Thailand must open to foreign tourism and accept some risk: PM

[kynikoi]

Easy to say when you, your family and everyone surrounding you have already received two quality vaccinations.

 

Now I've destroyed the economy...

 

Only an absolute moron would come here on holiday. Test pos for covid off to hospital jail for you!?

[RafPinto]

Anutin is very quiet? Is he still running the background show?

Haven't seen him on a building site for ages.

[RafPinto]

13 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

He had the AZ vaccine not sinovac

He looks better after the vaccine, I think.

[thurien]

7 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Says the fully vaccinated Government !

 

 

plus the fully vaxxed ThaiBev BeerChang employees and their families - enough stuff for a good farewell party

[KhunMorris]

Let's be honest here. Nobody except a few middle aged Yank sex tourists desire to come back to Thailand anytime soon. We all know the reason for that and it's not the beaches or food.

 

Families won't come as they don't want to their children put into state quarantine farms, backpackers won't come as cross-boarder travel is not an option and the bars are dead, the Chinese won't come as they aren't allowed to leave home countries, the same goes for the Brits, Japanese, Aussies and Koreans.

 

In short, if you simply opened Soi 6 Pattaya as a Sandbox then probably 95% of tourists would be happy.

 

Sincerely

 

MORRIS
Ex Bar Owner, Crypto Early Adopter

[bradiston]

Hats off to Prayut for telling it like it is, and not ducking out, like almost all other politicians. Yes, he says, it's a mess. Well, take a bow old bean, for coming clean.

[Owiee]

I don’t think many will come if at all, as most people are short of disposable income, or be worried about employment this along with having two weeks isolation upon returning to an individuals home country most probably at ones own cost. Maybe it’s time to place on hold all the military hardware purchases. 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

In order to do this he admitted that some risks must be taken.

He also omitted that over the last 6 years he's been a total failure as a PM, Thailand has relied on the resorts and girls working on their backs to support the country.

In his own words the economy is in a mess... yet all other industries are open as usual.

Thailand has nothing to offer the population as far as real employment.

He should step down immediately.

 

 

[stix40]

7 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

"Thailand must open to foreign tourism and accept some risk: PM"

 

That's fine coming from someone who jumped the queue and has been vaccinated.

I wonder what the other 50+ million people think?

PM complete Nutter   needs to be kicked out !

[Burma Bill]

7 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

his and Anutin's goal

 Thank you - Anutin, the inept construction engineer with no academic qualifications in medicine, put in charge of the Ministry for Health - unbelievable!!

[stix40]

PM needs to go Simples !   could not run a Bath let alone a country .

[BernieOnTour]

24 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

He had the AZ vaccine not sinovac

 

Exactly, that’s what I referred to !

 

The Phase 3 studies are not finalized,

the final documentation has still to be delivered.

 

Otherwise they wouldn’t need a permission „for emergency use“

 

and would have already a full permission for marketing,

resulting in post-clinical Phase 4 surveillance !

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, Kal I Sin its fun said:

I’d be happy to come as the whole c19 is one global hoax. To bring about control of the population.

Say 'Q'. 

[PEE TEE]

Start stocking up on the wood for burning the body's his fine and his mates all been vaccinated and don't give a hoot for the others at risk. lets open up the country we need the money!!! saying that seems the French will be ok if its not another lie about the vaccines .I have feeling the hospitals do have vaccines but tell you they don't.  wish all in Phuket and Samui for the 15th good luck 

[BernieOnTour]

4 minutes ago, BernieOnTour said:

 

Exactly, that’s what I referred to !

 

The Phase 3 studies are not finalized,

the final documentation has still to be delivered.

 

Otherwise they wouldn’t need a permission „for emergency use“

 

and would have already a full permission for marketing,

resulting in post-clinical Phase 4 surveillance !

 

By the way:

 

that’s why some countries, eg. Germany, are still sticking to the declaration of a  national epidemic (instead of a huge decrease in case numbers)

 

- according to some national laws,

that would force them to stop immediately their vaccination activities,

because that would stop immediately their right to use vaccines  for emergency use.

 

[MrJ2U]

7 hours ago, DirtyHarry55 said:

 

The Chinese will probably come they won't mind wearing those GPS wristband trackers like prisoners they're used to it.
In fact why not put em in Shackles whilst ya at it.
Can't see many Farang digging it though.

 

 

Chinese government isn't allowing travel to Thailand.  Domestic travel tourism only.  Anutins gushing sickly obsession with China didn't pay off.

[sawadee1947]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

some risks must be taken.

Does he hope that Covid (delta variant) will avoid entering Thailand?

Disaster ante portas !????

 

[Goldpanner]

1 hour ago, Kal I Sin its fun said:

I’d be happy to come as the whole c19 is one global hoax. To bring about control of the population.

AAAAAHH so youre one of the denial fools?? Wait till youve been in a Covid ward sunshine then spout your rubbish. Wait till youve seen one of your best friends who was as fit as a flea go from healthy to dead in 3 days.

[Jud Canada]

7 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

"opening" Phuket won't make any difference, nobody will come anyway. 

Well not opening will for sure keep everyone from coming. 

[MasterBaker]

please resign

[David T Pike]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that amendments must be reasonable. 

 

The issue is being debated today and tomorrow. 

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for this one...

[overt2016]

You are insane. It maybe OK for you and your cronies who have been vaccinated

but me  and somchai want you to DO SOMETHING

[Nanaplaza666]

6 hours ago, Disparate Dan said:

Last figures I could find: "In the first quarter of 2020, the tourism industry contributed around 12.91 percent to Thailand's GDP. In that same period, the total value of Thailand's GDP was around four trillion Thai baht." - https://www.statista.com/statistics/1143467/thailand-share-of-tourism-to-gdp/

Highest estimates I've ever seen show just below 20%, so even at its worst/best (depending on how you like tourists) more than 80% of GDP is NOT from tourism.

But the sector shouts loudest (and most shrilly).

Because it feeds a lot of people and families and the effect on loss of tourisme is bigger then they ever thought . If 80% of a cake is being eaten by 4 persons and the other 20% is feeding 1.000.000 people then they have to keep that 20% in tact because those 4 people won't share . If the 80% of that cake would have been hit as hard as the 20% , believe me then everybody would have been vaccinated in no time . 

[Mavideol]

before doing that the Czar should do a self analysis, full assessment of his poor non existing governing skills....

 

self-analysis = the application of psychoanalytic techniques and theories to an analysis of one's own personality and behavior, especially without the aid of a psychiatrist or other trained person.

[CM Dad]

No Mr. PM,  what Thailand MUST DO NOW is start buying as much decent vaccine as possible - not Sinovac - and begin vaccinating ALL people in Thailand as quickly as possible.  Then the country can be opened.  Vaccines need to be the focus, not unneeded military equipment or fancy light posts.

[riparian]

3 minutes ago, CM Dad said:

No Mr. PM,  what Thailand MUST DO NOW is start buying as much decent vaccine as possible - not Sinovac - and begin vaccinating ALL people in Thailand as quickly as possible.  Then the country can be opened.  Vaccines need to be the focus, not unneeded military equipment or fancy light posts.

 

and forget the 70% herd immunity BS

 

[dallen52]

That could have happened a long time ago when numbers and deaths were much lower.

The economy and people would not have been suffering so long.

[Disparate Dan]

16 minutes ago, Nanaplaza666 said:

Because it feeds a lot of people and families and the effect on loss of tourisme is bigger then they ever thought . If 80% of a cake is being eaten by 4 persons and the other 20% is feeding 1.000.000 people then they have to keep that 20% in tact because those 4 people won't share . If the 80% of that cake would have been hit as hard as the 20% , believe me then everybody would have been vaccinated in no time . 

So who are these million people? In the 'informal' sector not paying taxes etc?

 

Remember also that the 20 percent includes domestic as well as international tourism.

[Dialemco]

The Phuket Sandbox is doomed with so many restrictions and high cost of Air Fares the Pandemic is raging in Thailand so infections are likly to increase but don't worry the project can be cancelled without notice leaving tourists stranded  What a good idea all about money for nothing it is time to learn there are no free rides anymore if you want money you must earn it 

[ThailandRyan]

5 minutes ago, Disparate Dan said:

So who are these million people? In the 'informal' sector not paying taxes etc?

 

Remember also that the 20 percent includes domestic as well as international tourism.

If you do not follow the Tourism news and who works in this sector or the types of people that would be in the millions then I feel sorry for you.  You also have all of the street vendors and such that are part of that 20% plus group.