rath said that Thailand's tourism economy had been devastated by the pandemic and this was most keenly felt in places that relied on foreign tourists like Phuket.

They put losses there at 320 billion baht.

Recovering from such devastation was vital.

This is where "Digital Yacht Quarantine" comes in, said Sr Natthaphol Nimanpatcharin a digital economy expert.

Tourists on yachts will be able to quarantine for 14 days on their vessels offshore. 

They will be aided in this by wearing the AIS NB-IoT Wristband Tourist Tracking device. 

It will monitor their health and maintain contact with the shore creating confidence among all concerned.

It will make "Digital Yacht Quarantine'' useful and efficient" , said Dr Natthaphol.

AIS senior executive Thanapong Itthisakunchai said that the Thai yacht association will be handling the issuing of wristbands. 

Tourists will have to wear the tracker at all times. The data will then be analysed prior to the traveller disembarking their boat.

It is not yet known whether or not the smart wristbands will be implemented elsewhere in Thailand or on a larger scale in conjunction with the mooted re-opening of Thailand’s borders to vaccinated foreign tourists.

 

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    I must remember not to arrive on my private yacht. I'll moor out at sea and fly in on my private helicopter????

  • Alternative State Quarantine Golf Quarantine Villa Quarantine Area Quarantine Digital Yacht Quarantine Next week, Taxi Quarantine. Simply stay in your Taxi from the airport fo

  • and here is the TAT weekly BS, they keep trying and trying.....  at the end always the same word "quarantine" and it will be another failure

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I must remember not to arrive on my private yacht. I'll moor out at sea and fly in on my private helicopter????

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7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Tourists in Phuket who arrive on yachts will be required to wear a smart wristband to monitor them.

and here is the TAT weekly BS, they keep trying and trying.....  at the end always the same word "quarantine" and it will be another failure

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TiT - it wont work any more after two days anyway

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12 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

They will be aided in this by wearing the AIS NB-IoT Wristband Tourist Tracking device. 

 

12 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

AIS senior executive Thanapong Itthisakunchai said that the Thai yacht association will be handling the issuing of wristbands. 

"Welcome super wealthy yacht people. There is just one thing we have not talked about yet..."

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4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

"Tourists will have to wear the tracker at all times. The data will then be analysed prior to the traveller disembarking their boat."

 

Yup, that'll do i so it will. Tourists wll come flocking to TL so the Thai pooyay can make up new regulations to inconvenience them.

 

I'm loathe to say it but sometimes I get the feeling that if Mr Oranges sat down and just stayed silent, everyone would be much better off, he's just a parody of what a PM ought to be. And not a very funny one...

 

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4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

They will be aided in this by wearing the AIS NB-IoT Wristband Tourist Tracking device. 

AIS? Really?

Kiss of Death.

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They are really trying hard to put as many nails on the tourism coffin as they can, aren't they? 

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Alternative State Quarantine

Golf Quarantine

Villa Quarantine

Area Quarantine

Digital Yacht Quarantine

Next week, Taxi Quarantine. Simply stay in your Taxi from the airport for three days and two negative tests before you're allowed to check in to your hotel.

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Are there also dumb tracking devices on the market?

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7 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Are there also dumb tracking devices on the market?

maybe available from behind the Classifieds section ????  

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A brilliant idea. How many yachts arrive monthly under normal conditions?

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1st of April is approaching very quickly, not much time left to practice the most stupid idea before the day arrives - there are a couple of good one's so far so lets see if they can be outdone. 

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3 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

A brilliant idea. How many yachts arrive monthly under normal conditions?

Even less once the word gets out ????

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Moooooooooo!

 

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13 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

i wonder if its waterproof? ????????

I was just going to mention that,take it swimming and see how long it lasts.

Then again,there will not be many takers anyway.

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1 hour ago, Shuya said:

TiT - it wont work any more after two days anyway

Then you'll be charged for breaking it.

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Just another reason that people will sail on right past Thailand !

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1 hour ago, Thailand said:

Are there also dumb tracking devices on the market?

 

    Lazada have

     I track my  misses , when she goes to the Village / Pattaya .

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5 hours ago, kotsak said:

They are really trying hard to put as many nails on the tourism coffin as they can, aren't they? 

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It surely does seem that way sometimes, but then, as Napoleon is reputed to have said... "do not attribute to malice what is adequately explained by incompetence".

says it all really,,,

I suspect there will be some confusion.

AIS means something very different to a yachter.

Will I be able to dive off my boat and go swimming, or would that violate my Yaht Quarantine?

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I can immediately imagine something more durable than the wrist band... and easily reusable...

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2 hours ago, DJBenz said:

Alternative State Quarantine

Golf Quarantine

Villa Quarantine

Area Quarantine

Digital Yacht Quarantine

Next week, Taxi Quarantine. Simply stay in your Taxi from the airport for three days and two negative tests before you're allowed to check in to your hotel.

Dont forget quarantine quarantine where you stay in a room within a room

1 hour ago, jvs said:

I was just going to mention that,take it swimming and see how long it lasts.

Then again,there will not be many takers anyway.

Do you think you can swim in yacht quarantine, NO WAY! 

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That's a good way to welcome your tourist,  what's wrong with the swab test on arrival and again after the 14 days quarantine... 

Oh, I forgot there's no money in that.... 

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2 minutes ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

That's a good way to welcome your tourist,  what's wrong with the swab test on arrival and again after the 14 days quarantine... 

Oh, I forgot there's no money in that.... 

Wonder what the Yacht anchor fee is for thecYSQ location 

Phuket has lots of potential „visitors“ on my yacht to offer ... Does this device record them?

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