Thailand hopes to welcome tourists to Bangkok, top cities next month

[DrJack54]

12 minutes ago, rott said:

I wish someone would inform this spellcheck programme that there is no apostrophe in a plural. Continually correcting it becomes tedious. 

Only thing more tedious..... grammar police.

[fusion58]

On 9/10/2021 at 5:58 AM, webfact said:

While visitor numbers are not expected to be high, they are anticipated to be high capacity visitors.

"High capacity visitors?" What the <deleted>? ????

[fusion58]

31 minutes ago, rwill said:

 

Are they going to have escorts to make sure they don't go into areas of Bangkok not listed for them?

You mean, like, will they borrow a page from China's playbook? ????

[Will B Good]

33 minutes ago, rwill said:

 

Are they going to have escorts to make sure they don't go into areas of Bangkok not listed for them?

Areas popular with visitors?

 

I imagine he is thinking of art and culture, whereas most will be thinking..........??

[Scrotobike]

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

I realize that. I could obviously see that post. Of course there are many 7/11 open and most have not gone under. That's not the point.

 

Take a walk up Soi 8. The place is stuffed. Two 7/11,s gone. The subway joint gone. The big Hotels several closed. 

This thread is about foreign tourists coming to Thailand.

Earlier poster stating that he soon finishes quarantine and is going to Pattaya. I would love to know what he intends to do there. It's buggered.

Maybe he has a friend there waiting for him.....

 

[DrJack54]

1 minute ago, Scrotobike said:

Maybe he has a friend there waiting for him.....

 

Long way to come and pay for quarantine just for a <deleted>.

Hope his friend is aware of his trip.

[khunpa]

It is beyond my understanding why they do not focus 100% on domestic tourism and forget about foreigners for now. 
 

Let double vaccinated Thais and Expats travel internally as they want. Provide them with great holiday deals to get the ghost-towns back to life.

 

Once things are back to life, foreigners will be much more interested in coming.

[rott]

39 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Only thing more tedious..... grammar police.

If you read my post I was mentioning the spellcheck habitually inserting an apostrophe in a plural. Not policing anyone's grammar but my own. 

 

You are welcome to find me tedious but I just like to get the facts straight.

[club]

So if you live in northern Thailand like me and have lived here for 11 years . I guess i am out of luck when I return from USA fully vaccinated with negative test in Dec. Still have to quarantine for 14 days?

[DrJack54]

5 minutes ago, khunpa said:

Let double vaccinated Thais and Expats travel internally as they want. Provide them with great holiday deals to get the ghost-towns back to life

What is double vaccinated rate currently? Think about 15%. 

Which ghost towns are you referring to? Most places need some entertainment to attract folk both Thai and farang. Not a lot open currently. 

 

[DrJack54]

6 minutes ago, club said:

So if you live in northern Thailand like me and have lived here for 11 years . I guess i am out of luck when I return from USA fully vaccinated with negative test in Dec. Still have to quarantine for 14 days?

You would think that by December quarantine would not be required. 

 

[EricTh]

I wonder whether there will be a flip flop and plan change again.

 

Thailand should only open the country when herd immunity has been reached.

[webfact]

Five Thai provinces are set to reopen to foreign tourists on October 1

 

Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP

 

Bangkok, Chon Buri, Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Chiang Mai are set to reopen to foreign arrivals on October 1st, following the successful implementation of the first phase of the “sandbox” scheme in the southern provinces of Phuket, Krabi, Phang-nga and Surat Thani, Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said yesterday (Wednesday).

 

For the second phase of the “sandbox” scheme, he said that preparations have been made in the five provinces, such as mass vaccinations of people and promotional campaigns to attract tourists.

 

For the next step, which is the third phase of the scheme, he said that 21 provinces will be reopen to foreign tourists. These include Lamphun, Phrae, Nan, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai and Sukhothai in the North; Udon Thani, Nong Khai, BuengKan and Ubon Ratchathani in the Northeast; Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi in the western region; Rayong, Trat and Chanthaburi on the eastern coast; the central province of Ayutthaya and the southern provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Ranong, Trang, Satun and Songkhla.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/five-thai-provinces-are-set-to-reopen-to-foreign-tourists-on-october-1/

 

 

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[smedly]

4 hours ago, rott said:

An hour ago I had a cup of coffee from one in Soi Post Office (13/2 to the know nothings) I could have had a cup from the one on the corner of 2nd Road. So if that is having a laugh then yes I am. 

aren't you the one 

[Charlie Halliday]

Keep dreaming.. We all know nothing works other than  unrestricted travel and zero form of quarantine. As usual the govt will go ahead with their plans regardless of advice foreigners offer. Their scheme will fail miserably and another high season will have passed without any visitors. Perhaps by next season they will finally accept opening means no restrictions. 

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

new daily infections soared in August to as high as 23,000

when the last "wave" started in july i told a friend the numbers will "rise" until

they will "peak" in mid august and than will start a decline towards october, when

the tourist season will have to open . surprisingly, i was right onthe dot !!

[Peterphuket]

14 hours ago, Wildliferescue said:

Not sure what to laugh about more, the comment or your “UKrules”!!! Hahaha

Do you have time to give comments now, Edwin?

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

only be able to travel over sealed or flexible sealed routes,

what means sealed route?

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

high capacity visitors

what means high capacity visitor?

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

what means sealed route?

 

what means high capacity visitor?

Sealed route.....get on the bus and don't get off.

 

High capacity visitor.......one capable of carrying a high charge (pun)

[Kadilo]

2 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

I realize that. I could obviously see that post. Of course there are many 7/11 open and most have not gone under. That's not the point.

 

Take a walk up Soi 8. The place is stuffed. Two 7/11,s gone. The subway joint gone. The big Hotels several closed. 

This thread is about foreign tourists coming to Thailand.

Earlier poster stating that he soon finishes quarantine and is going to Pattaya. I would love to know what he intends to do there. It's buggered.

Why are you so bothered about why other people want to go somewhere.? 
 

Some people can live without the subway on Soi 8 

[Scrotobike]

8 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

what means sealed route?

 

what means high capacity visitor?

Just more "high" class reporting without meaning lets call it flubble reporting.

 

[CamaroZL1]

 

A bit too optimistic I think,

 

With that low rate of vaccination I feel its more prudent to start January 2022 and spend the next 2 and a half months vaccinating as many people in BKK as possible, however Im not sure if Thailand have the supply to do it.

And the thought of only certain areas of BKK being available. How is this going to be policed?

 

Madness

 

[VBF]

14 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

So go to Thailand and undergo tests  despite having proof of vaccination) under “certain criteria”-what ever the **** they may be- and then return to your home country and face weeks of quarantine?

 

You have got to be madder than a sack of syphilitic plague rats to think that is going to attract tourists. 
 

Shine on you crazy diamond. 

Or if you prefer......

 

 

[brucegoniners]

So here's my question. Besides this generating a lot of money for the country, what's the difference between a person coming here as a tourist and someone who lives here returning?

 

If they can have these "sandbox schemes" and not require quarantine for fully vaccinated people, then they can allow Thais and foreigners who live in Thailand to return without quarantine.

 

Doing anything else would be insane.

[ChomDo]

14 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

What sort of things make a nice holiday for you? 

Not many on my list would be available currently in Thailand. 

 

You're right. I agree to that. I wouldn't expect much out of 2 weeks in Hua Hin but last year I spent 15 days in a BKK ASQ and not willing to do that after getting two vaccines already. I'm not sure if they would really open some kind of Bangkok Sandbox on Oct 1 , but that would mean staying in a hotel for 2 weeks instead of my own house. In that case I'd better explore some other town wether it's HuaHin, CM or Phuket. 

[Mickmouse1]

Hope, why not...10,000s other cities around the globe also HOPING.

[jippytum]

Anyone who belives the numbers are decreasing and locations should open at this time are fooling themselves and not being realistic. 

[Mavideol]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

Bangkok's reopening would be partial, however, starting with areas popular with visitors,

just curious as how the heck they will be able to do that.... does the virus knows barriers/borders, I know it's a smart virus but .... 555

[FritsSikkink]

16 hours ago, sungod said:

Usual doom and gloom.

 

Difficult to find a 7/11 open, pull the other one.

 

Things are shut as no one is here, if people come, things will open.........

 

 

No alcohol and a curfew, going to be a great holiday.

[VBF]

2 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Only thing more tedious..... grammar police.

One thing yet more tedious....people who criticise others for pointing out failures that need to be fixed!