Phuket Opinion: Fingers crossed for July 1

[webfact]

TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn presents the soecial video launched to promote the reopening of Phuket from July 1, and the reopening of other areas in Thailand later. Screenshot: TAT

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: According to some very divided public opinion, with the July 1 reopening Thailand is about to do something very brave, or something very stupid. Everyone has an opinion on what will happen, the only problem is that no-one knows what will actually happen.

 

Strongly voiced opinions on the issue run the gamut from don’t reopen the island to tourism until everyone living and working in Phuket has been vaccinated lest arrivals import a COVID variant that unleashes another outbreak; to reopen the island now because of the extent of the financial hardship suffered by so many on the island; to don’t bother reopening the island because no one will come.

 

What people believe about any of this is personal choice, but as it stands right now it is likely that at least some of people will be wrong. The worst case scenario is that all of them are right.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-opinion-fingers-crossed-for-july-1-80400.php

 

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[RichardColeman]

Funny , the link is saying the TAT predicting 129,000 in q3 and the Phuket Chamber of commerce predicting 1,000 in July - or 30 a day.

 

I think I know which one my money would be on - if I could bet, which I cannot

[rasmus5150]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

don’t bother reopening the island because no one will come

 

[olfu]

...Phuket  ready for me?

Ok. Bought my ticket to Spain--no crazy medical insurance.

[asiasurfer]

"Everyone has an opinion on what will happen, the only problem is that no-one knows what will actually happen."

 

Let me try to explain: It's all gonna be a big, fat NOTHING...

 

Cheerio 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

According to some very divided public opinion, with the July 1 reopening Thailand is about to do something very brave, or something very stupid. Everyone has an opinion on what will happen, the only problem is that no-one knows what will actually happen.

I've got a shrewd idea...

[Uroller]

The finger pointing after the failure will be highly entertaining????

[Burma Bill]

Fingers crossed for July 1

 

Wishful thinking??? Another TVF post today:-

 

"Oil spill tar balls wash ashore at Patong, Nai Yang"

 

How many more tar balls are on their way from Sri Lanka's oil tanker disaster??

 

 

[bolt]

Why don’t the majority of people posting here get it, The Sandbox Scheme is a Pilot-test, it’s a TEST to see how things work, from managing arrivals, testing arrivals, working out what can happen if they have clusters, how to manage mixing with the locals etc

 

Pilot schemes normally last 2-4-6 weeks, so that’s when it will stop, and then they make a review and then make improvements.

 

If you want to continue to complain and make negative comments, go ahead be my guest.

But Thailand has to restart the Tourism campaign, So like it or lump

 

See you in Phuket July 2^nd.

[bojo]

1 minute ago, bolt said:

Why don’t the majority of people posting here get it

Pretty sure most do, but you hit the nail on the head succinctly...................and signed off on a positive.........proper..........................

[gim12]

Isn't it possible  the majority of people do  understand  that the reopening has to start slowly and that there will be a learning curve  with  hiccups but also  improvements along  the way? That makes sense. isn't it also possible that the majority  realizes that testing vaccinated tourists (foreign or domestic) multiple times and tracking them 24/ 7 makes no sense if the same is not being done to the unvaccinated population? testing and tracking only the vaccinated population  makes  sense if the reason behind the tests is to make money from all that testing and also has the added benefit of the government appearing to do something to reassure the local population