Twenty Pattaya hotels apply to offer Area Quarantine to foreign tourists on April 1st

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Picture: Siam Rath

Siam Rath reported that Area Hotel Quarantine will begin in Pattaya on April 1st, subject to Covid-19 authority approval.

Here's how it will work:

After the tourists arrive in Thailand they are given Covid checks. Then they will be taken to their AHQ for the next 15 days.

But they will only need to be in their rooms for the first three days. After that they are free to move around the hotel grounds. 

When the two weeks have passed they are free to visit the rest of Thailand, after undergoing two more health checks that is. 

Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Khunpluem said that the city had been following everything Covid related to the letter.

This included a pro-active testing program, surveys of the populations, community inspections and the ensuring of the adherence to all Covid related protocols. 

A vaccine rollout was underway and soon the elderly and chronically sick would be eligible. He had also asked for names from tourism operators for those to be vaccinated first. 

He said that 20 hotels had applied to be part of the Area Hotel Quarantine program with their participation to be decided by the Chonburi CCSA Covid steering committee.

The only question that remains to be answered is the most vital one, however, notes Thaivisa.

Will any foreign tourists be coming to Pattaya two weeks on Thursday, April 1st?

 

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[PatOngo]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Khunpluem said that the city had been following everything Covid related to the letter.

Let's go fly a kite!

[Surelynot]

So after three days they are free to spread covid around amongst all the other quarantined guests and hotel employees.....think I would prefer the old system....happy to stay in my room.

[Petey11]

So if after the room bit of quarantine someone tests positive, whole hotel shut down? And what of the staff, surely they will not be allowed to leave the hotel either? Lack of detail on the what if.

[KhunBENQ]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

subject to Covid-19 authority approval.

Which will not be given.
How stupid can one be to expect this being approved?

A soap bubble.

[RichardColeman]

Seems to me that the mayors of these places keep coming up with this stuff to promote keeping their job , by saying at least I tried to do something, even if the foreigners didn't come

[Bkktodd]

What happen to the 7 day quarantine plan for vaccinated tourists???

[jacko45k]

I really don't see what the difference is to staying in a Bangkok located hotel or one in Pattaya, if one is locked in the room and maybe allowed out like the cat near the end of that period. Important factors are how good the room and room service is, and the hotel facilities.... Bangkok would seem to have the upper hand there. Transporting people who have just landed and possibly infected is a danger and the distance should be minimized.

After 15 days perhaps I can wait on a 2 hour trip from Ekamie or a nice taxi ride.

[Surelynot]

13 hours ago, Bkktodd said:

What happen to the 7 day quarantine plan for vaccinated tourists???

The life span of policies in Thailand is now down to hours.

[treetops]

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I really don't see what the difference is to staying in a Bangkok located hotel or one in Pattaya . . . .

Friends and family can drop off goodie bags for you at reception.  Not easy to do if they're ~ 100 miles away.

[jacko45k]

25 minutes ago, treetops said:

Friends and family can drop off goodie bags for you at reception.  Not easy to do if they're ~ 100 miles away.

Yes, good point if that is where your friends and family are.  I just see more sense not transporting potentially infected people around too much.