Pattaya presses ahead with plan to reopen to foreign tourists from September - targeting large numbers

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that the authorities in Pattaya were pressing ahead with the "Pattaya Move On" reopening to foreign tourism come September despite Covid-19 infections being severe in the country at the moment. 

 

Chonburi tourism business association president and local councillor Thanet Supharothatrangsi said that there was still two months to go and they needed to press ahead.

 

He said that plans would be presented to the Chonburi governor on July 19th and thereafter to the CCSA where Thai PM Prayuth-Chan-ocha and ministers would discuss matters. 

 

Right now the plan is being called "Sealed Route Bubble&Seal 3-3-8".

 

Here's what that means.

 

First off visitors from abroad must have been double vaxxed, have a CoE from a foreign embassy and have had a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of departure.

 

On arrival they will be tested again. 

 

Then they must spend the first six days in an approved ALQ hotel.

 

On the fourth day they will be tested again. Days one to three they must stay in quarantine in the hotel.

 

Days four to six they can leave the hotel so long as they are in the sealed route area.

 

Day six they have yet another test.

 

If all is OK they can then spend days 8-14 at a SHA+ approved hotel though they must stick to the sealed area. 

 

After that they would be good to go elsewhere.

 

Thanet said there are 19 approved ALQ hotels in Bang Lamung and Sattahip offering 2,000 rooms.

 

SHA+ has 40 approved hotels offering 4,000 rooms. 

 

He didn't expect many tourists in September. 

 

But he did by November. 

 

He said that the target was to get 20% of the visitors and revenue based on the whole of the pre-pandemic year of 2019. 

 

Then 18.6 million domestic Thai tourists and foreigners visited spending 276,328 billion baht.

 

ASEAN Now did the math. To hit the target (assuming that tourism so far this year has been minimal) there would need to be 3.7 million tourists before the end of the year.

 

And they would need to spend 55.2 billion baht. 

 

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[keith101]

Cant be done like Phuket , there are just to many ways in and out .

[TimBKK]

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ASEAN Now did the math. To hit the target (assuming that tourism so far this year has been minimal) there would need to be 3.7 million tourists before the end of the year.

 

And they would need to spend 55.2 billion baht.”

 

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[ezzra]

A move in the right direction... this will work better because many would be tourists love Pattaya , i for one will prefer to go to Pattaya than to fly to Phuket, as Pattaya offers a lot more hotel and entertainments choices then any other destinations in Thailand...

[Ralf001]

Didn't Pattaya (Chonburi) just re-zoned as deep red ?

 

Good luck getting that sorted in 45 days !!

[RichardColeman]

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

ASEAN Now did the math. To hit the target (assuming that tourism so far this year has been minimal) there would need to be 3.7 million tourists before the end of the year.

Just flash your vaccination card at the airport and immigration and the number is possible. Anything more and its more likely RT will present a positive story about the UK and the US.

[ChipButty]

Whats the sealed route? How are they intend to police that? people will try and push the boundaries as happened here in Phuket yesterday

[chalawaan]

Pattaya was created for humans to swap dna fragments! 

Punters face more tests than Christ's temptations in the desert

Even a semi-geriatric old soak (me) can see it will fail on so many levels it's not even funny.

Best they wake up,  accept Pandemic reality, and focus on the logistics of feeding the millions of destitute Thais that they will soon be dealing with.

 

 

Edited July 17, 2021 by chalawaan

[darksidedog]

Pure idiocy on every front.

Idiocy to consider reopening when the Covid numbers around Pattaya are skyrocketing.

Worse idiocy to believe tourists will flock in "large numbers" to somewhere with rampant Covid and a list of mad conditions longer than your arm.

As for the projected numbers and revenue, yes, you guessed it, more idiocy.

[Taboo2]

Just say the word and I will come.

[tomyami]

Right now a beautiful clean everything open puerto del carmen, Lanzarote, has over taken a deserted, derelit, filty, everything closed and rampant covid, been in both places this year already.

Threat of forced AQL and thailand been on a red list for many countries and gentleman's clubs shut <deleted> can see many of the girls online too.

I think high season 2022 might work

[Jingthing]

September 2022 if they're very lucky.

How about vaccinating the population here first?!?

What's the percentage here? It's got to be well under 10 percent.

[Jingthing]

8 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

Pure idiocy on every front.

Idiocy to consider reopening when the Covid numbers around Pattaya are skyrocketing.

Worse idiocy to believe tourists will flock in "large numbers" to somewhere with rampant Covid and a list of mad conditions longer than your arm.

As for the projected numbers and revenue, yes, you guessed it, more idiocy.

I guess they haven't heard these cliches:

 

Just not that into you.

 

Not worth it! 

[shackleton]

Why would Tourists and I refer to true Tourists come to Thailand  Pattaya ect and put up with the restrictions and  hassle of getting here  

They are talking about opening by September 

Now Chon Buri including Pattaya have now moved into the dark Red zone 

Can't see it happening 

[FarangryBirds]

Every day I check the calendar to see if it is still April 1st, and every day I am disappointed. ????

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, shackleton said:

Why would Tourists and I refer to true Tourists come to Thailand  Pattaya ect and put up with the restrictions and  hassle of getting here  

They are talking about opening by September 

Now Chon Buri including Pattaya have now moved into the dark Red zone 

Can't see it happening 

It's only happening if your brain resides in Cloud Cuckooland. 

[tingtong]

Get real!!

Correct the date, to Sept 2023...and that may just be realistic.

[Cake Monster]

21 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Whats the sealed route? How are they intend to police that? people will try and push the boundaries as happened here in Phuket yesterday

The " Route " will probably be something like

Make contact with your " welfare Guardian "in the Hotel Reception area

He / She will be easy to spot as they will have Communication Devices strapped all over them with a Satellite Dish as a Hat.

You will be taken on a Tour of all the best Shopping Experiences in Pattaya where you are obliged to empty your Wallet.

 

 

[smedly]

20 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

Pure idiocy on every front.

Idiocy to consider reopening when the Covid numbers around Pattaya are skyrocketing.

Worse idiocy to believe tourists will flock in "large numbers" to somewhere with rampant Covid and a list of mad conditions longer than your arm.

As for the projected numbers and revenue, yes, you guessed it, more idiocy.

the OP looks like it was written by a 5 year old, it is complete stupidity beyond belief - I really cannot add much more apart from the fact that pattaya is like a ghost town right now and there is no sign of that changing until they get to grips with this pandemic and get people fully vaccinated - they really need to have a reality check - this country is going down the #### fast and there is no stopping it - these baffoons are showing just that 

[smedly]

14 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

The beach is cleaner now (reverting back to nature) and there aren't many Russians here now, if that's any consolation. 

Sure it's a cesspit, but its OUR cesspit, ha ha.

and the water ?  the water is a big part of the beach

[grain]

29 minutes ago, chalawaan said:

Pattaya was created for humans to swap dna fragments! 

Punters face more tests than Christ's temptations in the desert

Even a semi-geriatric old soak (me) can see it will fail on so many levels it's not even funny.

Best they wake up,  accept Pandemic reality, and focus on the logistics of feeding the millions of destitute Thais that they will soon be dealing with.

 

 

Yes that's what I keep thinking when I read posts by monger guys who want to get back to Pattaya for P-for-P.

Guys are really going to pick up total strangers off the street or down the beach and bring them home for intimate contact? Have intercourse while practicing social distancing and wearing facemasks and face shields?...honestly the mind boggles.

[thaibeachlovers]

38 minutes ago, chalawaan said:

Best they wake up,  accept Pandemic reality, and focus on the logistics of feeding the millions of destitute Thais that they will soon be dealing with.

Actually, IMO most destitute Thais will head to the village where they can grow their own food. IMO most Thais retain links to village relatives.

I for one do not expect millions of starving Thais in the future.

[thaibeachlovers]

5 minutes ago, grain said:

Yes that's what I keep thinking when I read posts by monger guys who want to get back to Pattaya for P-for-P.

Guys are really going to pick up total strangers off the street or down the beach and bring them home for intimate contact? Have intercourse while practicing social distancing and wearing facemasks and face shields?...honestly the mind boggles.

Not everyone is prepared to go along with the official narrative.

[thaibeachlovers]

11 minutes ago, smedly said:

and the water ?  the water is a big part of the beach

IMO no farang with sense went swimming in Pattaya Bay. I always went to Jomptien if I wanted to go swimming. This century I probably wouldn't have swum there either.

[law ling]

As others have said before: just a weekly press-release offering "hope" ... and thus encouraging desperate tenants to pay a few more months rent.

 

No vaccines here, bars closed, massage is feet only, alcohol restrictions etc, etc - cannot see them turning all that around in a few weeks.

 

Correctly described above by several posters: idiocy from baffons.

[tingtong]

33 minutes ago, grain said:

Yes that's what I keep thinking when I read posts by monger guys who want to get back to Pattaya for P-for-P.

Guys are really going to pick up total strangers off the street or down the beach and bring them home for intimate contact? Have intercourse while practicing social distancing and wearing facemasks and face shields?...honestly the mind boggles.

Kama Sutra and a measuring tape?

 

As a side note: suddenly STD is a lot less concern to most.

 

 

[johng]

32 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO no farang with sense went swimming in Pattaya Bay.

This lot did !  ????

 

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thai Rath reported that the authorities in Pattaya were pressing ahead with the "Pattaya Move On" reopening to foreign tourism come September despite Covid-19 infections being severe in the country at the moment. 

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[utalkin2me]

They need to start a program where you can come over if you are vaxed. And that’s it. 
 

What that will do, hopefully, is motivate them to get their own population as vaccinated as possible in the coming months. 
 

You dont regulate yourself out of a virus. 

[utalkin2me]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

and the water ?  the water is a big part of the beach

And it’s not even “their cesspit”.