Phuket to reopen to international visitors on July 1

[wensiensheng]

8 minutes ago, zzzzz said:

ur free in phuket... no quarantine at all.....no restrictions, ( well as far as they say Today, tomorrow might change) 

 

I personally am not concerned about 1,000 or 100,000 tourists arriving on PHuket come July>
I AM worried about the number of Thais that will be traveling form nakorn everywhere to work in Phuket that will NOT have had any shots nor any negative covid tests!!

I share that concern. There have been statements made that ANY person traveling to Phuket by air or land has to have a vaccination certificate or proof of a negative test within 72 hours of arrival.

 

I’m taking that to mean Thai’s as well, so hopefully the workers coming back to the island won’t be an issue.

 

but there’s still plenty of devil in the detail to be worked out and, as always, a tight ship run in the first week can easily become sloppy in a short space of time.

Edited May 19, 2021 by wensiensheng

[wensiensheng]

1 hour ago, crazykopite said:

Sorry to hear your stuck away from home but I fear 1st July. Is pie in the sky what they failed to say is what year it will be more like July 2022 it certainly won’t be this July it has just been announced anyone entering Phuket from other provinces will have to go into quarantine for 14 days unless they can show they have had the vaccine 

I’d have to disagree crazyk. I think it’s certain Phuket will be open. The border check is either vaccinated, or negative test within 72 hours and if you don’t have those, 14 days quarantined. 
 

if you think about it, if Phuket is to be a bubble, sandbox, call it what you will, you have to control people coming in to make sure they don’t bring the virus with them.

 

so the border checks are, imho, simply more evidence that Phuket will be open to vaccinated arrivals. Whether bars etc are open is the interesting question. So far anything to do with alcohol has been hugely restricted.

[tinom]

Seychelles: 60% vaxxed, high peak in positives and deaths, 34% of cases being detected on vaxxed...

[zzzzz]

4 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

I share that concern. There have been statements made that ANY person traveling to Phuket by air or land has to have a vaccination certificate or proof of a negative test within 72 hours of arrival.

 

I’m taking that to mean Thai’s as well, so hopefully the workers coming back to the island won’t be an issue.

 

but there’s still plenty of devil in the detail to be worked out and, as always, a tight ship run in the first week can easily become sloppy in a short space of time.

Thats true for now>  must have 2 shots or covid negative test

BUT how many Unemployed Thais  can afford a few thousand baht for the test and I doubt even 20% of thais in Thailand will have had their 2nd shot by July 1st

 

Maybe they will offer Free or cheap tests for thais next month

[Swimfan]

Where are the Sandbox specials on Sky Scanner ? I cant see any flights ? Who is flying there ?

[Thaindrew]

3 hours ago, impulse said:

 

You're assuming the target demographic is from the west.  I'm thinking they're from the north.

 

 

China has vaccinated about 1% of its population and is not encouraging foreign travel and there is no major China holiday now until October, they wont be coming on there 1st July

[CALSinCM]

If betting was legal I'd drop a few hundred quid on the other side of that opening date with the local bookmaker.

[WingFat]

OK, so I developed the anti-bodies after a mild case in late January this year in which I recovered from within one week, I've had both jabs of Moderna, I have a note from my mother and Boy Scout Troop Master attesting I am a good boy...can I come to the LOS on July 2 and not have to quarantine ???

[WineOh]

Great idea, let loads of obese, pale tourists come in with their American express gold cards and their various strains of covid 19.

 

Should go down well...

 

Like a lead balloon kinda well. 

 

Open on July 1st, closed again on the 2nd ???? 

 

 

[Pattaya Spotter]

37 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Gonna see if I can squeeze  some info outta her ????

Hopefully after work in person ????

[stuarty]

42 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

You seem to be up to date on this quite well!  Thanks.  Quick question.  When in Phuket for your 7 day "quarantine", will you be stuck to your room?  Able to roam the hotel property?  Or have unrestricted access all across the island?

 

Thanks!

There is no quarantine for vaccinated travellers after 1 July under the current plan.

[Pattaya Spotter]

1 hour ago, zzzzz said:

WRONG:

being discussed, NOT 100% yet

Nobody needs buy any kind of package, 

Book ur hotel direct, book ur flight direct

have both shots

fly in

make sure u have the thai Morchana app on ur phone

stay 7 days ( or longer) and ur than free to travel around Thailand

 

China, Russia, Japan, Korea

Good to know you know all about a government proposal that has yet to be finalized and published in the Royal Gazette or any other official government publication.

Edited May 19, 2021 by Pattaya Spotter

[stuarty]

23 minutes ago, Swimfan said:

Where are the Sandbox specials on Sky Scanner ? I cant see any flights ? Who is flying there ?

They haven't announced the details of the scheme after 1 July yet, but airlines are gearing up.  you will just have to wait for updates.

[stuarty]

19 minutes ago, WingFat said:

OK, so I developed the anti-bodies after a mild case in late January this year in which I recovered from within one week, I've had both jabs of Moderna, I have a note from my mother and Boy Scout Troop Master attesting I am a good boy...can I come to the LOS on July 2 and not have to quarantine ???

As it stands now, then yes, but I would wait for a formal announcement.

[Swimfan]

7 minutes ago, stuarty said:

They haven't announced the details of the scheme after 1 July yet, but airlines are gearing up.  you will just have to wait for updates.

They wont be getting any Australians as we can not leave ????

[Jeffr2]

Just now, Swimfan said:

They wont be getting any Australians as we can not leave ????

You can leave anytime, just hard getting back in....

[bristolgeoff]

Many of my friends live there went to the islands with they family.no tourist  unless the hotel stint first.had a holiday.So if they think the international farang will be coming july.End of the year is more like it

[stuarty]

What?

[stevenl]

2 hours ago, crazykopite said:

Sorry to hear your stuck away from home but I fear 1st July. Is pie in the sky what they failed to say is what year it will be more like July 2022 it certainly won’t be this July it has just been announced anyone entering Phuket from other provinces will have to go into quarantine for 14 days unless they can show they have had the vaccine 

And the discussion here is about people entering being required to have been vaccinated.

 

The amount of people commenting here without understanding the concept is staggering.

[stevenl]

1 hour ago, the green light said:

it seemed a desperate move to attract tourism and another disguise of the quarantine.

nothing will move until a lot of thai people get vaccination and quarantine removed.

 

"nothing will move until a lot of thai people get vaccination and quarantine removed."

Which is exactly the intention of this: high vaccination grade on Phuket and removal of the quarantine.

[Rimmer]

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[CALSinCM]

Why would anyone in their right mind travel from a country where a large proportion of the population is vaccinated and no longer are subjected to mask wearing and business lockdowns in order to travel to a country where virtually no one is vaccinated, cases are on the rise, where masks are mandatory, and parks, beaches, entertainment venues, and tourist attractions are opened and closed on the whim of a bureaucrat, and if you gather with your family members next to the hotel pool in the evening and drink a beer or wine you then subject yourself to possible incarceration, hefty fines and deportation?  What a wonderful experience for the children.
And of course, you'll be tracked and traced like criminals freshly released out of prison and now on parole.  Heck of a vacation wouldn't you say?

You'd have to be absolutely out of your mind to come here as a tourist.
This Grand Opening will have all the hallmarks of a train crash.

 

Edited May 19, 2021 by CALSinCM

[jerolamo]

6 hours ago, Brunolem said:

It is not because one opens a Ferrari dealership in Isaan that customers will show up...

Are you sure ? Here i can see poor people in chicken houses with full cracks on walls (start break one year after the build finish) with big customized pickup in front of the chicken house. And more than the half of the credit cover by there own huge land for garanty (that they will loose for some of them to achieve to paid the credit if they don't also loose the pickup). It looks like the humans love to show power (even if they don't have any) the way it looks like in the TV shows.

Ho !!! look at my big expensive car !!! I'm someone !

I think, they can have a customized Ferrari under the chicken roof too... I will not be surprise.

[stevenl]

8 minutes ago, CALSinCM said:

Why would anyone in their right mind travel from a country where a large proportion of the population is vaccinated and no longer are subjected to mask wearing and business lockdowns in order to travel to a country where virtually no one is vaccinated, cases are on the rise, where masks are mandatory, and parks, beaches, entertainment venues, and tourist attractions are opened and closed on the whim of a bureaucrat?
And of course, you'll be tracked and traced like a criminal out of prison on parole.  Heck of a vacation wouldn't you say?

You'd have to be absolutely out of your mind to come here as a tourist.
This Grand Opening will have all the hallmarks of a train crash.

 

"where virtually no one is vaccinated"

Requirement for the model is that the population has reached a high degree of vaccination.

"cases are on the rise"

Not true for Phuket

"masks are mandatory"

At the moment yes, after 1 July no-one knows. My guess would be 'no', but that is just that, my guess.

"parks, beaches, entertainment venues, and tourist attractions are opened and closed on the whim of a bureaucrat?"

The goal of the model is to open it all up.

Edited May 19, 2021 by stevenl

[mr_lob]

Instead of words written in the sand they should have gathered some of the lovely genuine folk of the island, you know, jet ski lads, tuk tuk and taxi drivers...the ones we really miss...that would get them coming back in droves

[Swimfan]

36 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

You can leave anytime, just hard getting back in....

No you cant, its not that easy. You must apply for and obtain an exemption to travel. Exemptions are generally only granted on compassionate grounds. I doubt a holiday in Phuket would qualify.  Getting back is probably easier than getting out.

[CALSinCM]

5 hours ago, jaiyen said:

So, 90% of countries will not be applicable as they have huge Covid numbers, and there are no planes flying. Anything else that could stop a huge influx of tourists ? I hope the authorities will be at the airport to welcome all the new tourists !!

They'll look more like prison guards welcoming the new inmates to the penitentiary.

[madmen]

13 minutes ago, CALSinCM said:

Why would anyone in their right mind travel from a country where a large proportion of the population is vaccinated and no longer are subjected to mask wearing and business lockdowns in order to travel to a country where virtually no one is vaccinated, cases are on the rise, where masks are mandatory, and parks, beaches, entertainment venues, and tourist attractions are opened and closed on the whim of a bureaucrat, and if you gather with your family members next to the hotel pool in the evening and drink a beer or wine you then subject yourself to possible incarceration, hefty fines and deportation?  What a wonderful experience for the children.
And of course, you'll be tracked and traced like criminals freshly released out of prison and now on parole.  Heck of a vacation wouldn't you say?

You'd have to be absolutely out of your mind to come here as a tourist.
This Grand Opening will have all the hallmarks of a train crash.

 

Wow this belongs in the misinformation hall of fame. 

 

 

[cclub75]

20 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

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I apologize. I forgot the source :

 

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-cases

 

So to repeat the data : Bahrein. Population 1,6 million.

50 % have received 1 dose. 39% are fully vaccinated.

 

Chart of new cases per day (7 days rolling average). I put a red line, on 31 december 2020, when Bahrein launched its vaccination campaign).

 

If you look at the dead per day, it's the same dynamic.

 

According to Reuters, Bahrein uses all vaccines : Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm (China) and even Sputnik V (Russia).

 

Those data are important for people to understand that vaccination can not solve all the problems.

 

Especially for a country like Thailand where people and authorities are so sensitive to... Covid cases (especially in Phuket).

 

 

Edited May 19, 2021 by cclub75

[Marcthailand1]

4 hours ago, cedel said:

A friend who is still in Thailand since over 1 year now said to me today that he will go back to Europe and told me not to come in July as I was thinking because everything is closed, people have to wear the mask even in their car, and on motorbike or face heavy fines,  and Phuket, Samui, Pattaya, everywhere it's like ghost cities, nobody in the streets... Nothing to do....Unlike Europe where everything is reopening now.

Also, when I look at all the formalities, certificates, bank statetements (no printing), expensive insurance etc etc to finally obtain  a visa and "sesame" to enter in Thailand, I start to think to go somewhere else either in Europe or to Domenican Republic on holiday ....

I suppose many think the same.