An energy drink sits on a bar on Bangla Rd. Photo: The Phuket News

 

By Chutharat Plerin

 

PHUKET: Key tourism figures have welcomed the move to allow alcohol to be served and consumed in restaurants across the island, and to allow live music to be performed in venues, saying the easing of the restriction removes one of the barriers preventing tourists from coming to Phuket.

 

They also look to the measure, which came into effect last Friday (Oct 1) as a stepping stone towards allowing pubs and bars across the island to reopen.

 

Thanusak Phungdet, President of the Phuket Chamber of Commerce noted that the move to allow alcohol to be sold, even though only until 10pm, came after long-standing pressure from Phuket’s business community.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/return-of-nightlife-entertainment-boost-hope-for-phuket-tourism-81642.php

 

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instead of banning alcohol they should ban all singers.. Every one who thinks that he/she can sing is singing in a bar with so much noise that a conversation is impossible and it is terrible to listen to....Ban all live music

If vaccination works, and is the way out of the pandemic - as lately news articles states - then with a high enough full vaccination rate of the local population in a sandbox, and only vaccinated people are let inside a sandbox, both foreigners and domestic travellers, there should be no problem in fully reopening a sandbox, i.e. no tests, no face masks, no restrictions, and business as usual.

 

According to WHO there were 44,549 deaths in Thailand caused by influenza in 2018 - so far there are 17,607 registered Covid-deaths - will Covid then be worse than influenza when almost everybody is vaccinated?

Nightlife resumes with no bars open............righto.

13 minutes ago, KarenBravo said:

Nightlife resumes with no bars open............righto.

Just a joke right. Who is going to fly 10,000 kms for that ?

1 hour ago, khunPer said:

If vaccination works, and is the way out of the pandemic - as lately news articles states - then with a high enough full vaccination rate of the local population in a sandbox, and only vaccinated people are let inside a sandbox, both foreigners and domestic travellers, there should be no problem in fully reopening a sandbox, i.e. no tests, no face masks, no restrictions, and business as usual.

 

According to WHO there were 44,549 deaths in Thailand caused by influenza in 2018 - so far there are 17,607 registered Covid-deaths - will Covid then be worse than influenza when almost everybody is vaccinated?

It’s my view also. If vaccinations rates are 90% plus as they claim, what’s the point of keeping restrictions? Maybe face masks should be encouraged but other than that, vaccinations should render restrictions unnecessary.

 

that’s in Phuket of course, the rest of Thailand still faces the vaccination challenge.

When I reported here about Bangla open for business in this way 1Oct, all the “ experts” here slammed me as that was “ illegal “ and Police “ didnt know” and to “ read Governor Notice properly”. No, it wasnt / Yes they did./ Already Read & Understood.

Then told by friends that Bangla was “closed by Police” for three days” (2-4 Oct).

Why would it have been then ? Confusion all round again harming tourist businesses.

2 hours ago, KarenBravo said:

Nightlife resumes with no bars open............righto.

Or closed by 10pm?

3 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

It’s my view also. If vaccinations rates are 90% plus as they claim, what’s the point of keeping restrictions? Maybe face masks should be encouraged but other than that, vaccinations should render restrictions unnecessary.

 

that’s in Phuket of course, the rest of Thailand still faces the vaccination challenge.

Face mask is a huge problem for at least Europeans - some might not come at all, if that kind of device is mandatory to wear - Europeans have had mass demonstrations against face masks.

2 hours ago, khunPer said:

Face mask is a huge problem for at least Europeans - some might not come at all, if that kind of device is mandatory to wear - Europeans have had mass demonstrations against face masks.

Coz Europeans finally understood that the masks don't do anything good.

But Asians love their masks ( already prior to the Chinese Virus ) and are sheeple.

12 hours ago, Henryford said:

Just a joke right. Who is going to fly 10,000 kms for that ?

I do but not to Thailand.