6 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

is today  a public holiday in thailand? and tomorrow too? and after tomorrow?

today yes, tomorrow no, Wednesday yes.

Phuket Sandbox: Nearly 10,000 tourists so far - US/Brits top list spending 70,000 baht each .

 

Fake news ,I don't believe a word of this.

2 hours ago, Millcx said:

And I am 100% with ya on that buddy .. 70k each 55555555555555555 … Nearly chocked on my egg and sausage soda this morning 55555555555

That's an awful lot of ice-creams for the kids eh ?

5 hours ago, stevenl said:

No. You have to spend 14 days on the island before being allowed in country onward travel, but you're allowed out any time.

Onward travel ?  is it possible ? you fly from Phuket to Bangkok but what then ? as I write there are no in country flights . Many bus companies have stopped working and of the remaining some refuse to take farangs  and that leaves taxis and some of them will not take farangs . Don't know about the trains . I am waiting to return as a retiree with a pre-approval coe app but I will not be going under the current limitations i.e. no bars , cannot get a beer in your hotel , same in a restaurant after 9 00 pm . On top of all this there are all the qualifying papers to acquire   i.e. covid insurance , health insurance , vaccination certs , passport details , re-entry permit , flight details , hotel booking details , pre-booking of 3 pcr covid tests , pre-flight pcr covid negative test report ,   all aforementioned to be uploaded to the Thai embassy website and hope that you are in compliance with no mistakes having already paid for flights , hotel , covid tests and insurance .

I cannot imagine having too many tourists wanting to have a holiday in Thailand which is bordering on becoming a red zone country , whereby tourists will have to quarantine on their return to their home country . But for returning expats , with families , I can understand it is a way forward but why the ban on alcohol and bars where guys who have been double jabbed can have a chin wag and spend money ?

So so tired of hearing & reading about the Phuket Sandbox.............................is that all there is in the news today?

 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The much heralded reopening to foreign tourists scheme has now nearly been going a month after it began with a red carpet to the first arrivals on July 1st.

 

In that time there has been nearly 10,000 tourists, said Thanakorn. 

Meanwhile more than 10,000 domestic tourists, who would have spent the same amount of money per day, have cancelled their plans to visit Phuket and other destinations in the area transitting via Phuket airport, due to the constantly changing test requirements for domestic travellers. We have now for the second time cancelled a planned trip, as the required clean Covid tests are hard impossible to find and are valid for only 7 days 3 days.

8 hours ago, shdmn said:

But the doomers here said it was failing, nobody was coming, it was turning into the zombie apocalypse.  Island of Dr. Moreau etc.  How could this be?  Is it possible the doomers are talking our of their spincters?

If you believe the TAT guy and his far fetched story, I have ocean front land I'd like to sell you in Kansas..

3 hours ago, chang1 said:

£120 a day for hotel and food is cheap? You must have stupidly expensive tastes, if a couple can't easily live on over £200 a day. Our hotel is about £550 for 15 days including breakfasts for the 3 of us. Another 25000 Baht for tests still leaves plenty for something with the rice. 

You still haven't replied to an earlier question as to why you are coming to Phuket, are you an expat returning to Thailand with your family, you say above there are 3 of you, or are you totally braindead and coming for a holiday ?? If you are an expat then I fully understand, as a tourist...................

38 minutes ago, Derek B said:

So so tired of hearing & reading about the Phuket Sandbox.............................is that all there is in the news today?

 

The Pattaya sandbox is coming soon something to look forward too.

8 hours ago, Greenwich Boy said:

I have a mate currently in the sandbox. He does not live full time in Thailand but does have a wife and property here so he is definitely not a standard 'tourist' I would guess he would be typical of many there at the moment.

You know this for a fact only folks coming have been here in the past. It doesn't matter whats happening there will always be people who come to visit.

12 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

The Pattaya sandbox is coming soon something to look forward too.

Impossible, everytime it rains the sand gets washed away ????  ????????

9 hours ago, webfact said:

"Many plan to go to Chiang Mai and Bangkok next". 

And catch the dreaded Covid there!

22 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

The Pattaya sandbox is coming soon something to look forward too.

I don't see how it can work, Phuket is easy, you get in by a couple of bridges, air, or boat.  Pattaya has a couple of main roads and a s**tload of small ones.  OK, they could control all of them if the police did their jobs.  What's the chances of that?

 

"Many plan to go to Chiang Mai and Bangkok next". 

 

I'm trying to wrap my head around this.  Can you just cruise around in Bangkok as if people weren't literally dying in the streets?

 

Change Mai.  Are there flights?

 

This government and its priorities are upsidedown.

 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Derek B said:

So so tired of hearing & reading about the Phuket Sandbox.............................is that all there is in the news today?

 

Thats it.

 

9 hours ago, shdmn said:

But the doomers here said it was failing, nobody was coming, it was turning into the zombie apocalypse.  Island of Dr. Moreau etc.  How could this be?  Is it possible the doomers are talking our of their spincters?

Watch a few popular YouTubers in Phuket.  It's DEAD.  I was watching Thailand Tony.  You can see some of his explorations from this week.

 

Saying that its absolutely beautiful without the crowds.  I'd love to play out the Pandemic in a resort by the beach.

This is meant to be a news article, not a comic strip.

I think they must have got Diane Abbott to do the maths on this one  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

10 hours ago, shdmn said:

Well that settles it.  You doomers are never wrong.  ????

Take off your blinkers , thoroughly examine what is claimed ( moving on to Bangkok and Chiang Mai !!! for example) , note the obvious flaw in TATS projected figures ( as pointed out by Asean now ) then take an anti propaganda vaccine.

6 minutes ago, joecoolfrog said:

Take off your blinkers , thoroughly examine what is claimed ( moving on to Bangkok and Chiang Mai !!! for example) , note the obvious flaw in TATS projected figures ( as pointed out by Asean now ) then take an anti propaganda vaccine.

Your responding to a troll unfortunately, and his views are set in concrete. We are all doomers in his eyes.

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Are Chinese allowed to travel outside China?

Don’t think so unless deemed necessary. Plus there were reports a lot don’t want to travel as there is 3 week quarantine and they fear covid in other countries due to variants and seemingly in China they have it under control ????

10 hours ago, shdmn said:

Where do you get yours? If you had any.

You are obviously a resident of Phuket and a business owner .

Could you please give a detailed report of your hugely increased revenue since the beginning of July.

Asking for a friend whose business revenue on the island this month has been zero.

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Your responding to a troll unfortunately, and his views are set in concrete. We are all doomers in his eyes.

Yes I know , just having some fun lol.

10 hours ago, shdmn said:

Well that settles it.  You doomers are never wrong.  ????

Hi, do you work for TAT?

1 hour ago, moe666 said:

You know this for a fact only folks coming have been here in the past. It doesn't matter whats happening there will always be people who come to visit.

The fact that I said ' I guess he would be typical' would rather imply a personal opinion and not a statement of fact. What do you reckon?

Spending 70,000 each. That includes the flight and hotel accommodation !

 

10 hours ago, madmitch said:

The TAT calculator strikes again. None of the figures add up, even the basic ones.

 

On another point, a friend was playing beach volleyball with a group of younger Swedes yesterday: Sandbox tourist who've been here for ten days. They'd intended staying much longer but have already changed their flights to go home earlier as there's nothing to do away from the beach: no bars, no clubs, few restaurants.

 

 

Young Swedes playing volleyball.......happy memories !

1 hour ago, Xonax said:

Meanwhile more than 10,000 domestic tourists, who would have spent the same amount of money per day, have cancelled their plans to visit Phuket and other destinations in the area transitting via Phuket airport, due to the constantly changing test requirements for domestic travellers. We have now for the second time cancelled a planned trip, as the required clean Covid tests are hard impossible to find and are valid for only 7 days 3 days.

With everything closed any no place to play many people actually save.

Domestic tourism is just money spent in one place that would be spent in another.

Populations have set discretionary income for entertainment. This has been shown again and again.

In the US private interests lobby for public money to build sports stadiums, spouting the benefits.  It is corrupt. Except for Game day no visitors to nearby entertainment zones. 

 

 Foreign tourists parachute hard resources from abroad that is why various countries covet them.

4 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

European short haul has yet to  get going ,long haul will be years behind

Thailand was kicked off the EU safe list on July 18th so that is a huge chunk of the 'farang' market.