Anutin confirms reopening plan: Tourists must stay one night in place "where they can be contacted"

[gungadin1]

Fit to fly went out with the cavemen.i had one done last December when I came here.not even a consultation via video,nothing.They just sent it via email and I printed it.absolute waste of time and money and not worth the paper it's printed on.what more do they want with vaccines and PCR test etc etc.Dont deserve or want any tourists imo

 

[fusion58]

15 minutes ago, Salerno said:

I would forget about it until the official requirements are announced (it was recently dropped, can't see them bringing it back).

Man, I hope you're right - if I have to do any more tap dancing, I'm gonna make Fred Astaire look like a wallflower. ????

[SymS]

November is almost here... Less than two weeks away, and the entry requirements are still unclear.

[lapamita]

5 hours ago, fusion58 said:

I thought they did away with this requirement?

 

Why are they bringing it back now, and where the hell am I supposed to get one?

the hospital lady here , still remember me 1 year after,  with this trouble about fit to fly,when GF fly to thai with embassy flight.

HERE NO ISSUE OF fit to fly !!!

 

last year  3 day before flight back, the embassy said dont need fit to fly bcs country here not issue

[internationalism]

3 hours ago, kwonitoy said:

Canada

 

I'm flying tomorrow, have to document my vaccinations and show PCR test less than 72 hours old on the ArrivCan app.

 

If I don't it's a 14 day quarantine. Still subject to random testing in Vancouver on arrival and I have to test my 10 year old unvaccinated son after 8 days in Canada.

 

PCR tests in Udon Thani 4500 baht each for my son and me. The problem is time. Got tested Monday at 8:00am, spent about 1 and half hours watching them fill in paperwork until we got swabbed. Results available Tuesday morning so that's 24 hours gone.

 

Fly to Bangkok tonight, only two flights available. Fly out Bangkok 7:00am, now I've used up 48 hours of my 72. 

 

28 hours transit time from Bangkok to Vancouver, so in real time I'm over my 72 hour limit. 

 

The only saving grace against the clock is the international date line clicking back a day.

 

Hopefully it's the last time I step foot into an airport and a airplane in my lifetime.

in bangkok it's 2300b and same day results (do before 10am, have 8-10pm).

Hotels from 500b on agoda

[tomyami]

Long winter ahead, but few would be tempted maybe a few expats before ext runs out but new tourists no way.

After a longhaul flight a large padded nausal swab is not on my list.

I hope it another Punket and Samui failure some arrivees up and left less than half the expected = failure,

they have lost another high season and shouldnt open till they vac.

[ThailandRyan]

So can I head to my own home here in BKK after being swabbed, I am technically readily accessible where I can be contacted.  I also live less than 1km away from 3 hospitals here in Sathorn.

[Aussieroaming]

Tourists have to register or be registered at every place they reside during a holiday in Thailand, so Anutin just needs to properly enter and track the data already submitted to immigration on behalf of each and every tourist.

[jimn]

5 hours ago, JCP108 said:

They won't in the U.S. even for $150. 

Dont worry if it comes back, which I dont think it will. Dr Donna in Bangkok (Thai approved) will issue one by email. 

[RichardColeman]

Was hoping to get back the wife and normality by x-mas, but this Thailand nutcasery seems unending. 

 

The need for a foreigner to take a pcr test before arrival, be double jabbed, get health pass, PCR tested at arrival and then go out and mix with unvaccinated Thais is just daft. The tourists should be asking that the Thai people are all PCR tested twice every 3 days for their safety !

 

 

[ourmanflint]

Very happy we didn't book tickets yet for February. No way am I going to do that while all these silly and expensive add ons are still applied

[wensiensheng]

Where in Thailand is there a place that you cannot be contacted? Mobile coverage is pretty universal and most people have a mobile phone.

[Speedhump]

5 hours ago, HeijoshinCool said:

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Why the PCRs if double vaxxed....?

 

Even he does not believe the vaccines are worth a $h1+.

You are like many people who don't understand that you can be vaccinated and still carry the virus on your system. 

[TheFishman1]

Why don’t they get away with that thia pass or COE or fit to fly stuff in one day in a hotel is quarantine TIT

[HeijoshinCool]

2 minutes ago, Speedhump said:

You are like many people who don't understand that you can be vaccinated and still carry the virus on your system. 

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Nope. I was being sarcastic......

 

But thanks for the insight.

[fusion58]

12 minutes ago, jimn said:

Dont worry if it comes back, which I dont think it will. Dr Donna in Bangkok (Thai approved) will issue one by email. 

Used Dr. Donna for RT-PCR test (same day results) and FTF certificate before departing Thailand - but can she issue FTF certificates for inbound travelers to Thailand?

[Speedhump]

1 minute ago, HeijoshinCool said:

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Nope. I was being sarcastic......

 

But thanks for the insight.

Didn't read very clearly but to worry. And yes, a lot of people do need to be told that Las I understand it) vaccination is far more about saving lives than stopping the spread, although they do have some efficacy on that score. 

[yimlitnoy]

5 hours ago, fusion58 said:

I thought they did away with this requirement?

 

Why are they bringing it back now, and where the hell am I supposed to get one?

The minister again missed the point, the Thai PCR test on arrival is expensive and not necessary as already a PCR test was performed just before boarding the plane to Thailand.  It is a useless repetition of an earlier test on departure. 

 

The one day quarantine on arrival is still there, they still required an approved SHA+ hotel and those are expensive, nothing has really changed other than, I suppose since Anutin does not say, the transportation to a SHA+ hotel is now on the tourist to pay. 

 

What about the 2 required expensive insurances?  This only help the few hospitals in treatment collection and not the Thai public in general, this is money that otherwise would be better spent in helping the now suffering Thai population.  In any case I believe that if any tourist failed to pay for their treatment it is because of the hospital practice to overcharge them.  My Thai wife has been charged THB 25,000 for minor treatment following a cat bite in Koh Chang (They asked her if she had any insurance since she also now has a foreigner name) and I am regularly charged double price on my surgeries at Ramathibodi hospital.  This is the Thai way to treat foreigners in Thailand, the Thai are very nice people but their institutions are overcharging (Think double pricing...) foreigners.  They say but you are not Thai...

[internationalism]

15 minutes ago, jimn said:

Dont worry if it comes back, which I dont think it will. Dr Donna in Bangkok (Thai approved) will issue one by email. 

that's on departure. And is already included in PCR test for 2300b (that is now stheir special offer).

Thailandpass won't accept it, should be a local doctor

[jimn]

1 minute ago, fusion58 said:

Used Dr. Donna for RT-PCR test (same day results) and FTF certificate before departing Thailand - but can she issue FTF certificates for inbound travelers to Thailand?

Yes she has done 100's. She is well known on the Facebook help groups for this service.

[jimn]

1 minute ago, internationalism said:

that's on departure. And is already included in PCR test for 2300b (that is now stheir special offer).

Thailandpass won't accept it, should be a local doctor

No its not she has provided this service to people overseas for months now. She is well known for doing this on the Facebook help groups. Personal friend of mine on Facebook.

[internationalism]

3 hours ago, lolalol said:

 

I actually know of one kebab restaurant that just opened this year. 

 

I personally haven't seen a single customer buying or dining in the shop. 

 

Lately I see the restaurants' lights off in normal business hours. 

 

Maybe they really thought they could make it. 

 

Believing in all the promising forecast. 

sometimes it's just about money laundering.

Empty restaurant can claim they make 20k per day, pay tax and use money to buy houses, lands. 

same with expensive spas, beauty shops, hotels or any services.

And mafia can have another meeting point on their patch 

Edited October 19, 2021 by internationalism

[RichardColeman]

11 minutes ago, Speedhump said:

You are like many people who don't understand that you can be vaccinated and still carry the virus on your system. 

I guess you like many people also fail to see the chances of you getting covid between getting a negative PCR test whilst fully vaccinated and then flying on a fully tested vaccinated plane load are actually ridiculously slim !

 

PCR test - or any test - the other end is total nonsense 

[Lingba]

This place is a joke and this guy is <deleted>

[Isaan sailor]

…said the guy who brought in SinoVac…

[RichardColeman]

You can see it now - Headline 10th November.

 

'Concern shown by hotel and restaurant businesses as tourists fail to arrive for high season as promised'

[crazykopite]

Your average tourist is not going to come with all these restrictions so you can kiss the peak and high season goodbye Mr Anutin 

[sandyf]

6 hours ago, bdenner said:

This BS is not only applying to Tourists! I have a Thai friend returning from the UK early next month, she is fully vacced and had to jump through all the hoops as well as prepay a 7 day quarantine hotel booking. On hearing of the one day thingy she contacted the hotel for confirmation = they were very vague but stated she would not be getting a full refund on the unused days!

How on earth can the hotel confirm something that hasn't been approved. Some are so impatient they take media articles as legislation.

The point about refunds is spot on. I had to book and pay for 15 days which was then reduced to 7, got about half the refund I should have been due.

[jcojco]

6 hours ago, HeijoshinCool said:

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Why the PCRs if double vaxxed....?

 

Even he does not believe the vaccines are worth a $h1+.

As far as protecting against covid, the "relative protection" announced is said between 65% and 95%, but what's called the "absolute protection" is only 1% to 5% depending on the manufacturer. Have a look at the scientific literature. 
And so it doesn't guarantee not getting sick, to limit viral load, nor transmission.  MAybe because it is not the main purpose of these trial injections ... let's wait and see what happens next ...

[Speedhump]

15 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

I guess you like many people also fail to see the chances of you getting covid between getting a negative PCR test whilst fully vaccinated and then flying on a fully tested vaccinated plane load are actually ridiculously slim !

 

PCR test - or any test - the other end is total nonsense 

"I guess you.... "

https://umcmri.com/what-countries-need-covid-pcr-testing-to-enter-their-country/