Tourism and Sports Ministry to propose “Thailand Pass” cancellation and introduce single ATK test to spur tourism growth

[wensiensheng]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Diseases that are endemic also require measures to handle them and minimize impact.....we are only a mutation away from further grief. 

Using that logic, the world will never ever get back to normal because there will always be the possibility of a mutation, and another novel virus for that matter.

 

Sensible precautions, yes. But restrictions based on a theoretical possibility, would mean living in fear for eternity.

[fredwiggy]

3 hours ago, Dialemco said:

Covid is endemic in Thailand you only have to look at official figures whereas the actual number of Infections is probably much higher therefore visitors are more likely to contract Covid after arrival from local transmission and entry conditions are pointless and should be scraped 

Simple truth is that everyone everywhere has been exposed to Covid by now, with the exception of North Sentinel Island and maybe a few tribes in South America. Especially here, with the way people share food, water glasses, sitting in pickups together, and sitting next to each other everywhere. . The fact only 1-2% die, 85% don't get sick and a large majority are asymptomatic is enough, seeing that many are vaccinated and 99% that die aren't, to open everywhere. A person can carry Covid, be negative on tests, vaccinated, and spread it around to anyone they come near. Open this and every country and keep the vaccines coming to those that want them. To those that want to play Russian roulette, that's their choice. Charging for anything, insurance before travel, tests before and after, quarantines, means nothing but income for some. This has always been about money, as all drug sales are, and they are only fooling the sheep who follow blindly. Covid is bad, as well as all other viruses that come yearly, but there has to be common sense installed and fear to be replaced by facts.

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The Tourism and Sports Ministry is planning to propose the cancellation of the “Thailand Pass” scheme and introduce a single ATK test to welcome international tourists and spur tourism growth.

Just drop the whole saga, tests, documents, insurance, blah blah blah.

[thairookie]

5 hours ago, peter zwart said:

Do forget about the vaccination. its rubbish. What if the vaccin is already 4/5 months old and has no effect anymore???

Vaccination is neither proof that you are not infected nor that you will not infect.

 

The countries with the highest rate of vaccination are countries with the most number of infected population.

 

Yes, forget about vaccination.

[mikecha]

6 hours ago, Fairynuff said:

Testing is the biggest deterrent to international travel on a cost basis.

Germany €25
UK £60

Thailand 3000 THB

Tourists aren’t interested in costly restrictions and Thailand will lose out to the rest of Asia as they ditch their restrictions more quickly.

Netherlands 65 euro

[sapson]

The disparity in the regulations is absurd, gogo bars are open but girls cannot dance on stage in a bikini because that would be an increased covid risk? yet hundreds to gather together in public is fine as long as they dont dance or wear bikinis..... the girls that is.

 

Lunatics running the asylum.

[Burma Bill]

9 hours ago, Willy Wombat said:

Test before departure. Not on arrival .

Dummies

Follow Cambodia's example - no pre-test and no test on arrival if you have proof you are fully vaccinated. Visa now available on entry to the Kingdom, no pre-arranged "Pass".

Edited March 25, 2022 by Burma Bill
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[malthebluff]

90% of flights are not direct so the pcr test before flights will still be needed if transiting through a country that requests them or using an airline that requests them. So nothing has really changed 

[bullseye66]

7 hours ago, Dcheech said:

Desperately trying to put lipstick on a pig. Until they do something about testing & an asymptomatic result getting you tossed into the hospital, and the insurance does not pay, it means nothing. Why would tourists want to risk it?

Spot on

[Caldera]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The Tourism and Sports Ministry is planning to propose the cancellation of the “Thailand Pass” scheme and introduce a single ATK test to welcome international tourists and spur tourism growth.

They're "planning to propose", oh well.

 

No rush, surely there's time for the sub committee to report to the committee first. Meanwhile, other countries have already done away with all this nonsense. 

[Chiang Mai Will]

7 hours ago, Petey11 said:

They just cant realise that testing on arrival is probably one of the things putting people off travelling. If they are leaning towards this I bet they will still have quarantine/isolation even when they declare Covid endemic.

What's put me off is the Covid insurance!

[NoshowJones]

8 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Why not drop the Thailand pass immediately?what so difficult about returning the happiness? 

They can't, the unelected soldier posing as a PM and the rest of his soldiers know that when, not if, things return to near normal, the protesters will arrive in Bangkok in their thousands.

[Calvin1976]

3 hours ago, node said:

Singapore announced, 1st April, for all arrival by AIR, only requirement to enter is a PCR test 48 hrs before departure. No uploading, downloading, installing, <deleted>. 

There are still additional requirements for short-term visitors: (Need to DOWNLOAD Apps and buy insurance)

 

CAAS_24 Mar 2022_Singapore Reopens Borders to All Fully Vaccinated Travellers.pdf (ica.gov.sg)

[jerrymahoney]

43 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

They can't, the unelected soldier posing as a PM and the rest of his soldiers know that when, not if, things return to near normal, the protesters will arrive in Bangkok in their thousands.

Thai citizens already in Thailand could not care less about the Thai Pass. The emergency decree is more apropos.

 

If now there is  an unelected soldier posing as a PM, who is the PM?

Edited March 25, 2022 by jerrymahoney

[NoshowJones]

4 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Thai citizens already in Thailand could not care less about the Thai Pass. The emergency decree is more apropos.

I think there will be a good few UK expats living in Thailand right now who intend going there in the very near future now that their country has completely opened up, but are waiting to see how hard or easy it will be to get back in to Thailand, with the Junta's insurance scams and other money making schemes.

[jerrymahoney]

14 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I think there will be a good few UK expats living in Thailand right now who intend going there in the very near future now that their country has completely opened up, but are waiting to see how hard or easy it will be to get back in to Thailand, with the Junta's insurance scams and other money making schemes.

How many of them are or would be among the protesters in the thousands protesting in the streets of Bangkok?

Edited March 25, 2022 by jerrymahoney

[Lingba]

they are still trying to scam people

[Millcx]

11 hours ago, Willy Wombat said:

Test before departure. Not on arrival .

Dummies

If it’s test before departure then how the hell are they gonna hand out false positives to make money

 

Dummie 55555555

[moe666]

9 hours ago, Dcheech said:

Desperately trying to put lipstick on a pig. Until they do something about testing & an asymptomatic result getting you tossed into the hospital, and the insurance does not pay, it means nothing. Why would tourists want to risk it?

You need to ask why they risk it. In Bangkok a week ago the hotel I stayed at was full of people waiting for their ok to move on.

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

Using that logic, the world will never ever get back to normal because there will always be the possibility of a mutation, and another novel virus for that matter.

 

Sensible precautions, yes. But restrictions based on a theoretical possibility, would mean living in fear for eternity.

It will be the 'new normal'.... 

But I don't go along with the other statement.... when the number of active cases is very low, the chance of mutations is significantly diminished. 

[moe666]

The few on here who complain about what Thailand does or does not do will not change if they lift the entry requirements. They will just change their focus back to the extension of stay or even better the 90 day report. Whiners always need something to whine about.

[jerrymahoney]

6 minutes ago, moe666 said:

The few on here who complain about what Thailand does or does not do will not change if they lift the entry requirements. They will just change their focus back to the extension of stay or even better the 90 day report. Whiners always need something to whine about.

Well it must be very frustrating for some when they know they would be much better at running the affairs of the Kingdom than those who now run the affairs of the Kingdom.

Edited March 25, 2022 by jerrymahoney

[Flink]

11 hours ago, Willy Wombat said:

Test before departure. Not on arrival .

Dummies

But if they do that how are all the "hospitels" going to recoup the amount they handed over in brown envelopes to get their hospitel status?

[simon43]

I travelled to Thailand yesterday from Mauritius to see my son.  I applied for the Thailand Pass some 10 days before my travel date.  I received no QR code until the intervention of my booked hotel in Pattaya chased them up - my emails were not replied to and none of the contact phone numbers for customer support answered..

 

To receive my Thailand Pass, I had to submit all the relevant documents.

 

On Check-in at Mauritius airport, I was required to show all these documents, even though the Thailand Pass document would not have been issued without them.  

 

On arrival at Swampy, I was required to show my Thailand Pass QR code, plus all the documents that I had to submit to get that QR code!!!  So what is the purpose of the Thailand Pass?!!

 

I had a PCR test on the way to my hotel in Pattaya and received the negative result early this morning.  (I had done my own antigen self-test, in case there was a hotel scam going on which required me to stay for 10 days etc!).

 

The plane from Dubai was half-empty.....

 

For heavens sake, please do away with all these unnecessary documents and checks.

 

Oh - At the hotel, the staff were required to install the MorChana tracking app, or I would not be allowed to check in.  I deleted this app as soon as I was in my room.

 

Only in Thailand!

Edited March 25, 2022 by simon43

[Ty Hareways]

For as long as they keep the 'test on arrival' scam going, tourists are not going to go. Simple. 

[Lucky Bones]

28 minutes ago, moe666 said:

You need to ask why they risk it. In Bangkok a week ago the hotel I stayed at was full of people waiting for their ok to move on.

And you asked them all why they were risking it?

Tourist?

Returning to their home base?

Business?

Family sickness/bereavement?

The list goes on.

There will always be a need for some people to travel.

Do not assume that all inividuals travel purely for the thrill of it.

[jacko45k]

45 minutes ago, moe666 said:

The few on here who complain about what Thailand does or does not do will not change if they lift the entry requirements. They will just change their focus back to the extension of stay or even better the 90 day report. Whiners always need something to whine about.

The loss of the Non-Imm-O Multiple!

Not being able to use 25 back to back tourist visas.

etc etc

[TropicalGuy]

Yes but just drop it all with just unvaxxed banned from flying / entry. This, combined with Open ASEAN Borders & Embassy Tourist Visa return, will recover tourism and reestablish the old border runs ! 

[mikeymike100]

5 hours ago, node said:

Singapore announced, 1st April, for all arrival by AIR, only requirement to enter is a PCR test 48 hrs before departure. No uploading, downloading, installing, <deleted>. 

Excellent news, just shows they have some sense!!

[metisdead]

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