Thailand’s Public Health Ministry Provides Guide for Foreign Visitors

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has provided a guide for travelers planning to visit Thailand under the pilot reopening schemes, like “Phuket Sandbox”, “Samui Plus” and “Phuket Sandbox 7+7 Extension”.

 

Under the program, eligible Thai returnees or foreigners must be 18 years old and above and should have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, which have been approved by Thailand or the World Health Organization, at least 14 days before arrival. COVID-19 vaccines approved in Thailand are CoronaVac, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Janssen, Moderna, Sinopharm, and Sputnik V.

 

Travelers to Thailand should also have all made advance arrangements, which include a Certificate of Entry (COE) issued by a Thai embassy or consulate, a COVID-19 health insurance policy with a minimum coverage of US$100,000, confirmation of an “SHA Plus” hotel booking and a medical certificate with a negative RT-PCR test result issued no more than 72 hours before departure.

 

Under the 7+7 Extension scheme, tourists arriving under the “Phuket Sandbox” program can travel to specific destinations after spending their first seven days on Phuket. These destinations are Koh Samui, Koh Pha-Ngan and Koh Tao in Surat Thani, Koh Phi Phi, Koh Ngai and Railay Beach in Krabi, Khao Lak, Koh Yao Noi and Koh Yao Yai in Phang Nga.

 

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[RotBenz8888]

10 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Health Ministry has provided a guide

To point out that nothing has changed? 

[AnotherFarang8]

Thanks but no, thanks. I think i will learn me some Spanish and go check the Caribbeans, they are pretty relaxed there. Thailand will have to wait until next year.

[tomacht8]

Isn't that the job of the tourism authority?

[mark131v]

I have a feeling the printing presses wont be overly exerted with this and it will be easy enough for TaT and the embassy to have a 1 to 1 chat with the 16 people planning to take the gamble....

 

 

[ThailandRyan]

Will the guide be holding their hands as they navigate the restricted areas such as closed bars and the inability to have a drink with dinner, unless it is room service.

[Rohe60]

4 hours ago, AnotherFarang8 said:

Thanks but no, thanks. I think i will learn me some Spanish and go check the Caribbeans, they are pretty relaxed there. Thailand will have to wait until next year.

Thats a pretty good decision!
I've been to the Dominican Republic in June this year. At that time I just had the first shot of BionTech.
Conditions for entry:
- passport valid for at least 6 months
- filling out an online entry form

Thats it.
No bureacratic nightmare, no expensive test orgy, no quarantine (light).
And its really remarkable that a poor country like the Dominican Republic is able to vaccinate its citizens while rich Thailand is performing so bad........
As of 8/29 and 8/30: Dominican Republic 42.3% completely vaxxed, Thailand 11.12% completely vaxxed
Sources: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/dominican-republic

[MrJ2U]

"Thailand’s Public Health Ministry Provides Guide for Foreign Visitors"

 

That should be a guide avoided.

 

None of them knows what the others doing.

[RichardColeman]

Wife and daughter are safe, we have enough money, we talk on video every day, I'll wait until this nutcasery is over before returning.

 

Keep these demands up much longer and they can just about write off the rest of this year and Q1 next year. Poor are about to get poorer, more businesses close, more homeless and more on the poverty line

 

 

[captnhoy]

That's just a partial guide. How about the list of what is not open or allowed? And perhaps a price list with a focus on the required testing once you are there?
And yet I am still standing by with the slimmest of hope that it will improve greatly so I can escape the coming arctic blasts

[ftpjtm]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Travelers to Thailand should also have all made advance arrangements, which include a Certificate of Entry (COE) issued by a Thai embassy or consulate, a COVID-19 health insurance policy with a minimum coverage of US$100,000, confirmation of an “SHA Plus” hotel booking and a medical certificate with a negative RT-PCR test result issued no more than 72 hours before departure.

Keep your guide and let me know when all this is no longer required. 

[Gsxrnz]

Does TAT realize they just made Thailand R18 ?

[stigar]

But they open restaurants in dark red sones and thais dont even need i to be vaccinated to come and eating.Here we go again..let the tourist pay like allways..Im so sick and tired of this.Now i understand why my thai exwife allways talked about money.The thai goverment learned her.

[klauskunkel]

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Thailand’s Public Health Ministry Provides Guide for Foreign Visitors

They put it down in writing? Not very smart...

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has provided a guide for travelers planning to visit Thailand under the pilot reopening schemes, like “Phuket Sandbox”, “Samui Plus” and “Phuket Sandbox 7+7 Extension”.

Stay away from locals, that should cover most things!!

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, AnotherFarang8 said:

Thanks but no, thanks. I think i will learn me some Spanish and go check the Caribbeans, they are pretty relaxed there. Thailand will have to wait until next year.

Or three.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

Isn't that the job of the tourism authority?

No one believes anything the tourism authority say's.

[djayz]

If I were planning my holiday, there is no way I'd want this much hassle in addition to all the other arrangements. 

[hioctane]

I’ve been to DR once and Colombia twice. Bored. I haven’t been back to LOS in 2 years. Time to return in October.

[thailand49]

Old news from another old fool,  extensive list now if the leaders would only apply that same standard at their own borders we wouldn't be having the outbreak.

[LittleBear57]

34 minutes ago, hioctane said:

I’ve been to DR once and Colombia twice. Bored. I haven’t been back to LOS in 2 years. Time to return in October.

Thailand will be very boring still in October. No alcohol in restaurants bars all closed and all the other nightlife and curfew of course. Personally although not a drinker this is perhaps the most boring time of my life here in Thailand.

[DUNROAMIN]

Did'nt they forget must Shower 3 times a day.

[nobodysfriend]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Under the program, eligible Thai returnees or foreigners must be 18 years old and above ...

Forget about about families with kids then ...

Sometimes I think they are living in the clouds , no feet on the ground ...

If they so desperately want to attract foreigners to come to Thailand , much less bureaucrazy is needed , or they have to pay every tourist a bonus for taking the risk of a potential infection with Covid transmitted by thais .

[smew]

Forget something: What and no covid tests every 3 days at tourist expense at rip-off Bkk hospitals at 6000baht per test

[brommers]

I believe there is no truth in the rumour that it says Thailand Guide for Dirty Farangs! But that is the attitude of the Minister of Health and we will never forget his foul mouthed racist utterances.

[jacko45k]

20 minutes ago, DUNROAMIN said:

Did'nt they forget must Shower 3 times a day.

Yes, a quick whiff from my armpit before shower #1 is my daily Covid test too!

[Chongalulu]

1 hour ago, hioctane said:

I’ve been to DR once and Colombia twice. Bored. I haven’t been back to LOS in 2 years. Time to return in October.

Prepare for even greater boredom then. It will not be like you remember 2 years ago ..

[Chongalulu]

Another high season is lost with concomitant economic consequences. The longer an industry remains dormant the greater the chance when potential demand arises the patient is no longer breathing.

[smedly]

While Thailand continues to treat the fully vaccinated as a risk this is going nowhere, it makes no sense.

 

There is a massive shift in policy going on right now as experts review how this pandemic will play out, I suggest everyone watch Dr John Campbell's latest youtube video 

 

The primary goal now is to keep people from getting sick and hospitalised through effective vaccination, the focus is no longer on stopping people getting the virus as they have concluded that it is not possible, they are shifting away from mass testing as it is no longer relevent in countries that have vaccinated most of their population, they now believe vaccinated or not everyone will at some point will get this virus - they cannot stop it

 

The above of course applies to countries with an effective vaccine deployment which right now is not Thailand.

 

Thailand needs to stop focusing on the vaccinated and focus on those not vaccinated and that includes and more importantly tourists, drop the stupid rules and restrictions and get your own population vaccinated should be primary at this point, the landscape is changing - if you are going to invite tourists to Thailand then lock them up and gouge them for money then that is a non starter - this virus is no worse than the flu to those that have been vaccinated - that is were we are at it seems, so vaccination is now primary in order to get back to any semblence of normality   

[SymS]

TAT new slogan: "Thailand: no kids allowed, enjoy your holidays in peace!"