NoshowJones Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 21 hours ago, peter0017 said: This is scary. Why doesn't Thailand fix what needs to be fixed and attracts (not lure) Western tourists? The self elected "PM" and his cohorts chased away the tourists before this pandemic. I noticed the lack of westerners between Sukhumvit Soi 5 all the way down to Asoke. Can any member living in or near this area back me up on this? What about you One More Farang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 19 hours ago, lolalol said: Phuket sandbox opening tomorrow. Will be graced by PM's presence. Good news right? If I was there, I know where I would like to throw the sand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 20 hours ago, BobinBKK said: Isn't this just lovely... Please be careful and watch where you step in the streets!!! Also watch when you step in to the back seat of a taxi, travel on the airport train, and even visit an "all you can eat" buffet!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 If there ever was a silver lining to corona in Thailand for western expats IMO it was the absence of the Chinese tour groups in their nasty buses blocking the roads. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 19 hours ago, Selatan said: The one crapping on the street in Chinatown was found to be a local autistic boy, not a Chinese tourist. What about the one on Beach Road at the back entrance of the big shopping mall? Why is it always the Chinese with the dirty habits and not the Indians, Japanese etc, etc, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 16 hours ago, the green light said: The Chinese holiday is the first week in October. It depends if the new pandemic is controlled and 50% of the population is inoculated. That is an aggressive goal to reach It is a funny picture " the jar with penny and few money saved for a vacation ". They will need a lot more than that Any visitor will come to Thailand if there is no forced quarantine, no health insurance , no the 3 covid tests and the return home with NO quarantine. True, but long stayers under the age of 50 who don't want to get married will be prevented from coming due to ridiculous immigration issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeall Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 On 6/30/2021 at 2:38 PM, peter0017 said: This is scary. Why doesn't Thailand fix what needs to be fixed and attracts (not lure) Western tourists? Money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kynikoi Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Wonder what's going to happen with a million tourists in country and covid skyrockets. What do you do send them home? What if...what if foreign outsiders get Thais sick...and they die? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamNoone88 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 23 hours ago, Selatan said: You are their competitors, totally logical for you not to miss them and your opinion has 0 value. But tourist-dependent businesses love them. I have no clue what you mean. Tourist dependent business love their money - not the people. Let be real about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlandtday Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) The entry requirements will change by then likely allowing the chinese to enter without quarantine with only sinovac vaccines. Then they can eagerly begin to buy up all the businesses at a fraction of the cost. Edited July 1, 2021 by tlandtday 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekamaihouse Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 On 6/30/2021 at 1:11 PM, mtls2005 said: It's a bit confusing, Thailand is on a list of 75 countries published 3 June. Non-essential travel is prohibited. Think they have a 14 day quarantine in-bound (returning to China). Maybe by October this will change? I'm living and working in China - travel is not banned, but you have to re-apply for visas to return and then there is currently 3 weeks quarantine, 3rd week at home.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcuthbert Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 21 hours ago, connda said: Lying is so easy and such as well honed art-form here. Why tell the truth? Fyi. I used to live in a Thapae - Loi Kroh area of Chiang Mail We go back about once a month. I'm simply floored by the economic destruction. It doesn't effect those with government jobs and pensions. So they just destroy the small and medium businesses in the name of Covid and implement a New Morality for the masses. I have Thai friends whose businesses are now shuttered. It's pretty freaking sad. A complete and utter over-reaction. This is what you get. Yeah. 4% closed permanently? My butt. Spoken by a government worker with a steady job and income. I believe exactly nothing that comes out of this people's mouths any longer. They are completely out of touch with the public as well as small and medium sized businesses. Hopefully there is a place in Buddhist Hell for these charlatans for what they have done to the economy and the average person trying to make a living. Yes indeed. My friend lost her Traditional Thai Massage shop. Very sad. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 3 hours ago, tlandtday said: Then they can eagerly begin to buy up all the businesses at a fraction of the cost. I mentioned this months ago in another thread but it was removed and I was given a weeks posting suspension for even suggesting something so audacious ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Halliday Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 6/30/2021 at 9:00 PM, kennw said: Thai visa is a great forum for we farangs to express our opinions and many make significant and important points. Most of us dont have the channels to make our points to government officials where they can be read. Does "Thaivisa" have such a channel, that would at least allow our presence to be recognized or are we all just pis..ng in the wind. PI##ing in the wind I'm afraid. They simply don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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