Businesses in Thai border town mulls “sandbox” scheme to lure Malaysian tourists back

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The private sector, in Thailand’s border district of Sadao in Songkhla province, is to propose the “Dan Nok Sandbox” scheme to the governor, to reopen the commercial town to arrivals from Malaysia, tentatively in November.

 

An advisor to the association of business operators in Sadao district, Suthiphong Sitthipataraprapha, told Thai PBS that businesses in the commercial district have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years, resulting in more than 80% of the businesses, which depend heavily on tourist arrivals from Malaysia, being shut down.

 

He said that, in Malaysia, 31.8 million doses of vaccines have been administered so far, with 41.7% of its population being vaccinated, adding that 70% of the people in Malaysia are expected to be fully inoculated by the end of October, which will coincide with the Thai government’s target date for the reopening of the country to foreign arrivals.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/businesses-in-thai-border-town-mulls-sandbox-scheme-to-lure-malaysian-tourists-back/

 

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[klauskunkel]

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Businesses in Thai border town mulls “sandbox” scheme to lure Malaysian tourists back

"Sandbox Brothels" are the answer. You can stop mulling now.

[chilly07]

Ludicrous! Thailand is nowhere near that level of vaccination. Until it is it's risking Thai lives by importing potential superspreaders! Being vaccinated does not mean you don't carry the virus!

[impulse]

19 hours ago, chilly07 said:

Ludicrous! Thailand is nowhere near that level of vaccination. Until it is it's risking Thai lives by importing potential superspreaders! Being vaccinated does not mean you don't carry the virus!

There's already potential super spreaders in every area of Thailand.  Keeping out vaccinated and tested tourists from Malaysia is not making Thai people safer.  Just poorer, with 80% of the tourist oriented businesses shut down.

 

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