Tourism minister: Phuket unlikely to be ready for "sandbox" opening - "sealed route" share with Samui proposed

[spidermike007]

22 hours ago, skatewash said:

‘Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.’ -- Napoleon Bonaparte

 

This these guys, one wishes it were only incompetence at play. However, when you are playing with an industry that represents $110,000,000,000 a year in revenue for the Thai economy, a full 20% of the total, there has to be more in play, than simple incompetence. The agenda has to be more sinister and far reaching. 

 

Nothing else makes sense. It does feel like some form of sabotage. Whether or not it was deliberate, will we ever know? 

[robsamui]

I've been living on Samui for a long time, and my little local restaurant lady is something of an expert at keeping up with all the Covid news - in fact I go there frequently just to check if I'm interpreting the local news correctly.

I asked her a few days ago if she's worried about lots of new tourists (!!) coming in soon. Her reply?
"I'm not worried about the tourists; they've all had  the full course of jabs and they're getting quality vaccines. But they won't be coming for a long time yet as this government is making such a mess of everything. No, what I'm worried about is Thai tourists coming from the mainland. The way things are none of us (Thais) on Samui can know if they are properly vaccinated and the certificates and checks they get are not reliable, and some are coming here and they've only had one jab. A lot of Thai people think that's all they need."

 

As it happens it's a family business and there's no rent to pay and the utility bills are just about covered by the odd handful of retired expats that go in there. But it's devastating for those who are less fortunate.

Edited June 18, 2021 by robsamui

[BobinBKK]

On 6/12/2021 at 9:24 AM, SEAsia Traveler said:

No one is coming so they postpone again.

It's the façade to the alternate truth to save face.