Air ‘travel bubble’ arrangement between Thailand and India in the works

[fulhamster]

So which government minister owns the factory that produces the straws ??

[fulhamster]

I would have thought that, as soon as the first Indian tourist tests positive and is incarcerated, the rest will seriously reconsider their travel plans.

[mjakob007]

3 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

I thought I registered the other day that they were trying to do something with China and with China’s strict entry into the country I really don’t think that would ever happen Lol TIT

This is how our strategists work:

 

They looked at the largest group that visited in 2019. Chinese - make a bubble, forgot to check out if China would let their people out!

 

India being the second largest population, would have been a natural target group. but forgot that most of them have been accepted by Dubai with limited conditions for the past 12 months and there is a smaller slice left to come here.

 

This is what happens when strategists take ONLY our needs into consideration, and not looking at what the counterparty wants.

 

Someone has already got their calculators out.

X & Y number of Chinese and Indians,

Z number of PCR tests @ 3000 a pop,

 P number of 1 day T & G,

Q number of 5th day T & G.

ZZZ number infections and hospitEls beds, fully occupied

 

All in all - 5 trillion baht opportunity.

 

 

 

 

Lets make a committee to study and travel to find more

 

 

Edited February 12, 2022 by mjakob007

[Harveyboy]

1 hour ago, micmichd said:

Sorry to tell you, but India has a middle class, too. And many like Thailand. 

sorry never seen any..oh yes maybe the guy always trying to sell me a tuxedo on a nice 40° degree day on second road....suppose he's middle class eh...ha

[elgenon]

14 hours ago, Cherrytreeview said:

I have no doubt that Thailand's idea of "travel bubble" will be very different to other countries interpretation of it.

Just like Thailand's quarantine free entry includes the day 1 and day 5 testing bonus with the prize being an escorted trip to a chosen incarceration centre.

Then it's pay up for your care and hope that your insurer covers the cost.

I would remind readers that as omicron is on the increase in Thailand, day 1 to day 5 self isolation might be a good idea.

What fun.

 

Is there a description somewhere of what the "travel bubble" entails? I clicked the link and there was no description.

[RandiRona]

20 minutes ago, Harveyboy said:

sorry never seen any..oh yes maybe the guy always trying to sell me a tuxedo on a nice 40° degree day on second road....suppose he's middle class eh...ha

Brother, may be you didnt get a chance to meet one but they do exist. They are around 121 million, more than double of total population of Thailand. I copied relevant portion below. Remeber China and India has a big slice of middle income group which neighbouring countries target.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/482584/india-households-by-annual-income/

As of 2016, about 121 million households in India belonged to the middle-income bracket earning a gross annual income between 7,700 and 15,400 U.S. dollars. This figure is expected to grow up to 140 million households by 2025, thus making India's middle class a large entity of the total population in terms of wealth and standard of living.

[Lemonltr]

43 minutes ago, mjakob007 said:

And droves of Indians WONT come until Nightlife opens up.

 

And if the target is only high end ones, there are limited number of that category that would come to Thailand. most of them head west.

 

 

 

Indians won't come unless the girls offer  "buy one, get one (guy) free" 

[AhFarangJa]

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

It's amazing how many foreigners live in Thailand and can't spell the name of the currency. It really isn't that hard. It's only four letters.

Exactly, I mean it is hardly rocket science. So easy to remember..........BART, there, not so hard........

[Marvest]

I know... Thailand should create an air travel bubble with every country!

[JayClay]

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

It's amazing how many foreigners live in Thailand and can't spell the name of the currency. It really isn't that hard. It's only four letters.

I mean, it's probably just a typo/autocorrect to be fair, and I'm sure I've done it once or twice myself in the past. But I just couldn't resist the pun on this occasion ☺️

[paul1804]

Another waste of time on mostly low spending tourists, these morons just dont see the big picture do they. And I suppose a travel bubble will allow these "high" spending Indians to side step some entry rules given their value to Thai tourism!!!!! 

I used to frown when people on this forum criticised the Thai authorities but now I see exactly why they do it. Sure let the Indians come but under the same conditions as others otherwise why impose extra restrictions on others if they are not needed!

Right now a travel bubble with some European & Scandinavian countries would make much more sense, come mid year a travel bubble with Southern Hemisphere countries with a reputation for frequenting Thailand should be their next focus!

Given that many countries are relaxing restrictions and opening up now knowing that most of their restrictions did more damage than good & not that most will admit this but it will force Thailands hand to follow or sink!

[steven100]

sorry Thailand ,   Indians are not know for spending big ....   they will share a bottle of Leo outside 7-11 

[spidermike007]

It makes total sense to a rational mind to select a nation that has been in the top ten in daily cases, and top 5 in daily deaths recently, to create a bubble with. I can see the great scientists, doctors and intellects of this great and formidable nation are hard at work.

[Bangkok Barry]

57 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

It's amazing how many foreigners live in Thailand and can't spell the name of the currency. It really isn't that hard. It's only four letters.

Exactly, I mean it is hardly rocket science. So easy to remember..........BART, there, not so hard........

Not to be confused with .... ????

 

[Darrren]

Still talking about bubbles.. Time to stop the fear - it’s doing far much damage than the virus. Open the borders, vaccinate the vulnerable. Let’s get back to the old normal. 

[Burma Bill]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

an air “travel bubble” scheme between Thailand and India,

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

It's amazing how many foreigners live in Thailand and can't spell the name of the currency. It really isn't that hard. It's only four letters.

Auto correct in many cases.

[bullseye66]

So the high end tourism drive was short lived? Surprising.????????????

[Harveyboy]

4 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Brother, may be you didnt get a chance to meet one but they do exist. They are around 121 million, more than double of total population of Thailand. I copied relevant portion below. Remeber China and India has a big slice of middle income group which neighbouring countries target.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/482584/india-households-by-annual-income/

As of 2016, about 121 million households in India belonged to the middle-income bracket earning a gross annual income between 7,700 and 15,400 U.S. dollars. This figure is expected to grow up to 140 million households by 2025, thus making India's middle class a large entity of the total population in terms of wealth and standard of living.

ok mate i bow down to your recherche..they exist ok ...but i still don't meet them here ..just seems to be the ones blowing their snot onto the pavement or gobbing it everywhere..i suppose thats pattaya for you eh ..

[Harveyboy]

4 hours ago, Lemonltr said:

Indians won't come unless the girls offer  "buy one, get one (guy) free" 

1 girl for 10 ..sharing is cheaper eh 

[BusyB]

8 hours ago, Zack61 said:

Day 1 and day 5 testing is like playing Russian roulette with 2 bullets in the chamber. <deleted> who wants that on a 2-3 week holiday?

Who wants the chance of a 100k bill even on a six month holiday?

Got better things to do with my time and money than be harassed like that.

[BusyB]

Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble ...

What is their deleted problem?

[it is what it is]

 

travel bubble? who's doing travel bubbles, they are so 2021! it's 2022 don't you know? in europe, and other countries around the world, travel restrictions are falling like nine pins. come on thailand, get with it!

[tigerbeer]

21 hours ago, Harveyboy said:

ok mate i bow down to your recherche..they exist ok ...but i still don't meet them here ..just seems to be the ones blowing their snot onto the pavement or gobbing it everywhere..i suppose thats pattaya for you eh ..

u obviously hang out in really low places in little nasty sois. the kind of sois where most horny drunk westerners hang out at. try going to the 5 star hotels where they the real traveling indians hang out at. or take a trip to Dubai, Zurich, Paris where Indians spend a lot of money at. 

Edited February 13, 2022 by tigerbeer

[buick]

On 2/11/2022 at 7:16 PM, RandiRona said:

Brother, may be you didnt get a chance to meet one but they do exist. They are around 121 million, more than double of total population of Thailand. I copied relevant portion below. Remeber China and India has a big slice of middle income group which neighbouring countries target.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/482584/india-households-by-annual-income/

As of 2016, about 121 million households in India belonged to the middle-income bracket earning a gross annual income between 7,700 and 15,400 U.S. dollars. This figure is expected to grow up to 140 million households by 2025, thus making India's middle class a large entity of the total population in terms of wealth and standard of living.

just to add some data points to the above.  i saw in a separate article today (in the paper we cannot post links to), that 1.9 million indians arrived in 2019 and spent an average of seven days in thailand spending 44,000thb.  so call that 1,300USD.  i don't think india has a large income tax (5% ?) and i'm sure it is tiered like many countries.  so maybe one can rely on these middle income people retaining the vast majority of their gross income.  just to throw out a cost estimate, maybe $200 for the r/t flight and $30/nt for hotel (x7) puts you at about $400 for flight and hotel.  i assume some indian tourists can survive on 1,000thb/day (or less) so add about another $200.  so that's $600 for a semi budget type trip.  the lower end of the income group might not make the trip but it seems feasible for the higher end of the group.  if the travelers were mainly the wealthy class, i have a feeling the average spend would be alot higher so there must not be alot of them as a percentage of that 1.9 million.

[Harveyboy]

On 2/13/2022 at 11:36 AM, tigerbeer said:

u obviously hang out in really low places in little nasty sois. the kind of sois where most horny drunk westerners hang out at. try going to the 5 star hotels where they the real traveling indians hang out at. or take a trip to Dubai, Zurich, Paris where Indians spend a lot of money at. 

love my dirty little soi with my dirty little mates. who to be honest are a better class of person than a  T//t like you could ever be mr No Mates ..and if you want to talk about top hotels ive stayed in ones you couldn't afford to take a Pi## in no joke you want to talk about Money you got the right bloke..had and spent more than you could ever count ..try just for starters 170.000 baht a night if you beat that ill apologize..even Micheal Jackson had enough money to stay there at the same time....la la la