Phuket pubs, bars to stay closed for July 1 Sandbox reopening

[ChipButty]

16 minutes ago, Elkski said:

How were bookings looking?   

Not to bad for later in the year we've been getting a few inquiries but it's always the same questions "whats happening" I have one condo which is full for the next month,

[dougiemac52]

45 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

Beam me up Scotty, I've heard enough!

 

On another note, why should anybody expect going on holiday to have bars, restaurants, discos open, I mean it's just selfish!.....and make sure you mask up going to the beach or it's 20,000 baht fine!

 

Avoid the airport guys, it's going to be a busy one with all these tourists flocking in.

 

 

More like flicking out of Thailand 

[desert dueller]

21 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

 

Chinese are not coming to Thailand because they have been TOLD  to holiday at home!......cha ching!

Hope they keep it that way. Disgusting spitters.

[ronaldo0]

Wanted !! Tea total virgin heavy sleeper !

Applications to be submitted to Thai TAT  ! ????

[desert dueller]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

Thats great, we just had a message in the night from a guest they have cancelled they will look for somewhere else to go, 

 

So that's only 2,999,999 foreign arrivals then, based on yesterday's data projection. Still waiting for today's update from TAT, possibly 8 million today.

[thailand49]

As we know the last few month it has really been hot here in Thailand, it isn't global warming might be all the hot air bright ideas and dream coming from the leaders?????

[smedly]

26 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

 

Chinese are not coming to Thailand because they have been TOLD  to holiday at home!......cha ching!

don't be so sure about that

 

I have suspected for a couple of weeks that there are behind the scenes talks going on with Chinese officials in order to tailor these rules to satisfy them

[NorthernRyland]

✅ Spend up to $1000/USD on a flight

✅ Fly for 20+ hours

✅ Arrange for various paperwork

✅ Pay for mandatory insurance

✅ Get stuck on island for 14 days 

✅ Stay at the hotel because all the bars are closed

[Skeptic7]

52 minutes ago, riverhigh said:

The more I read, the more I am convinced the only way out is vaccination. Lockdowns, social distancing, closing bars, etc., are not sustainable and enforceable in the long run. I am already seeing bars in Pattaya open with falangs drinking iced beer, no social distancing, no masks. Not justifying the Pattaya falang and Thai ber owners's disregard for rules just pointing out the reality of the situation.  

Bangkok too. Recently been imbibing in beer, babes & billiards under above conditions in 2 bars in BKK. Wonderful to have a bit of normalcy and human interaction again! People are OVER IT. 

[kaneko86]

3 hours ago, tomyami said:

If bkk is not open then nothing should, get control vaccinate reopen jan 2022

 

Or just lock in the city where the most infections come from and open up the rest of the country

[WineOh]

Nobody is coming to play sandcastles in the Phuket sandbox.

 

You heard it here first! 

Edited June 11, 2021 by WineOh

[nightfox]

This is what I think of the Phuket sandbox.

 

 

[herfiehandbag]

Those of you living in Phuket may have noticed a marked increase in the sound of ambulance sirens this morning.

 

This is because large numbers of them are en route to the meeting where this decision was taken, to treat and collect all the jolly important and wise decision makers who have just machine gunned their feet!

[Madeline Thompson]

Perhaps there never has been a 'sandbox' tourist  project - a friend of mine in London was trying to get a tourist visa using the 'sandbox' program and the Thai Embassy in London has never been officially informed of that operation.  To this day, the Embassy only knows what is in the news. 

 

[diks]

4 hours ago, tomyami said:

If bkk is not open then nothing should, get control vaccinate reopen jan 2022

Don't you think 2052 would be much safer?

[SuwadeeS]

I would not recommend to do any vacation in Thailand for many reasons.

 

1. The government is not reliable on real information.

2. They lie very often to the public.

3. They always change there rules on daily base.

    Today so and tomorrow the other way.

4. They are very slow in rollout the vaccination.

    e.g. As they announced 2 weeks ago, they said to vaccinate all teacher within 

    2 weeks before the schools open on 14th of Juni. That did not happen, so the 

    government produce fake news by themself.

5. All the government officials are not trustworthy at all.

 

If you want to go on a holiday, there are thousands and thousands of better places,

who really warmly welcome you as guest and not see you only as an ATM.

 

[Guderian]

I wonder what those 10 Americans, who seem to be the only ones booked for the Phuket Sandbox, will think of this move, lol?

[Cake Monster]

These people are priceless

Wot ! A Holiday destination with no Beer.

Dont these idiots even realize how ridiculous they all sound are when such items as this are posted all over the Globe.

[zaZa9]

Guess who was responsible for allowing 3 big  party venues to open on Phuket over a long weekend ( including Cafe del <deleted>  )  and unleashing a new wave of Covid upon Phuket ?

Guess who is  not doing that again ?

[skorp13]

2 hours ago, riverhigh said:

The more I read, the more I am convinced the only way out is vaccination. Lockdowns, social distancing, closing bars, etc., are not sustainable and enforceable in the long run. I am already seeing bars in Pattaya open with falangs drinking iced beer, no social distancing, no masks. Not justifying the Pattaya falang and Thai ber owners's disregard for rules just pointing out the reality of the situation.  

 

Vaccinations really aren't necessary. The country will achieve herd immunity via contraction long before this lot can roll out enough vaccines ????

[NCC1701A]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

“For the entertainment venues in Phuket, from a meeting of [Phuket] officials, they altogether agreed to keep the venues closed in the first period of July, as we had a cluster from that kind of venue.

this is a cluster alright. this whole thing is a cluster f***.

[chalawaan]

They're going after the Millionaire Mormon tourist market. 

 

You see, all this time we laughed, but its a brilliant master stroke.

 

Bwahahahaha!

[MRToMRT]

So its safe enough for you to spend a few thousand dollars on getting here and staying here for a couple of weeks but its not safe enough for you to have a drink in bar. Pathetic!

[chalawaan]

11 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

These people are priceless

Wot ! A Holiday destination with no Beer.

Dont these idiots even realize how ridiculous they all sound are when such items as this are posted all over the Globe.

I doubt most people outside Thailand realise this circus is as bad as it is. A lazy mate of mine in the UK keeps asking when Thailand will re-open, And I just send him these stories, it's been a year, and he still dosent seem to get it.  Oh well, on his own head be it.

[head bender]

do come to thailand where we are closed for business. I don't think so thanks very much!

[SlyouThai]

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Not to bad for later in the year we've been getting a few inquiries but it's always the same questions "whats happening" I have one condo which is full for the next month,

i wonder how you can have booking from people coming from july ? from what i understand they HAVE TO stay in a certified hotel for 2 weeks so they cant book airbnb /condos /villas ?

[SlyouThai]

I saw so many thai people rushing into getting vaccines in the hope they can reoopen their business and survive . They gonna get what they called " herd imunity " very soon in Phuket and they still gonna keep all bars/clubs closed ? Thats nuts. I feel so bad for many people here that were still surviving and waiting for this... What a joke ....

 

But keep Central festival open offcourse , this is allright you morons . They are killing their own people and its very sad to see.

Edited June 11, 2021 by SlyouThai

[spidermike007]

More non science based, brain dead, fearful, timid, "let us sabotage tourism as much as possibly" policy. If the tourists are coming from abroad, and they have been both fully vaccinated and tested negative for Covid (both are requirements of the sandbox scheme), there is little to no chance of Covid transmission. Therefore why punish the bar owners, and the tourists both? And I wonder if these clowns have considered the fact that a limited number of tourists are interested in visiting a place with NO nightlife. And what do you want to bet they will leave the "no alcohol can be consumer in restaurants, because it causes a zombie effect" restriction in place, on top of the other nonsense?

 

Expect this dumb restriction to reduce the potential of 5,000 tourists in July, down to 2,200.

 

And just a quick question. He says due to recent clusters the bars will not re-open. So, if that is science based, shouldn't they close the pineapple plants and prisons too, that have seen major clusters?

Edited June 11, 2021 by spidermike007

[shackleton]

I think we should wait and see how many tourists will come to Phuket  in July and from which countries 

Then gauge if the sandbox idea is a success ????

[Tich]

Just who in their right mind would choose to holiday in a resort that is closed ?