Thailand’s half baked entry rules on arriving Chinese tourists falls shorter than other countries

[webfact]

 

By Thai Enquirer

Thailand’s way of dealing with the expected influx of Chinese tourists starting this Sunday is much weaker than other countries that have put in place a requirement of RT-PCR test to be done before these tourist head into their country.

 

The move by the Thai government to impose restrictions on to arriving Chinese tourists has come after heavy criticism that the government of 2014 coup leader Prayut Chan-o-cha was not doing enough to prevent another wave of outbreak.

 

The Thai government has come out to say that it was looking to impose entry regulations on all travelers to prevent outbreaks of Covid-19 from the expected influx of tourists this year, with no specific rules for Chinese tourists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/47315/thailands-half-baked-entry-rules-on-arriving-chinese-tourists-falls-shorter-than-other-countries/

 

-- © Copyright Thai Enquirer 2023-01-06

 

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[Will B Good]

Another major boost for tourism.......

 

1. Get two jabs

2. Get the evidence of your jabs.

3. Buy your health insurance

3. Come and rub shoulders with the hordes coming from China

 

.....errr, not thanks.

[Daithi85]

3 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Another major boost for tourism.......

 

1. Get two jabs

2. Get the evidence of your jabs.

3. Buy your health insurance

3. Come and rub shoulders with the hordes coming from China

 

.....errr, not thanks.

Considering most people are vaccinated not really a big deal is it?

[Phoenix Rising]

2 minutes ago, Daithi85 said:

Considering most people are vaccinated not really a big deal is it?

Well, it depends on the insurance requirement. What they demanded in the aftermath of the reopening was nothing short of extortion.

[Will B Good]

7 minutes ago, Daithi85 said:

Considering most people are vaccinated not really a big deal is it?

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/vaccines

[Deli]

Just keep the border closed for them and treat all others as you do now. Sometimes it's so easy to do the right thing. But not in Thailand.

[vandeventer]

7 minutes ago, Deli said:

Just keep the border closed for them and treat all others as you do now. Sometimes it's so easy to do the right thing. But not in Thailand.

As simple as that. Just maybe they should think about how to close the border for all the young kids in Thailand and not about the buck. They are highly infected in China, keep them there until covid  gets manageable there.

[Shop mak]

Wave of outbreak in Thailand is guaranteed before songkran, unless yet another U-turn comes. 

International news report that many chinese airplane passengers tested positive for C-19 earlier.

Tv news this week report new peak in positive cases in China.

 

Great timing to allow them into Thailand.

 

 

https://www.taiwanplus.com/world-news/china/230105009/who-accuses-china-of-underrepresenting-covid-19-surge

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/half-of-the-passengers-on-2-flights-from-china-had-covid/ar-AA15KIW5?cvid=4d0d7a2326b242008a4533dd60f5958f

 

https://www.laprensalatina.com/chinese-national-flees-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19-in-south-korea/

 

https://news.yahoo.com/milan-reports-50-passengers-china-154902106.html

 

https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-covid-crisis-beijing-hospital-beds-families-burn-bodies-streets-deaths-spike

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/22/china/china-covid-deaths-crematorium-intl-hnk-mic

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ikke1959]

Thailand is afraid of China that is all.... and they need tourists for the economy.... But with half baked measures there will be much more damage than decent measures.. Do as China a RT PCR test not older than 48 hours before departure for the Chinese, as they require too to entry heir country...and the rest leave it, leave it

[ukrules]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

heavy criticism that the government of 2014 coup leader Prayut Chan-o-cha was not doing enough to prevent another wave of outbreak.

You can't prevent a 'wave of outbreak' - not a chance. You might be able to slow it down for a few weeks at best but once it's in an establishes itself then it will spread like wildfire - that's what happened in China.

The Chinese military response to covid was humbled by the current variant - they were helpless to do anything about it despite going to extreme measures. There's a lesson in there for other countries - the virus wins, every single time - it is pointless fighting it because it is inevitable.

[WHansen]

ukrules-I think slowing it down is pretty much the aim, so as not to overload the hospitals as we saw in the past.

[Cake Monster]

Of course the entry rules fall way shorter than many other Countries.

Thailand has been / is , so desperate to seen the Chinese arrive back that they are virtually free to walk right in.

However, a façade of " doing the right thing " has to be seen across the Globe to prevent other Nations placing restrictions upon Thai Tourism once the Chinese have alighted their modes of Transport within the Country.

Will it be enough ?

Time will tell on that one

 

[Mavideol]

Chinese are stubborn people, they know better then anybody else..... they have a non performing vaccine and yet still decline help with western made vaccines, to solve the ragging infections,  from many different countries, EU offered FREE vaccines and they declined

European Union offers China free COVID vaccines as cases surge

Asked whether Beijing would accept the EU offer, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning sidestepped a direct reply, telling Reuters that China's vaccination rate and treatment capacity continued to rise and its supplies were "adequate".

 

https://www.foxnews.com/health/european-union-offers-china-free-covid-vaccines-cases-surge

[trainman34014]

Is there anything here that isn't 'Half Baked' ?   They can't even bake a decent Pie !

[RichardColeman]

Speaks volumes about china that they 'supposedly' had covid under control but allowed NO travel and now they have huge explosion of covid and want send ALL their infected population abroad ! Prepare for another world economic disaster courtesy of the CCP 

[metisdead]

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[Deli]

China was nice as long as Mao ruled it. Hardly anyone in, no one out. Perfect world for the rest.

[Enoon]

3 hours ago, Deli said:

China was nice as long as Mao ruled it. Hardly anyone in, no one out. Perfect world for the rest.

And when the good old USSR was around.

 

Bamboo and Iron Curtains kept the world a lot......"tidier".

 

 

[Elkski]

I could envision countries placing restrictions on travelers from Thailand if the expected Chinese cause a new flurry of cases in Thailand.   It traveling  to major countries after January I would book a refundable fight. 

[Jingthing]

The two jabs for Chinese is very silly as they refused to use DECENT vaccines!

There should be stricter rules for Chinese and Thailand by not doing that is going to put Thailand on high risk lists internationally. Brilliant!

[Soikhaonoiken]

Greed factor rules over safety and health of Thailands citizens...

[nigelforbes]

2 hours ago, Elkski said:

I could envision countries placing restrictions on travelers from Thailand if the expected Chinese cause a new flurry of cases in Thailand.   It traveling  to major countries after January I would book a refundable fight. 

India has already placed restriction on travellers from Thailand: 

 https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/china-covid-travel-restrictions-intl-hnk/index.html

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai government has come out to say that it was looking to impose entry regulations on all travelers to prevent outbreaks of Covid-19 from the expected influx of tourists this year, with no specific rules for Chinese tourists

Must not interfere with the influx of revenue... sorry influx of Chinese.

[thecyclist]

On 1/6/2023 at 12:40 PM, Daithi85 said:

Considering most people are vaccinated not really a big deal is it?

Actually there are still a lot of unvaccinated potential travelers around, at least in western countries. Around 20 % adamantly refuse to get vaccinated. 

[Rimmer]

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