Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 More Wi-Fi hotspots for Phuket as plan to tag tourists mulled Phuket will increase the number of hotspots for free Wi-Fi Internet connection to 1,000 around the island as part of its ambition to turn the island into a “smart city”, the digital economy minister said. The province may also develop an electronic wristband system for foreign tourists so their identity and location would be known in case of untoward incidents, said Digital Economy and Society Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj. Pichet was speaking to a group of reporters and local officials during his trip to the Phuket Command Centre at the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Centre for Zone 18 on Friday. Pichet made the visit to be briefed briefed by deputy Phuket governor Thawornwat Kongkaew on progress in the implementation of the smart-city plan for the tourist-destination province. During the briefing, Thawornwat said the implementation had progressed greatly to achieve the measures of a smart economy, including tourism, health, education, safety and the environment in accordance with the government’s Thailand 4.0 policy. After the briefing, Pichet said smart-city developments included the installation of 1,000 free Wi-Fi hotspots, up from the current 200 hotspots. He said the province also has planned to develop the uses of wristbands to track tourists and to use Big Data to analyse information about tourists’ habits. He said the Phuket command centre would also link to all CCTVs on the island to work with face-recognition software to guard against crimes as well as to collect the data of tourists who use public boat services. This would be done for the sake of their safety. Pichet said the government would provide financial support to the Phuket Smart City project but the province must ensure that each project would be worth the investment. He said some work could be carried out with cooperation from private firms instead of sole investment by the government. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30341155 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Sounds like a TV seriesPerson of interest.https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1839578/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KneeDeep Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Dodgy. Selling our data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverell Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 'develop the uses of wristbands to track tourists ' I can see it now - as the planes arrive and you go through immigration you get a stamp and a wristband, then when you leave you don't get out unless you hand back your wristband or pay a fine..... Can't see the idea going down to well however 'well intentioned'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 "The province may also develop an electronic wristband system for foreign tourists so their identity and location would be known in case of untoward incidents....." That'll be the nail for the coffin! Why the hell would tourists come to Thailand to be treated like a criminal! I'm not lost for words, but I'd be banned from TVF if I printed them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maejo Man Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 The public backlash would be so massive that this farce would be on the back burner before it ever got off the drawing board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeMak9 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 They cant be serious right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckysilk Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 And let's track Thais in our home country's and see how they feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertthesculptor Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 <deleted> that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony45 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 The resort I have loved since 1995 has changed and is now not for me.Sent from my SM-A520F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEngBKK Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Why not just require RFID implants for all people ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regyai Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 When will these draconian control freaks realise that great swathes of the developed world have none of this ID card, registered address etc nonsense and its people find the concept of a proposal such as this to be anathema Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmaxdan Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Good idea. The next step should be to micro chip all long term expats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shady86 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Another round of joke. Remember the news every tourist need to get Sim for tracking purpose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGW Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 The naivety here is surprising! were all tracked anyway! computer, smart phone, bank cards, convenience cards, cctv, etc - probably worse in your own country, the Thais have the same technology, they just don't know how to use it so they come up with crap like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeMak9 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 If Thailand is so concerned with their tourism image, they better fire this guy a.s.a.p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 57 minutes ago, KneeDeep said: Dodgy. Selling our data. They're already giving it away via all the immigration offices. They call it 'recycling'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Today is the 17th March, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: The province may also develop an electronic wristband system for foreign tourists so their identity and location would be known Develop all you want, I won’t wear one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Be a good contract for some wristband maker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: its ambition to turn the island into a “smart city”, the digital economy minister said. The province may also develop an electronic wristband system for foreign tourists so their identity and location would be known in case of untoward incidents, said Digital Economy and Society Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj. Smart city, dumb plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaos Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Never give up freedom over security Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 So a wristband will make tourists safer when they venture into the sea at Karon in low season, when they venture onto the roads during Songkran, when the boat they are on sinks, when they fall from a parasailer or when they happen to be walking past an exploding transformer. Must get one! It won't happen but the fact they are even thinking about this should be a worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak2002003 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Why do they seem to have this irrational fear / phobia about other nationalities. They treat us like we are another species sometimes.... the alien on the immigration forms... we are not from outer space!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 12 minutes ago, madmitch said: It won't happen but the fact they are even thinking about this should be a worry. That's the problem MM, they DON'T think, they just say stupid things...........but then that's always been the case here: the light is on, but there's no-one home (not even sure the light IS on!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Luckysilk said: And let's track Thais in our home country's and see how they feel. I think they are pretty accepting of this kind of nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiejohn Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, madmitch said: So a wristband will make tourists It would make tourists as opposed to resident Farangs stand out even more as dumb tourists and even more open to all the abuse/cons etc. It will also stop all tourism in its tracks. What if the next "logical" step is to not just to stop at "tourists" but add in all Farang (or even all inmates-sorry people living in Thailand) and have everyone to ware one! 1984 would have arrived and cause an incredible backlash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: The province may also develop an electronic wristband system for foreign tourists so their identity and location would be known in case of untoward incidents, it is now 100 percent sure that the intelligence of the average tourist is greater than that of the nitwits that thought this up and really 'think' it can work; tourists that come to a place like phuket will NOT like this idea and will see thru it easily and will aggressively resist it; i can see Lots of arguments and 'incidents' at the point the thais try and force this on the far smarter tourists; imagine if you traveled somewhere and that place, unannounced, tried to make you wear something you very much did Not want to.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 45 minutes ago, scottiejohn said: It would make tourists as opposed to resident Farangs stand out even more as dumb tourists and even more open to all the abuse/cons etc. It will also stop all tourism in its tracks. What if the next "logical" step is to not just to stop at "tourists" but add in all Farang (or even all inmates-sorry people living in Thailand) and have everyone to ware one! 1984 would have arrived and cause an incredible backlash. the large majority of thais cannot tell real tourists from us longstay expats; to those thai, anyone not thai is a tourist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 so they want electronic handcuffs for tourists? If I wouldn't know I better would doubt their common sense as well as their intelligence. No need for doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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