Phuket Sandbox: All tourists to wear location tracking wristbands

[connda]

6 hours ago, KarenBravo said:

They really don't have a clue how Westerners think

But these arrogant paranoid morons ARE about to find out.  This should be entertaining to say the least.  I can hardly contain myself.

They have finally placed foreigners on the same level as criminal parolees. And for the entire world to see.

That. boys and girls, is exactly how Thailand thinks of all of us.  Criminal parolees, a danger to Thailand, who need to be tracked, traced, corralled, monitored, and penned. 
They have just played their hand.  Read 'em and weep Thailand. Let us all know how good that golden goose tasted.

 

[Trujillo]

"I’m a BSAC dive leader certified to 50 metres - I’m dying to put one through its paces…  "

 

So how do you wear an N95 under your dive mask? 

[Xray88]

Oh my Buddah house arrest while on holiday what a lovely and appealing scheme. I wonder if they'll get their number of steps per day tallied and is their a shagging meter as well ( count how many strokes per Newton meter maybe) got to stay fit ! 

[ChipButty]

17 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

She is just trying to keep track of you?

She doesn't need one of them to track me where I live

[sqwakvfr]

I would prefer one of these instead:

 

[Benmart]

The last gasps of credibility coming from those in charge.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Visitors to Phuket under the ‘Phuket Sandbox’ scheme will be required to wear a wristband that will track their location, officials confirmed on Tuesday

The last nail in the coffin... unless someone is adamant that they must come to Thailand, they will look elsewhere for a less stressful destination.

[Xray88]

Oh my Buddah house arrest while on holiday what a lovely and appealing scheme. I wonder if they'll get their number of steps per day tallied and is their a shagging meter as well ( count how many strokes per Newton meter maybe) got to stay fit ! 

[Maejo Man]

All subject to change on the whim of some government minion. Next flack jackets and tin helmets will be mandatory for added protection!

[BestB]

So just to summarize if i may,

 

First Thai big head pushed and promoted Phuket opening for vaccinated tourists with no restrictions but having to stay in Phuket for 7 days before moving on.

 

Around 60 or so thousand people booked.

 

About 3 weeks prior to opening date, Big Heads decided to change it to 14 days and stay must be ONLY at government approved hotels, ie expansive

 

About 1 more week later, 2 weeks prior to opening date, half the reservations cancelled due to newly introduced idiotic rules, so to improve Big heads introduced tracking wrist band to be worn by all.

 

In the mean time, bars and all the rest are to remain closed.

 

Anyone heard the saying shooting yourself in the foot? Well Thai Big Heads sure managed to let out not one , not even two but 3 shots, all in the same foot.

 

It take some serious thinking and IQ deficiency to pull this one out

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Can't get more Orwellian than that!

I'll have an each way punt on it can.

[ChipButty]

The economy is well and truly <deleted> ed in Phuket

[WineOh]

41 minutes ago, yimlitnoy said:

What is happening to Thailand? 

It's been going downhill since the ultra right wing army stole power in 2014 from a democratically elected government.

 

Sadly, all societies that have to endure such an atrocity ultimately end up going the same route.

 

The only way Thailand can save itself now is by a mass uprising of it's people.

But judging by the average persons attitude in the street, this may be some way off yet.

[ChipButty]

Must be easier to get into Afghanistan go live in a cave with the taliban, must have internet in them caves because they are always uploading videos to YT 

[samtam]

6 hours ago, Robin said:

Phuket Prison Camp?   Every incentive not to come.  Who thinks up these ideas?  

Could it be thee importer of these tracking devices?  Nice profit selling them to Phuket immigration?  Are they water=proof or will swimming be among the banned activities?

Special feature will sound the remote alarm if the wearer is drinking alcohol or socialising with Thai Bar Girl.

 

6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

I am not a criminal in my country. so why should I wear a wristband like a criminal in my holiday?? Thai people need to think before they do. Tourists don't want to be followed 24hrs a day. Holiday is for relaxing and fun and not for feeling locked up or watched 

 

5 hours ago, wendyfromoz said:

are they waterproof

 

4 hours ago, John435 said:

Is it waterproof? What happens if you take it off? Presumably it needs charging at some point. 

 

Will they use the data to spot people leaving the island (not that anyone would be stupid enough to wear it while they did that) or are they going to be actively looking for groups of people in unexpected places on the island and then turning up to bust up drinking, etc?

 

If it's programmed by the geniuses who devised the intervac and IMM booking sites, then this little piece of jewelry will be no hindrance to tourists. Even if it's a bonafide working GPS tracker, who is going to be keeping track?* I see a glitch on this digital highway.  

*How silly of me: it could of course become a great money spinner for the trackers.

[connda]

6 hours ago, Robin said:

Phuket Prison Camp?   Every incentive not to come.  Who thinks up these ideas?  

The Phuket Panopticon
Comes with a tracking bracelet, force imprisonment with time off for good behavior, and numerous Covid body-cavity searches.

 

[samtam]

On 6/17/2021 at 3:40 PM, ChipButty said:

The economy is well and truly <deleted> ed in Phuket

 

Phuket perhaps.

[yankyoakum]

This does not appear to be a winning formula... lets go back to the drawing board there folks...

 

 

[connda]

6 hours ago, Pottinger said:

No need to worry, this is only Phuket Sandbox Experiment, Iteration #1. It is only to test the numbers of gullible, not to say dimwitted, foreigners prepared to follow the 'Guantanamo' model of tourism; there will be plenty of revised iterations along shortly.

Just wait till the rendition flights begin....

I expect them to walk this back in less than a week and the requirement will revert back to downloading a tracking program on your phone.
However - if they decide to sally forth with this - yes, it will be entertaining as Thailand is taken to the woodshed.

[Guderian]

26 minutes ago, connda said:

They have finally placed foreigners on the same level as criminal parolees. And for the entire world to see.

 

Actually, I think criminal parolees would probably have a better chance of getting a vaccine in Pattaya than retired expats do, so we're really somewhere below the criminals, lol.

[VBF]

6 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

the actual models used are a suppository device.

<snip>

Well they know where to shove them then, don't they?

Meanwhile in UK.......   

 

Double-jabbed UK tourists could skip amber-list quarantine under proposals | Coronavirus | The Guardian

 

Mind you, it is the Grauniad! ????

[Aarin]

If any Foreigner agrees to this then you are really lowering your standards. Get on the plane and go to Philippines.. Vietnam.. Taiwan.. NO NO need to be treated like this. 

[Xray88]

People coming to Thailand now with a work permit are allowed to quarantine at home after purchasing ( and registering the wristband) and installing the tracking app on their phone as well. In addition they must pay for the official transport from the airport to their residence. They are allowed to move around within 500 meters of their residence then after a few days a Covid free test then at the end of 14 days another Covid free test. Then they give the wristband back to the vendor. So the total cost I had to pay so that my colleague from Singapore could come was:  wristband 17000 

                      Registration fee.   3500

         Transport fee to Korat.  18000

         Follow on Covid tests.    4000

Oh and then the bad news after being released from home quarantine he had to attend a business meeting in Buriram province and Buriram implemented their own restrictions and required him and his two colleagues to get a Covid test in Nong Ki at the government hospital where there was a long que to be tested ( 3 to 4 hours) all of them had tested Covid free in Korat the same day and the following day in Buriram after being tested but no time to wait for the results they were excused and told that they would be contacted with the test results. Well all three of them became sick with Covid the next day and fortunately no life threatening  reactions but all three ended up in the hospital for 15 days( 3 different hospitals) getting grossly overcharged..what a place ! 

[TimCM]

Could you imagine the outcry of racism from Thai communities around the world if this practice was reciprocated

[VBF]

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I cant afford to get divorced 

Ever hear the expression about "making your bed and lying in it?"  ????????

[SomchaiCNX]

7 hours ago, KarenBravo said:

They really don't have a clue how Westerners think, or how this tracking bracelet will be received.

I can see people arriving in Thailand and blankly refusing to wear them.

We don't like authoritarianism and this action exemplifies it.

Why not just add a yellow star of david?

 

 

[Megasin1]

You gotta admire the Thais, there was everyone saying that once you have the vaccine you can be tracked by Bill Gates and you will be magnetic and it was all just conspiracy lies and the Thais are doing their infinite best to actually prove that no, this is not just BS, if you come to Thailand and have been vaccinated we can track your every movement. They can also guarantee that as they have the best data security in the world as soon as you land in Thailand not only will every criminal in the world know your whereabouts but they will also have access to all your documentation. I'm sorry to say that although I am not a criminal I do NOT want anyone tracking my whereabouts and to me the whole thing just looks like one giant scam whereby no matter how virus free you may be upon entering Thailand their sole purpose is to get you into a nice expensive ASQ. I think that those coming up with these ideas could actually do with taking a holiday so that they understand what tourism is actually about, preferably a very very long holiday..... 

[spidermike007]

Why not require iron shackles, and give all tourists prison garb?

 

Oh my God, a perfectly healthy, fully vaccinated, Covid negative tested tourist escaped from the island. Call in the national police. Thailand's most wanted!!! Arrest on sight. 

 

You guys are the shame of the planet. Some of the most timid and cowardly people anywhere. Over 60 nations have fully opened for tourism already. Thailand as usual, is behind the curve. Shame on your guys. Livelihoods are a stake, and you act like it means nothing. How can one still be such a rank amateur after how many years at the job? Your behavior has sabotaged a once lively industry. You goons are turning the nation from the tiger of SE Asia, into a tiny little, whiny, timid, traumatized, crying pussycat.
 
Let the islands decide, or the islands should act in total defiance of the administration and create their own plans. This is so far past ridiculous, it boggles the mind. 
 

[Parsve]

They forgot to mention that tourists probably have to pay for it and that it probably leaks data like a sieve.

[Tarteso]

This people Don’t learn…Can not.