SURAT THANI, Dec 24 (TNA) – Crowded planes were landing on Koh Samui as Thai and foreign tourists were arriving on the southern island for their year-end vacations.

 

As many as 22 flights were scheduled to land with over 2,000 visitors today alone. Bangkok Airways had to operate extra flights to serve the traffic.

 

All Thai visitors must be fully vaccinated and pass body temperature screening. Visitors arriving on international flights must show their full vaccination documents and pass RT-PCR tests. Thanks to the strict disease control measures, Koh Samui has rarely detected COVID-19 cases.

 

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There were 6 flights the other day with total of around 360 people on them so hardly booming ! ????

5 hours ago, webfact said:

All Thai visitors must be fully vaccinated and pass body temperature screening. Visitors arriving on international flights must show their full vaccination documents and pass RT-PCR tests. Thanks to the strict disease control measures, Koh Samui has rarely detected COVID-19 cases.

Welcome to Omicron in January, enjoy your profits while they last... 

save wisely.

Here's to hoping the taxi mafia doesn't fleece them too badly

I have friends who live on Samui, and they tell me things are picking up a bit. Anything is better than nothing. The locals sure need it. Good news! 

Thailand should consider all those foreign arrivals as the last of Mohicans as past the this holiday season, not many will be coming if this Omicron business will continue to wrack havoc with tourism...

and than there is a topic of the triple chance to get infected in airplanes.....So good news for Samui, bad news for the infectiongrade in a few days 

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Thailand should consider all those foreign arrivals as the last of Mohicans as past the this holiday season, not many will be coming if this Omicron business will continue to wrack havoc with tourism...

It's rather the Government and his silly decisions than Omi destroying the businesses

Welcome to the biggest rip off air flight in Thailand............

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

I have friends who live on Samui, and they tell me things are picking up a bit. Anything is better than nothing. The locals sure need it. Good news! 

Yes there is definitely a surge of tourists here and we business owners & employers staff all need it, for most it has been a very difficult 2020 & 2021. We just hope that the authorities see some sense and keep to the word of the PM that Thailand once opened will not close!!!!

It will be Omicron-Central by next week. 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Thanks to the strict disease control measures, Koh Samui has rarely detected COVID-19 cases.

That is not true...

 

24th December

Samui +14 new cases 
Phangan +4 new cases

Koh Tao, no data

Source: Kohmui.com

 

Compared to approximately 90.000 people living on Samui, then 14 cases would equal more than 10.000 daily cases if compared the to nations population of 70 million people.

 

The number daily new Covid-19 cases has within the last month jumped up and down between 4 and 69 new daily cases, equaling about 3.000 to more than 50.000 new daily cases if it's relative based on the whole population of Thailand.

 

Source link HERE.

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Crowded planes

Any social distancing???????

2 hours ago, paul1804 said:

We just hope that the authorities see some sense and keep to the word of the PM that Thailand once opened will not close!!!!

He's already broken that pledge by shutting the test and go option. For every 1000 via the test and go, I'd imagine you may get 20-30 on a 14 day quarantine

13 hours ago, ezzra said:

Thailand should consider all those foreign arrivals as the last of Mohicans as past the this holiday season, not many will be coming if this Omicron business will continue to wrack havoc with tourism...

...And in month the end of the high season.

11 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

He's already broken that pledge by shutting the test and go option. For every 1000 via the test and go, I'd imagine you may get 20-30 on a 14 day quarantine

He could be referred to as the man who breaks pledges, never keeps a promise, including the one about turning over the government to civilian rule, and steals happiness from the people. Altogether a miserable man and a truly horrible choice as a leader. 

Most planes landing in Koh Samui may be crowded but that is the reason to wear your KN95 or N95 masks and

do not take them off during the short 1 or 2 hour flight. With the risk of COVID, I would not be relaxing and

eating and drinking without the mask on any shorter flight than 5 hours. Safety first.

  Seasons Greetings to all.

On 12/25/2021 at 12:58 PM, Burma Bill said:

Any social distancing???????

Flew Samui to Utapao on Sunday, crowded no social distancing, five minutes line in security check