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Daily News quoted foreign ministry spokesman Thanee Saengrat as saying that 2,244 people had entered Phuket under the sandbox scheme in the first week and a day - July 1st to 8th.

 

Embassies and large consulates around the world had received 12,356 applications for Certificates of Entry from 1st to 8th July.

 

The CoE is a key stipulation for visitors. 

 

Of these 5,622 had been approved and 6,110 needed to provide further information before approval.

 

594 applications were rejected. 

 

On Wednesday the spokesman said that 295 people arrived from flights from Doha and Tel Aviv.

 

718 were due to arrive yesterday and today. 

 

In addition Japan and Uzbekistan have now been added by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to the list of countries that can visit Phuket for the sandbox making 68 countries in all. 

 

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2 hours ago, webfact said:

Daily News quoted foreign ministry spokesman Thanee Saengrat as saying that 2,244 people had entered Phuket under the sandbox scheme in the first week and a day - July 1st to 8th.

 

Embassies and large consulates around the world had received 12,356 applications for Certificates of Entry from 1st to 8th July.

If they keep that figure of 2,244 arrivals per week, it's rather about 30,000 visitors during 3 months than 120,000.

 

The so far around 12,000 applications is only 1/10th of the previously predicted number of arrivals.

First week of "Phuket Sandbox" sees 2,244 enter holiday island........and 12 begging to leave

wonder if my group of 8 people is included in that figure, we were visiting for other reason then tourism... didn't see too many tourists rumbling/rooling around, wouldn't believe the these numbers

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Of these 5,622 had been approved and 6,110 needed to provide further information before approval

With a 55% reject rate in COE's by embassies it appears the biggest flaw in the Thai Phuket plan is Thai bureaucracy itself !

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

 

With a 55% reject rate in COE's by embassies it appears the biggest flaw in the Thai Phuket plan is Thai bureaucracy itself !

Of course it is, the paperwork and associated rubber stamps are the only thing that matters.

 

I think it's a proud moment in any civil servants life when they  pass their training and are issued with their first rubber stamp

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