TAT boss: quarantine remains for 1 day to test all visitors, no going back to old tourism pub scenes

[Bernietravelling]

Well, if I translate that to my own wording, what’s encoded behind the smoke screen of a politician‘s wording, that means:

 

1) We decided, to fully concentrate on the Chinese and Indian high volume market and use the time until they open up to prepare for that. 

 

2) Our target group there will be families with kids making 1, maximum 2 week holidays

 

3) Our announced opening for western countries is only intended to dull the Thai „low class“ and keep them quiet 

 

4) We will strive to direct the inflow of tourism money to the investments of us big shots

 

5) To keep the money in our big resorts, we will further „All-Inclusive“-offers with food and (soft) drinks, so that they never go outside the fence. Additional activities will be offered as high price packages, subcontracted at rock bottom prices

 

 

Good luck with that!

 

Seems, they never came outside their Thai HiSo bubble, 

 

and observed the constantly rising group of young Chinese FIT (frequent independent travelers) in Chiangmai … also those are partying and drinking like crazy. *)

He also never observed, what’s pulling young, well earning Indians to Pattaya …

 

 

 

*) forgetting, what was making Chiangmai popular among Chinese - the movie „Lost in Thailand“ aka. a soft version of „Hangover“

 

[Almer]

52 minutes ago, sirineou said:

Absolutely right. All this is politicians talking, let's wait and see. 

IMO though, the test upon departure, then test again on arrival, is not a bad idea, What else can they do? Have people come here untested? And it's not a one day quarantine, It is a way to get the test results back. If this thing is even mildly successful,  there would be thousands of tests, no way those can be done and returned in less than 24 hrs. Rabid tests are unreliable with too much false negatives and positives. Other countries had such a system with good successes.

The covid insurance is idiotic IMO, I read the Covid results every day and it seems that There are an average of 10,000 cases per day and only a couple of doen are from outside the country, if that's the case it would be cheaper IMO for thailand to absorb that cost , than to lose tourists because of it. Someone needs to do a cost/benefit analysis on the covid insurance issue.  

The threat is from within, given a choice of having an evening meal with 10 unknown tourists or 10 unknown Thai’s I would take the former.

[Eric Loh]

Not trying to defend the idiot but no sensible person will think that he is taking aim at an industry that contribute more than USD5.5 billion a year to the overall economy. Something must be lost in translation or misunderstood that he is aiming to deal a body blow to Bangkok's global reputation as a city with a booming nightlife scene. Post covid, there need to be innovations to preserve the nightclub businesses and the policies on attracting higher end and family tourists will close some bars and nightclubs that don't fit that image.    

[Chelseafan]

What is the point of the 1 day quarantine ?
 

 

[sapson]

Xenophobic billionaire lunatic totally detached from reality in complete denial and delusion.

[morrobay]

2 hours ago, Tonypandy said:

 Do they think these type of people will accept eating and drinking in a 1 star establishment looking out at all the wires in the street and paying 5 star prices for the privilege? Mmm let's wait and see

And will even mid level tourists want to share an indoor/outdoor restaurant with one corner hi-jacked by a moto taxi crew. 

[monty1412]

I for one applaud this.... and the reason is simple.. given TAT's past in getting everything 180 degrees wrong then if they are forecasting the dark old  days are over and TH will become a paradise for Mum , Dad and the 2 rug rats then one can expect debauchery in the streets.. TH will become like those Biblical cities  Sodom and Gomorrah ( unfortunate resemblance to other words which do sort of fit in here)..... keep on with the forecasts TAT for they portend well for a return to the good ole days with vengeance.

[chiman]

For those familiar, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA did this back in the early 90s.  All the night clubs moved to Miami Beach and the rest is history 

 

 

[Midwit]

Thailand was built on mass tourism. I’m sure all of these high class tourists will want to step in dog <deleted> on the sidewalks, fall into a hole that was covered by a thin piece of wood, smell the aroma of a local klong or enjoy the trash on any vacant lot or street. High end tourists don’t want to deal with the realities of Thailand. They can still fly in, have a car take them to their private resort and enjoy life that way. They can do this in other countries and Thailand is old hat to most anyways. 

[relax33]

6 hours ago, Enzian said:

The puritans in government see the pandemic as a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform their shame about the "lower orders" into an image of glowing virtue. But reality will intervene, as it always eventually does.

Talk is Cheap, wait till the folks in the tourism industry knock on him to compensate them for lost wages n revenue ...
He's probably been fed on a silver spoon too long n become too detached from reality  ..
His vision is good, but its probably dished out 20 years too early ...

[smudger1951]

5 hours ago, ukrules said:

He just announced the death of Tourism in Thailand. It's over.

 

He's far too dumb to realise it just yet but that realisation will come, probably some time in January 2022 once everyone who's conned into coming here realises that it's one of the worst places to go for their winter trip.

 

RIP, final nail, etc, etc.

You need to go back and look at what Kobkarn Wattanavarangkul the Sports and tourism minister has said. She has wanted to do away with the party scene in Pattaya. A puritanical zealot.

[bolt]

6 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

My 3rd UK jab will be due after 25th October. I think I'll get the 3rd, wait a month and see what happens. Far as I am concerned nothing has really changed. The health pass appears to be the COE in all but name and my own opinion it will end up just causing holiday chaos as much as the COE.

 

If I have to miss X-mas with the wife and kid, so be it. I'll let the rest if the eager beavers iron out the new system and see the comments here !

 

You do realise if you really really wanted to go and see your wife and kids you can go to Thailand today.

Its 7 days in AQ quarantine or Sandbox, you’d be out before the 1^st of November

 

I guess you really don’t want to go and see your wife and kids

[bolt]

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

"...how are they going to test, put up the thousands of tourist arriving daily."

 

Nice point, the authorities will be hoping that tourists arrive after 1 Nov in large numbers. 

 

Some will be families, some groups of friends and many will be singles, all of whom need to stay in a hotel for 1 night before moving on with their holiday plans/travel/accommodation. 

 

Will they we required to stay in one of the authorized ASQ etc., hotels or just any hotel?

 

Will they all have some type of electronic tracker/locator fitted? Does the government have the tools/equipment/manpower to fit the tracker/locator and monitor it for 24 hours and who will recover the tracker/locator after 24 hrs?

 

So new arrivals have to do a full swab PCR test on arrival then go to a quarantine hotel. So imagine a traveler/family etc., arrive at swampy at 8:00 am and by 9:00 am their swab(s) have been taken and off they go to a quarantine hotel.

 

Then at say 6:00 pm same day they get an e.mail 'negative'. Can they now leave the quarantine hotel, or do that have to always stay overnight, even though they've already got a negative report? 

 

I stayed in Phuket sandbox, and we were allowed out as soon as negative result came back, so same day 

[sirineou]

30 minutes ago, Almer said:

The threat is from within, given a choice of having an evening meal with 10 unknown tourists or 10 unknown Thai’s I would take the former.

So would I .

IMo given all the hoops we have to jump through to get here, we are certainly the safest people in the country as far as covid is concerned. 

[ChipButty]

24 minutes ago, morrobay said:

And will even mid level tourists want to share an indoor/outdoor restaurant with one corner hi-jacked by a moto taxi crew. 

Now its Grab riders as I saw in a coffee shop the other day 

[JohnHans]

So, just like Singapore then?

Singapore has the phrase attributed to it; "A graveyard with lights"!

What will tourists call Thailand? perhaps "An ugly graveyard without lights"! 

[overherebc]

50 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Tourist.  Do you have a wine you could suggest to go with the meal?

Waiter/Waitress.

The red one sir.

Waiter.

Would you like soda water and ice for your red wine sir?

[drenddy]

If I remember correctly, the Azores did the same last year, test on arrival and quarantine until result, but at their expenses, not tourists?

 

Anyways, I expect thais live up to their reputation and we shall see ASQ 1 night starting from 10000 THB...That would be nice.

 

And...I would like to ask TAT to stop dreaming about so called high quality tourism.Never gonna happend, because Thailand is a 3rd world country, endemic corruption, double pricing.

They don't have the stamina for being a high quality destination.

 

[kevc]

There's only one word to describe Thailand.....confused.

[stigar]

BALI open yesterday...they also just want quality toursts the said.5 days wuarantene.

Not allowing backpackers who they calling parasites.

[kevc]

If they want only high end tourists why spend millions transforming Khao San Road, can't see many hi end tourists spending a night there.

[sirineou]

2 minutes ago, stigar said:

BALI open yesterday...they also just want quality toursts the said.5 days wuarantene.

Not allowing backpackers who they calling parasites.

That's tough, with me and you here, there is only so many quality tourists remaining  to go around, 

[Harveyboy]

8 hours ago, Enzian said:

The puritans in government see the pandemic as a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform their shame about the "lower orders" into an image of glowing virtue. But reality will intervene, as it always eventually does.

idiots ain't got a clue

[Danderman123]

While they argue, 1000s of visitors with November 1 flight dates can’t get permission to enter Thailand.

[Harveyboy]

8 hours ago, Enzian said:

The puritans in government see the pandemic as a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform their shame about the "lower orders" into an image of glowing virtue. But reality will intervene, as it always eventually does.

not got a clue

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, Chelseafan said:

What is the point of the 1 day quarantine ?

Quarantine hotel owners want a return on their investment.

[Harveyboy]

8 hours ago, Enzian said:

The puritans in government see the pandemic as a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform their shame about the "lower orders" into an image of glowing virtue. But reality will intervene, as it always eventually does.

not got a clue

[Harveyboy]

no bars..no club's no girls..no fun  NO Thailand

 

 

[ArcticFox]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

TAT boss rules out going back to the old Thai tourism formula of crowded bars and nightlife. He insists the kingdom is instead pursuing a higher quality, more family-friendly market.

TAT boss affirms that Thailand is driving a golden stake through the heart of the Thai tourism industry as it embraces a new model targeting the wealth of rich foreigners which is to be shared among wealthy Thais who will provide expensive services and costly goods to well-heeled visitors.  Excluded from the new plan are the 90% of the foreigners who made up pre-Covid tourism as well as the large numbers of small business and average Thais who benefited from lower priced markets aimed at normal, average, regular people.

TAT's New Normal - 
Thai Tourism By The Wealthy For The Wealthy (commoners be da*med)

Feel free to use that slogan Sak. 
 

Edited October 15, 2021 by ArcticFox

[RafPinto]

They must have a great deal with some hotel owners;

 

 

TAT boss: quarantine remains for 1 day to test all visitors, no going back to old tourism pub scenes