Over 23,000 apply for Thailand Pass under ‘Test and Go’ on first day of its resumption

[Zack61]

17 hours ago, madmitch said:

At least two (my daughter and I)!

Another 3 here

[stigar]

And their rude enougth start sharing news that US say that philipines is a wery high risk country to travel to now..almost the same they warned about going to vietnam last year.Then thailand said dangerous because of foodpoison.

[SimonRoget]

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Here we go again, daily numbers on every aspect of a tourist.

T.A.T must be really desperate to share these figures as a daily breakdown.

 

The desperate cry for more milkcows shows a profound weakness in the way the economy is built. It almost amounts to begging those who have money to come and spend it there. 

[stigar]

And bookings to Rhodos.greece and Mallorca goes up 150% compared to last week.

Denmark fully open..norway fully open from 17th..sweden soon fully open..finland open 1st march and many other countries in europe.And thailand is so proud of 23.000 bookings..omg!!!!

They really dont understand that people is aware of what can happend if they go to thailand.Its been alot of warnings in the news about their testing and people ending up in hospitels.Anyway they still dont get it.

[Dennis Raybould]

12 hours ago, smedly said:

I really hope they know what they are letting themselves in for

 

 

test positive day 5 and you are in a whole pile of expensive hurt 

 

it really beggers belief that people would subject themselves to this 

 

oh and if you are on a flight with someone that tests positive .......................good luck with that 

 

 

I bought a ticket to come for songkran but if they don't do away with the fifth day quarantine I won't be coming

[mar zarych]

2 hours ago, Charlie Halliday said:

A little birdie told me yesterday that Thailand may well drop all entry restrictions by April. Not holding out too much hope but there really is no other solution if this place is to have a chance of economic recovery. 

Yes, just in time to sweat your brains out while its Springtime in Paris !

[aussiexpat]

1 hour ago, Cake Monster said:

23,660 have only applied for a Pass.

That does not mean that 23, 660 will actually book any kind of Holiday in Thailand.

Did you miss the fact that to apply for a Thai Pass you must have already booked and paid for 2 nights hotel, airport transfers, 2 PCR test and your flight (required for hotel booking)

[hotchilli]

42 minutes ago, SimonRoget said:

The desperate cry for more milkcows shows a profound weakness in the way the economy is built. It almost amounts to begging those who have money to come and spend it there. 

My thoughts exactly, with that and sending vocational students to Saudi to work and send well needed monetary support back home.

PM will say he cured the unemployment problem but hey, they can spin anything.

Thailand is cash-strapped except for the chosen families.

 

[josephbloggs]

17 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

First the naysayers claim that nobody will come to Thailand, now they say that anyone coming will be forced to go to a hospital, or that too many are coming.

 

Naysayers be naysayers.

 

They can just post that they aren’t happy, every single day. Much easier.

I think a miserable sub forum for that would be great so each day they could just start a single post and it only needs to say "Today I still hate Thailand, I still hate my situation, I still find negativity in everything" then there would be no need to clog up every single other news story with the same sentiment.

[thailand49]

Still predicting and dreaming!????

[edwinchester]

1 hour ago, micmichd said:

I'm not a tourist, I live here (as a pensioner in Pattaya) . And I don't intend ever to go back to  GerMoney. 

Then you don't have to negotiate Test and Go. Unfortunately the millions of tourists who previously contributed about 20% of Thai gdp do and it is very obviously putting many of them off to the severe detriment of millions who rely on tourism for their income.

[trainman34014]

Terrible mistake in numbers..TAT would have said 23 Million and another 50 million within two weeks !

[jacko45k]

30 minutes ago, Dennis Raybould said:

I bought a ticket to come for songkran but if they don't do away with the fifth day quarantine I won't be coming

How is it a quarantine... ? I thought it was simply a test.

[scotsdude]

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

If being stuck in a miserable cold UK town, with all the political and PC BS, and had been there some time, I certainly would. But of course not for a holiday.... a longer stay. 

Who mentioned the UK? Far better countries in the Europe to reside.... 

[connda]

19 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

How many more would come if there was no requirement other than a negative Covid-19 test to board the plane or on arrival in Thailand?

 

A hell of a lot more than are coming now.  That seems to bypass the logic of the simpletons at the top.

[jacko45k]

5 minutes ago, scotsdude said:

Who mentioned the UK? Far better countries in the Europe to reside.... 

I did......

As a non-EU member, I thought my options had recently dropped...Portugal gets mentioned, I always liked Spain.... but if those European Countries are so great why are there so many of them in the UK? Even the Afghans want out of France into UK!

 

[daveAustin]

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

If being stuck in a miserable cold UK town, with all the political and PC BS, and had been there some time, I certainly would. But of course not for a holiday.... a longer stay. 

Get that, but there are loads of places to choose from sans huge hassle factor. 

[connda]

1 hour ago, stigar said:

And bookings to Rhodos.greece and Mallorca goes up 150% compared to last week.

Denmark fully open..norway fully open from 17th..sweden soon fully open..finland open 1st march and many other countries in europe.And thailand is so proud of 23.000 bookings..omg!!!!

They really dont understand that people is aware of what can happend if they go to thailand.Its been alot of warnings in the news about their testing and people ending up in hospitels.Anyway they still dont get it.

Western-mind vs Thai-mind.

Western-mind comprehends the economic damage of two years of draconian regulations and eases up to stimulate the economy; 
Thai-mind revels in the draconian regulations as status conscious elites love nothing more than making the commoners submit and conform and dance to their dictates and whims, and as far as the economy?  As long as the Wealthy and Connected benefit by gouging "Rich Foreigners", who cares about the economic suffering of the little people?

[stigar]

9 minutes ago, connda said:

Western-mind vs Thai-mind.

Western-mind comprehends the economic damage of two years of draconian regulations and eases up to stimulate the economy; 
Thai-mind revels in the draconian regulations as status conscious elites love nothing more than making the commoners submit and conform and dance to their dictates and whims, and as far as the economy?  As long as the Wealthy and Connected benefit by gouging "Rich Foreigners", who cares about the economic suffering of the little people?

Ur rigth.Western countries makes you feel ur welcome without just speaking about money everyday.

Everytime thailand mension tourism its about trillions of bath.They will never ever think about something else.

[HashBrownHarry]

13 hours ago, smedly said:

oh and if you are on a flight with someone that tests positive .......................good luck with that 

Why? pls do tell us what happens?

 

Have you been through the Thai Pass process?

[thisisrascal]

Oh great, I applied for the Thailand Pass for the Phuket Sandbox on 23 January and I’m still waiting on them to review my application. 

[sezze]

20 hours ago, madmitch said:

At least two (my daughter and I)!

 

18 hours ago, edwinchester said:

At least 10, my 2 daughters and their families back in the UK.

Just got off the phone with one of them and they're definitely not coming under the current entry conditions.

I would come also , In fact if it was PCR test and insurance alone i would be on my way pretty fast . Now i am aiming for May/June , in the hope that regulations are PCR test on day 1 alone .

[itsari]

20 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Many want to come.  Expats living here but I bet mostly, men who are single or have gotten divorces during Covid and are sick of the females appearance/attitudes in their countries and now wanting to enjoy time/start a new life here.

Back log of  disillusioned caucasian tourists could lift the baht to record highs 

[VBF]

14 hours ago, smedly said:

I really hope they know what they are letting themselves in for

 

 

test positive day 5 and you are in a whole pile of expensive hurt 

 

it really beggers belief that people would subject themselves to this 

 

oh and if you are on a flight with someone that tests positive .......................good luck with that 

 

 

And there's the bottom line!   Any tourist who visits Thailand now must be either desperate or completely ignorant.

For returning "residents" / those with family / business, it's still a major gamble, IMO.

[BKKTRAVELER]

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Is that what happened last time the test and go was introduced? It is not my recollection. And this time the requirements for the return trips have been eased for many countries. 

Doing 3 tests and doing 2 separate quarantine short stays doesn't sound attractive for most tourists who come for a few weeks (which is most real tourists). And they'll probably have to do a 4th test upon coming back home for many countries. We'll see.

[BKKTRAVELER]

Just now, BKKTRAVELER said:

Doing 3 tests and doing 2 separate quarantine short stays doesn't sound attractive for most tourists who come for a few weeks (which is the case for most real tourists). And they'll probably have to do a 4th test upon coming back home for many countries. We'll see.

 

[darbyman]

3 hours ago, Zack61 said:

Another 3 here

Another 2

[Marco100]

3 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

Did you miss the fact that to apply for a Thai Pass you must have already booked and paid for 2 nights hotel, airport transfers, 2 PCR test and your flight (required for hotel booking)

And your 50.000 $ insurance wich will not pay you the Hospitel fees ....

[Marvest]

Test and Go version 2 does not seem to be well implemented.  However, the goal of the new Test and Go program is not to encourage a high volume of tourism.  It is to reduce the possibility that tourists bring and transmit COVID.  This measure will cost the tourist industry.  News flash - The Thai government realizes that.  The Thai government is signaling with significant long-term investments in infrastructure they want to transform the economy away from low-end tourism toward a more developed economy and exports.  Although this will take years, there are already signs it is working.  In the last year, the Thai economy grew without the return of tourism and exports rose sharply.

[The Hammer2021]

21 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

First the naysayers claim that nobody will come to Thailand, now they say that anyone coming will be forced to go to a hospital, or that too many are coming.

 

Naysayers be naysayers.

 

They can just post that they aren’t happy, every single day. Much easier.

There are some who aren't just naysayers but have other characteristics. They define themselves as not being 'Thai apologists' not being 'in denial' not 'wearing rose tinted spectacles'..lol..They live in fear  of being bashed by Thai men and getting ripped off..555