Thailand will open to tourism in mid-October

[lolalol]

1 minute ago, EricTh said:

The Phuket sandbox should be delayed to October instead.

 

 

I can't agree with you more. The Phuket sandbox is too rushed. Direction is more important than speed. But currently there isn't much direction in tackling this pandemic but they are speeding up. Probably to save their faces for the time being. 

 

 

2 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Do you want Thailand to become like India?

 

 

I hope not. But the virus is spreading faster and faster day by day.  And consistent little misjudgements are adding up.

 

[DoctorB]

5 hours ago, smedly said:

That whole piece is careless deluded nonsense 

 

sounds to me like he is willing to throw this whole country under a bus regardless 

Perhaps he's come to realise that massive economic destruction is proving worse than the disease. Lockdowns only kick the can down the road. Vaccinate the locals as quickly as possible and open up to vaccinated visitors as soon as possible is a better answer surely.

[DrJack54]

6 minutes ago, DoctorB said:

Vaccinate the locals as quickly as possible

You require vaccine to be able to vaccinate.

[DoctorB]

18 minutes ago, EricTh said:

The Phuket sandbox should be delayed to October instead. Do you want Thailand to become like India?

Thailand and India are hardly comparable in terms of development level or available medical resources. You are over dramatising.

[lolalol]

4 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You require vaccine to be able to vaccinate.

 

What are you trying to say? Are you saying that they still don't have enough vaccine?!?!?!? Thats impossible!!

[DrJack54]

4 minutes ago, lolalol said:

 

What are you trying to say? Are you saying that they still don't have enough vaccine?!?!?!? Thats impossible!!

You tell me how much vaccine they have.

It's a trick question. 

They do not have adequate supply.

 

Nowhere near it.

Look at the daily numbers of vaccinations.

The original aim was 500k per day.

They almost reached that June 7. Day 1.

Since then most often been below 250k. One day was ~73k.

 

 

 

[Kinnock]

So the only benefit from the global pandemic ends in October.

[RichardColeman]

3 hours ago, EricTh said:

The Phuket sandbox should be delayed to October instead. Do you want Thailand to become like India?

Extremely unlikely with Thailand's testing - even if it is !

[TooMuchTime]

Can't wait.

Normal people will be having fun in Thailand while the doomers will be locked up in their 20sqm condo.

[boogiewoogie]

4 hours ago, EricTh said:

The Phuket sandbox should be delayed to October instead. Do you want Thailand to become like India?

Yeah, how about december))

 

People planning winter vacation in the summer. At exact this moment. If dude wont show he is ready to open RIGHT NOW then thousands and thousands of tourist would buy tickets to Mexico, Dubai or whatever esle will be open in winter. He has to show his commitment. 

[Blumpie]

1 hour ago, TooMuchTime said:

Can't wait.

Normal people will be having fun in Thailand while the doomers will be locked up in their 20sqm condo.

Mostly everything is closed.  

LOL!

[ThailandRyan]

4 hours ago, TooMuchTime said:

Can't wait.

Normal people will be having fun in Thailand while the doomers will be locked up in their 20sqm condo.

Your view, and let's see what actually happens. 20Sqm condo, not likely. You must believe folks residing here live a life as a cheap Charlie and get by month on month by scraping 2 satang together.  Try again.

[MasterBaker]

that card should say "Thailand laughs at you"

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

After more than the six weeks of combating the upticks in virus infections throughout the country, the Prayut government announced last Wednesday that Thailand will be open for tourists to visit within 120 days. This would mean that by the morning of October 15, visitors from local and abroad can travel in Thailand without any quarantine providing that they have been fully vaccinated.

Lets see how dirty Thailand is at that time, and if clean vaccinated foreigners want to come.

[jacko45k]

9 hours ago, EricTh said:

The Phuket sandbox should be delayed to October instead. Do you want Thailand to become like India?

India, at the moment, is looking much improved from a few weeks ago, the numbers are plummeting. A massive vaccination effort (and a decision to stop exporting it) likely the reasons.  

I fear the sandbox is a no return situation now.

[wensiensheng]

There is no point reviewing this article and countering every inaccuracy and blatant lie. It is quite simply fantasy from start to finish.

 

the only thing that scares me is whether the government actually think that some of it may be true and take decisions based on that premise.

[EricTh]

12 hours ago, lolalol said:

 

 

I can't agree with you more. The Phuket sandbox is too rushed. Direction is more important than speed. But currently there isn't much direction in tackling this pandemic but they are speeding up. Probably to save their faces for the time being. 

 

 

I hope not. But the virus is spreading faster and faster day by day.  And consistent little misjudgements are adding up.

 

 

 The Indian variant can spread quite fast if it comes to Thailand

 

[EricTh]

12 hours ago, DoctorB said:

Thailand and India are hardly comparable in terms of development level or available medical resources. You are over dramatising.

 

Really?

The vaccines are only effective against the Chinese variant which was first detected.

 

Has any large scale studies been done on the Indian variant which should need a new vaccine.

 

 

 

[EricTh]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

India, at the moment, is looking much improved from a few weeks ago, the numbers are plummeting. A massive vaccination effort (and a decision to stop exporting it) likely the reasons.  

I fear the sandbox is a no return situation now.

 

Really? Watch video below which just came out.

 

 

[TooMuchTime]

19 minutes ago, EricTh said:

 

Really? Watch video below which just came out.

 

 

 

Needs more ominous music to be more convincing.

[jacko45k]

20 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Really? Watch video below which just came out.

Yes really..... I suspect much of that is from a few weeks ago.....early to Mid May, says little and is talking also of Australia.... not specific to what I said. Look at the numbers here.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/

 

[tgw]

another ridiculous claim by TAT

[Misterwhisper]

Why do these NNT reports always read like they were some sort of hilarious satire?

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, Misterwhisper said:

Why do these NNT reports always read like they were some sort of hilarious satire?

Isn't it done to make us all spit coffee from our noses and then roll on the floor laughing in hysterics.  I thought that was what NNT was for (Naturally).

[mtls2005]

17 hours ago, sapson said:

You cant polish a turd!

 

In Thailand, yes, you can.

 

And here, it magically turns in to whatever the authorities tell you it is.

 

And you'll eat it, and exclaim your thankfulness.

 

 

 

 

[RubbaJohnny]

How can any prediction be made months away?

They cannot even tell us how much vaccine is available next week here,and  not having mass testing worldwide how many carry albeit asymptomatically any variant.

 

By October with new variants all present vaccines may be redundant or found ineffective, or be needing a 3d shot for winter protection,While UK mulls 3rd shot many here will have had nothing even paying 3800 doesn't gaurantee a date.

 

I am not predicting that new muatations will emerge but who knows? If we had predicted in Jan 2020 that travel would grind to halt you would have been called crazy. 

 

Of course hotels airlines need to plan but I think TAT and others are being over optimistic, even removing all entry controls visas COE , insurance and quarantine wont convince some to sit in planes with strangers for hours and then mingle with an only partially effectively vaxxed population and the risk of confinement in a gym petri dish.

 

IMHO Thailand needs to spend the cash on proper vaxx more than most as so dependent on tourism.

Of course the poor cannot pay but most retirees and hisos can .I'd be happy to co pay for all my village, or stick a tax on luxuries like alcohol and tobacco that the poor don't have to buy.

[Misterwhisper]

15 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

And you'll eat it, and exclaim your thankfulness.

Three times.

[Polang]

In my calendar says 1st of July. 

So.....good month to everyone. 

Can we just have some photos and some data from the Phuket sandbox arrivals......??!!?!!!!!

I mean.....we read so much about it.....every day a new article every day a new target....129.000 arrivals 8,9 billion baht revenue, after 29.000 arrivals but same revenues... (amazing Thailand). 

Did anyone come today?!?!!!! 

Because it's 1st of July and I always trusted the General and Thai officials.......Not. 

[Dogmatix]

555

[cedel]

On 6/30/2021 at 12:16 PM, RandolphGB said:

Why wait until October?

yes this is very late. If we are vaccinated and have a négative test, plus a good medical insurance, there is absolutely no risks for thai population, only benefits ! I don't understand what they are so affraid of for a disease that finally kills less than the suicides and road accidents occurring every day in Thailand !!