TAT eyes travel bubble with South Korea - China on radar too

[MrJ2U]

China is not going to be open to tourism with Thailand for the foreseeable future.

 

China is promoting domestic tourism and that's contributing to there economy.

 

Chinas not going to take the chance of getting some "Thailand variant" circulating in there country by allowing a few million tourists to visit.

 

Not worth the risk no matter how much groveling this junta does. 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 20, 2021 by MrJ2U

[Anton9]

China is not even issuing new passport to their citizens.

I don't know how they come up with this ridicolous idea

[Albert Zweistein]

14 hours ago, chalawaan said:

Unless they get EXTREMELY efficient in terms of processing visitors post-pandemic, they do not have a snowballs chance in hell.

 

The vast economic tourism fallout now underway will lead to more unrest, and more unrest will lead to more bad press, on top of the bureaucratic tourist nightmare they created to pointlessly "stop the plague".

 

I think many tourists will opt for Kabul or Beirut over Pattaya as the next happening hotspot.

Haiti is also in the picture.

[Taboo2]

In case anyone did not pay attention, Xi Xi Pings said that no Chinese will travel to the levels of pre-Coivd until after the Chinese Olympics and Elections next year.

 

So, any bubble will have to wait until Summer 2022.

 

 

[alyx]

15 hours ago, Blumpie said:

This has been regurgitating.  For a YEAR AND A HALF!!!  

Hence...again 

Actually they had dropped the ball to replace it with a resounding  120 day deadline to open the country....whatever this may mean

[fusion58]

Ages & Stages: How Children Use Magical Thinking

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[charmonman]

This is the most deluded statement in a long time from the TAT; not an easy task. Why would South Korea agree to allow Thais in without quarantine in this travel bubble arrangement? Bubbles for brains more like it.

[ChC1]

China is not only refuse issuing passports to its citizens, it recently outlined a new strategy to rob the rich to give to the poor. Thailand needs to pay attention to what its neighbour is doing. Because, if that strategy is successfully implemented, all Chinese would be the same rich or same poor, and guess who would have the spare cash to come to Thailand, or worse, for what purpose (my guess is illegal immigration)? 

 

Sometimes I wonder if Thai politician actually read any real newspaper or watch any real news, it appears that they often do not understand what is going on around them. Always wishful thinking, yet the whole Europeans and Americans with more money ready to travel Thailand seems do not know how to attract them. Xenophobia o what?

 

Critical thinking is one of many skills lacking within Thai politicians. 

[ExpatOilWorker]

TAT, please call 02-888 8888, it is Kasikorn's call center, they have some news for you.

[Heng]

Cool.  A couple weeks in South Korea this winter would be nice if Japan isn't open yet.  Sleigh bells ring, are you listening... ????

[Sticky Rice Balls]

22 hours ago, sanmyintmaung said:

You can already enter with out ASQ if you are vaccinated by using Phuket sandbox. You don't need any travel bubble agreement.

No way am I going to that Rock....rather do the BKK Hilton

[Sticky Rice Balls]

19 hours ago, wombat said:

when have you not been?

just checking to see if Im still being stereotyped despite covid and biting the hand that feeds....

[Sticky Rice Balls]

On 8/19/2021 at 9:36 PM, law ling said:

Thailand seems to refuse to come to grips with the enormity of the current crisis ... ostriches and sand come to mind.

Thai logic comes to my mind...sigh