Phuket Sandbox: All tourists to wear location tracking wristbands

[Dexxter]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The GPS enabled wristband will be able to inform the authorities of the exact location of each tourist on the island.

Just like sex offenders back home. I can see this being very popular with tourists.

They really do not want ANY tourists do they?

[Dexxter]

8 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Can't get more Orwellian than that!

Don't worry. I am sure they will think of something next week.

[sezze]

The sandbox original proposal looked ok , something which many people could get along with . Then the "upgrades" to 14d , and now a wristband , , you got to be joking right ? Is it 1 April ? Good luck finding a tourist who does want to do that ... I rather take the 2 weeks locked in room then doing that .

[FalangJaiDee]

They should rebrand this as “Phuket Prison Island Simulator.” The wristband doubles as a heart rate/blood pressure monitor.
 

If either passes a very narrow threshold (like when you get drunk or have sex). The BMW smart car is alerted and public safety representatives will SWOOP in and escort you to mandatory 24hr hospital quarantine and PCR testing for 10000 baht to make sure you aren’t coming down with covid. 

[phil lee]

What Clowns running Thailand "Come to Sunny Phuket be just like a convict" great advert I think

If we catch you in the naughty Massage places will inform your wife

[DjSilver]

another reason why no one will go back to Thailand. The people coming up with these thing are really low IQ-idiots ????????????

[mvdf]

I never doubted Orwell's 1984.

[Cletus]

You really need to have a very strong reason ( meet your wife, children, etc) to accept to go through all this bullshxx. I do understand some forms of limitations and control, but if you put everything togheter (COE, insurance, etc) that's really too much.

[nobodysfriend]

They just don't have a clue how to attract tourists to come .

By imposing more limitations and covid tests to somebody who comes for a holiday they make themselves a laughing stock ...

I will just sit back and watch all their efforts ... fail .

And laugh ...

[davemos]

Welcome to gulag Phuket !

[Excel]

7 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

so just now ONLY foreign tourists allowed. 

 

no one from Thailand can enter. 

 

of course this had to be. so i am not allowed to go. or thai tourists. 

 

 

 

Guess the upside of only allowing foreign tourists in, rather than locals, is that foreign tourists may not be aware of the endemic corruption and scams that Phuket is well known for, So hence apart from foreigners being subjected to draconian measures they can be ripped off until their day of departure.

[Dexxter]

6 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

Just so that I am clear

1. Supply proof of vaccine
2. Apply for visa
3. Complete COE registration
4. Covid insurance of at least 100,000 dollars
5. Register SHA+ hotel (which will be overpriced)
6. Arrange flight directly to Phuket (which will be overpriced)
7. PCR test 72 hours before I leave UK
8. Possible PCR test on arrival
9. Load up tracking app on phone
10. Wristband to track my every move
11. Two PCR tests during my 14 day stay on Island (at my own cost)
12. Entertainment venues closed
13. Tracked by facial recognition
14. Large fines for breaking rules (not sure what they are but will try to mindread when I get there)
15. Unable to visit other islands, (Phi Phi, Coral etc)
16. Wear mask at all times (Even when I am asleep on the beach??)
17. No alcohol on beach.
18. No alcohol with my meal
19. 10 day quarantine on arrival in UK

Or

1. Fly to Portugal.
2. Enjoy holiday
3. Fly home

 

Or if you live in Australia

     1.  Stay home     (we are not allowed international travel yet)

[paulikens]

not the old tracking wristband chestnut

[bolt]

2 hours ago, fleccer said:

2030 agenda , great reset. Have you ever heard about them? Lucky you 

is that it “2030 agenda”???, should i google that for the answer or do i sign up in a mysterious group known as the “????????”

 

I’m seriously interested In your thoughts, so please tell me more

[Peterw42]

[nobodysfriend]

And if a foreigner is caught in a public place without wearing his wristband , he will be fined ? What a joke .

[Straight8]

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

Have the clowns any idea of how bloody stupid that scheme is?

So they expect tourists  to flock to Phuket to be treated the same as criminals, dream on morons, it aint gonna happen.

Are these clowns determined to destroy Phuket tourism forever?

Certainly appears that way.

You could have summed all that in one word.... fools

[dirtybirty]

How much are they gonna charge all these tourist (in there dreams) for the privilege of wearing basically what westerners Will see as a criminal tracker device

[smallgnome]

This is necessary in addition to microchipping each tourist upon making landfall on the Sandbox.  Look we can't be too careful or others would think us callow.

 

[fleccer]

5 minutes ago, bolt said:

is that it “2030 agenda”???, should i google that for the answer or do i sign up in a mysterious group known as the “????????”

 

I’m seriously interested In your thoughts, so please tell me more

No you are not interested on it you just want to tease

[Boedog]

So correct me if lm wrong, you need to have 2 shots of an experimental drug and be apart of the largest human trials in history, quarantine for 14 days, have 3 pcr test during your quarantine, have a COE, have Covid insurance, go to a place were 80% of businesses are closed, I'm sure l have missed a few and now wear a wrist tracking device, and to get ready for the mass influx of tourists have had a full rehersal at Phuket airport for there Sandbox re-opening,  they just forgot 1 very important point NO ONE IS COMING and subject themselves to this absurdity 

[kynikoi]

8 hours ago, clivebaxter said:

They'll be made in China so won't work for 14 days anyhow ????

 

If it's still working after the second day just take a swim.

[digger70]

Are they Serious? .

 

No one in their right mind is going to put up with this over the top rules and regulations + the gps band Cr@p

[Bluespunk]

On 6/17/2021 at 8:36 AM, 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.

**** that

[bolt]

7 minutes ago, fleccer said:

No you are not interested on it you just want to tease

tell me more, i will respect your points 

[kensisaket]

Entry point immigration - "what's your phone number?" why? - "we're going to use it to track you while you are in Thaiand". OK. "One other thing, wear this bracelet" - Why?  "we are going to tell everyone we are using it to track you".

[JWRC]

8 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.

Exactly.

[bolt]

42 minutes ago, Ng Kognito said:

Not an iceberg"s chance in Hell I would wear a wrist band to track me. I won't even check in on the stupid apps at stores. Sorry, I don't own a phone. Oh, sign here? Sure. John Q. Smith Phone number: BR549

are you tha same guy who said" i aint wearing no Mask," 

12 months later wears a mask every day ????

 

[bolt]

4 minutes ago, JWRC 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.

 

 

4 minutes ago, JWRC said:

Exactly.

you will need to agree to ALL measures before boarding, you CANNOT refuse

[rulebythieves]

8 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

so just now ONLY foreign tourists allowed. 

 

no one from Thailand can enter. 

 

of course this had to be. so i am not allowed to go. or thai tourists. 

 

 

 

Do you know what the colors of different texts mean? I am an American but currently living in China. China is in the medium risk column, but the text is red..