45 minutes ago, ThomasThBKK said:

How?

You are from Australia aren't you?

you aren't even allowed to leave your own country

As already stated.you can but how to get back. Over 40 thousand still stuck OSStill  2 week expensive quarantine on return and still building at least 2 new detention facilities. Forget ozzie tourists.

How about opening the country up for the local population (Bars, restaurants, entertainment) prior to letting everyone in then many more people may be interested in coming.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The UK and the US are high risk but also qualify because of the number of vaccinations done in those nations.

bull <deleted> - this is just an excuse not to shut out major tourist sources.

 

even if only 1% of the population were vaccinated you still can't enter thailand without being vaccinated.

 

If there's no 7 day stay needed in an sha plus hotel, but pcr test is still needed on arrival, how will they monitor people who are returning to their homes?, as there's no way they are going to sit in their own house for 8 hours whilst waiting for the results!!

1 hour ago, webfact said:

...Three stipulations for visitors will be having had two jabs of vaccine, RT-PCR tests before and after arrival...

 

1 hour ago, 2long said:

Sweden? ????????

 

also, as I have mentioned in another thread, what happens if you come with friends or family and have already tested NEGATIVE before your departure but you (just one of your couple or group) test POSITIVE upon arrival? This just cannot work!

Or perhaps one member of the group will break one of their high heels, the end of the world as we know it for the whole group. Perhaps they could all walk with no shoes to show compassion and togetherness.  But I'm sure TAT would give them free flip flops so they can at least walk to the bus. 

 

Or perhaps if only one tests positive the authorities will just ignore it rather than see tears.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Andorra, Australia, Bahrain, Czech Republic, Dominica, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malta, Moldova, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Qatar, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Taiwan, Uruguay, Barbados, China and Croatia

If I see these countries I am wondering how many tourist came when everything was "normal" . The living standard in some countries is very low and other countries are so small.. It looks more like a way to show : look how good we are to open for these the countries for the Thai people but it is nothing than hot air...

1 hour ago, puck2 said:

No word about CoE.

It would have been very useful to say: yes or no.

 

 

And... the (scam) of the special "medical insurance" with "100 00 USD"...

 

A good and easy money source...

1 hour ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

without  any test except vaccine cert, 

The problem is even if you been vaccinated.you can still be a carrier . As stays on clothes ect surfaces for a long time.. vaccine is to hopefully stop YOU.getting covid bad ..you can still get it but not hopefully bad enough to die....

Roll the dice PM, and good luck........

1 hour ago, puck2 said:

No word about CoE.

It would have been very useful to say: yes or no.

 

 

Agreed, that COE is a big deterrent as well......

1 hour ago, 2long said:

Sweden? ????????

 

also, as I have mentioned in another thread, what happens if you come with friends or family and have already tested NEGATIVE before your departure but you (just one of your couple or group) test POSITIVE upon arrival? This just cannot work!

forget couple or group think of full plane passengers and crew, all go into quarantine (at their own expense), how much would the government make.

Limited testing, virus totally rampant, fudged numbers, ineffective vaccines for Thais, risk of arrest for a hands on drink with a tart.

 

Yep all are welcome aboard the Thailand COVID winter wonderland express.

2 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

Speak for yourself as I'll be there asap if all I need is PCR test on departure and arrival 

the test before departure is a given and at that point if you happen to test positive you are safe in your own country so no big deal

 

If you test positive on your arrival in Thailand what then ?  - in fact the test in Thailand should be done several days after arrival for it to be of any use 

Wowww. Dominica, population of 72,000 ????

Probably never ever someone of this island has visited Thailand.

What's about Vatican city?

1 hour ago, Cherrytreeview said:

Joke.

Unlikely, they will get 70% fully vaccinated by end of the year.

Efficient is the last word i would use about Thailand's vaccine deployment.

It's about 6 months to a year behind the rest of the world.

and nearly all of the 32% currently vaccinated got sinovac which means by now they may as well consider them as unvaccinated

15 minutes ago, smedly said:

the test before departure is a given and at that point if you happen to test positive you are safe in your own country so no big deal

 

If you test positive on your arrival in Thailand what then ?  - in fact the test in Thailand should be done several days after arrival for it to be of any use 

Feel free to lock yourself away and don't go anywhere. Me, I want to get on with living life again and therefore a PCR test on arrival is fine with me ????

1 hour ago, Geoffggi said:

How about opening the country up for the local population (Bars, restaurants, entertainment) prior to letting everyone in then many more people may be interested in coming.

they are not ready for that lol

 

that is pretty much how stupid this is and something I have said many times

 

If they cannot open up to locals how on earth do they think they are ready for foreign tourists

 

90% of Pattaya city is shuttered and in darkness with no alcohol in restaurants and a curfew still in place - with the virus raging across the country - it is stupidity beyond comprehension

 

fully open locally first

1 hour ago, CARLO BALDASSARRE said:

That's just bad luck an you will quarantine mate ...

I agree,m from Norway and we are on the list.

1 hour ago, PST said:

If there's no 7 day stay needed in an sha plus hotel, but pcr test is still needed on arrival, how will they monitor people who are returning to their homes?, as there's no way they are going to sit in their own house for 8 hours whilst waiting for the results!!

the moment you set foot in Thailand you should have the same status as a local - this is the stupid error they keep making - one test before departure and that should be it done and dusted

for my 2 cents Ireland 90% fully vaxed highest in EU seeing some on that list way down.

most going will be single travellers expats returning, families are unlike to bring there young to a 33% vaxed country.

so pickings will be slim, come jan probably have to incentify travellers COE is a high enough barrier for many that will impact numbers surely they know or are they that thick/stupid

San Marino (a tiny Italian enclave) in and Italy out? Joke of the year 

And Canada not on the list despite 82% 12 & older fully vaccinated, 72% total population vaccinated.  While USA less than 60%.  Thanks Pray.nut. U Idi.ot

9 minutes ago, smedly said:

they are not ready for that lol

 

that is pretty much how stupid this is and something I have said many times

 

If they cannot open up to locals how on earth do they think they are ready for foreign tourists

 

90% of Pattaya city is shuttered and in darkness with no alcohol in restaurants and a curfew still in place - with the virus raging across the country - it is stupidity beyond comprehension

 

fully open locally first

90% shuttered??? Pattaya is open but for bars and a beer with a meal. Your from? 

52 minutes ago, CANSIAM said:

Agreed, that COE is a big deterrent as well......

And in particular the mandatory 100k USD COVID insurance prerequisite which, I fear, is unlikely to be going away any time soon as it is proving a nice little money earner for the TGIA membership.

18 minutes ago, Jerno said:

And Canada not on the list despite 82% 12 & older fully vaccinated, 72% total population vaccinated.  While USA less than 60%.  Thanks Pray.nut. U Idi.ot

Im from Norway..we are in the list..what i dont understand is why Sweden..denmark..finland is NOT on the list.

I am missing Liechtenstein and Vaticancity on the list as Swaziland an Solomons Islands and so on... all countries with no so much Covid

25 minutes ago, smedly said:

If they cannot open up to locals how on earth do they think they are ready for foreign tourists

 

90% of Pattaya city is shuttered and in darkness with no alcohol in restaurants and a curfew still in place - with the virus raging across the country - it is stupidity beyond comprehension

 

fully open locally first

Totally spot on !how can they be that moronic?

 

Is it simply motivated by extreme greed and not wishing to lose face and accept they are over year behind in dealing with Covid and the lucky amulets wont give Thailand pandemic immunity?

Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia..Very high incidence rate, above 500 per 100 K

The list is made up by amateurs.

 

 

21 minutes ago, stigar said:

Im from Norway..we are in the list..what i dont understand is why Sweden..denmark..finland is NOT on the list.

And central european countries(Slovakia, Slovenia) plus Lithuania, with very high incidence rate are.

The list is made by amateurs.

Thais, including journalists, have no knowledge about the outside world.