Peterphuket Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 19 minutes ago, emptypockets said: You want your money back because you changed your mind? Imagine. Do you like to go, instead of me, with all the current reporting is it not recommendable for older people to go now. But, maybe you have more than one life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alzack Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, SupermarineS6B said: Truth time..... The government policies given to immigration started all this by attacking westerners on a mindless scale forcing many long timers here to move out or only limit their stay to a few months then move onto another more welcoming country which all surrounding countries are. Then this little gem turned up and topped the lot off. I like to think this was God sent Karma to teach the fools in power not to treat people so badly, especially ones that played a big part in opening Thailand up to tourism and also on a daily basis contribute to the Thai economy........ I used to spend all my free time in Thailand, now i don't, reducing the amount of money that goes into the Thai economy, and in all reality what else can a foreigner do apart from just give, as we all know Thailand gives nothing back.... I see a good point in all of this though, for one it has made me travel again rather than just sit around in La la Land feeding the beast....... There's loads of great countries in this region, why limit your time to just one ?........ Seen it, eaten it, drank it, <deleted> it, nothing more to see here folks........ I must admit though i'm enjoying watching the powers that be squirm hoping that the locals don't give them a well deserved kick up the chuff..........Which they well deserve......... All very true The Yellow shirts, the elite in Thailand never wanted Farangs, now they will suffer, The Chinese will swallow Thailand, and the Thai Military will love it. When you eat with the Devil, use a very long spoon Edited February 13, 2020 by metisdead 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Peterphuket said: Do you like to go, instead of me, with all the current reporting is it not recommendable for older people to go now. But, maybe you have more than one life. I had no intention to go to HK. it I wouldn't expect to get a refund because I simply changed my mind. I will be flying both internally in Thailand and internationally next week. I don't subscribe to the panic and nonsense some posters seem to thrive on. Of course I have only one life and intended to continue living it to the fullest. Edited February 13, 2020 by emptypockets 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stargeezr Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 This virus has indeed affected tourism in Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and China. I am in Thailand, and upon hearing a thin skinned Health minister being refused by a tourist, who did not trust a mask, which was in the bare hand of this man. The Health minister owes many people an apology for his outburst, not the statement about never apologyzing to a foreignor. I believe the TAT, could have thanked all of the tourists from Europe, Australia, Russia, North and South America, the Middle East countries who are still coming here or are still here period, not just pleading for China and India tourists to come back. The attitude of these and other government officials are disturbing. Geezer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomazbodner Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, Stargrazer9889 said: This virus has indeed affected tourism in Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and China. I am in Thailand, and upon hearing a thin skinned Health minister being refused by a tourist, who did not trust a mask, which was in the bare hand of this man. The Health minister owes many people an apology for his outburst, not the statement about never apologyzing to a foreignor. I believe the TAT, could have thanked all of the tourists from Europe, Australia, Russia, North and South America, the Middle East countries who are still coming here or are still here period, not just pleading for China and India tourists to come back. The attitude of these and other government officials are disturbing. Geezer If Chinese and Indians stop coming, then it's going to be Nigerians next. I've heard they all have 100s of millions of $ that they want to share. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeall Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 16 hours ago, impulse said: I'd bet that 99% of Thailand's tourists don't even know what a TM30 is. Why should they? Come Visa exempt, 2 weeks go back home... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phuket Pete Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 You mean other people from around the world are afraid to come to Thailand because the Thai Government have not stopped flights from China ? Oh no ! what on earth can we do about this ? Common Sense is not common here guys. You should know that by now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CGW Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, tomazbodner said: then it's going to be Nigerians next. I've heard they all have 100s of millions of $ that they want to share. Great business people, though a little slow to fulfil there promises as I am discovering to my misfortune ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felt 35 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Quote Not just Chinese travellers staying away as virus shakes Thai tourism Quit understandable with cover ups in China and now after WHO and leading health experts priorities and accelerate their effort to stop the outbreak and many more fatalities previously not recorded as sick from Corona the last days I dont want to think about what we will se if every stone is turned here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placnx Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Elzear said: This Covid-19 (as is now officially labelled that virus) has so many other side effects, uglier, such as a resurgence of racism towards anyone with slanted eyes and a yellowish skin (ie irrespective of their origins - France is an example) and vive e versa. It shows how little humanity has evolved in the matter of tolerance towards others because of their difference. And when a Government Minister emphasises this difference publicly, making it an example for the masses to follow, it shows its ignorance and basic stupidity. In a democratic government this minister would be out straight away ! So what happens in China is not the fault of the people but of corrupt administrations and regime. Knowing the Chinese culinary tastes, health -human and veterinary- controls should have been adapted to such. Do not blame the people but condemn the governments involved. You do not quite understand. Chinese culture and superstition is the problem. This would require education from primary school level to excise the attitudes and beliefs about eating wild food. The government spends a lot less on everything including education the farther one gets from the coast of the China Sea. Hubei is a midrange province in this regard. The Cultural Revolution did nothing to change cultural attitudes. It was a smokescreen for concentrating power by a paranoid dictator. Anything recent sound familiar? Controls are pretty hopeless. The Chinese people have spent thousands of years learning how to evade controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ExpatLife Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 I've just seen video of authorities in China literally welding people into their own homes, fitting up barricades to prevent entire families from leaving, and dragging kicking and screaming people off to hospital. Easy to see why there aren't many Chinese knocking about right now 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saengd Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 3 hours ago, tomazbodner said: It wasn't taken out of context and scaremongering. The graph was seen on the tracking site which did not say anything about change in the way cases were being counted. Please provide link for that. Here's the link where that chart was taken from: https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2CY5jFGa_Xl3d0BKAARqrW0RPh0FygFNHilpPq6V8fNuVz9bzSTh5J5EU#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 All that was changed was daily new cases type of graph rather than total numbers chosen. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/02/13/new-coronavirus-covid-19-counting-method-leads-to-jump-in-cases-deaths/#39c9b45e16af Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 "The Tourism Authority of Thailand has predicted a revenue loss of 95 billion baht ($3.05 billion) from fewer Chinese tourists from January to April" Think I'll get that framed as a first for TAT! Unbelievable statistic - revenue "LOSS"!!!!! And "FEWER" tourists! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) just heard on the BBC that there is a "huge increase" in virus cases reported by China. also: "U.S. Northern Command is executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID19, according to Navy and Marine Corps service-wide messages issued this week." https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/02/13/us-military-prepping-for-coronavirus-pandemic/#.XkUajjSbLto.twitter Edited February 13, 2020 by NCC1701A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 On 2/12/2020 at 3:58 PM, masterpasser said: The only continent that avoided the 1918 flu pandemic was Australia.They enforced strict quarantine laws on all shipping entering Australia. This decision saved thousands of Australian lives. Odd way of putting it. That was only because the Spanish Flu didn't arrive until 1919, according to this source https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/01/21/centenary-of--spanish-flu--pandemic-in-australia.html. Otherwise, a third of the country infected and 15,000 dead in a year, says the above. I do understand, however, that the American governor of American Samoa did keep the flu off that island with a strict quarantine. https://tedium.co/2017/10/16/american-samoa-spanish-flu/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Smith Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: just heard on the BBC that there is a "huge increase" in virus cases reported by China. They've changed the "reporting parameters". Not a "big great forward" Edited February 13, 2020 by Samuel Smith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 6 hours ago, Amber53 said: A lot of countries., Including GB have put Thailand on a travel warning site. Many foreigners planning a holiday here will not come because they have seen that the Chinese are still welcome in Thailand !!! Last night on the BBC they interviewed a young Chinese girl (in Bangkok) on her way to Hobart. She said she couldn't fly from China. So she flew to Thailand !!! And then on to Hobart. Now, with this you can see that any infected person from any area of China gets into Thailand easily. Not very reassuring is it for Hobart or elsewhere with bans. Yes, Thailand has become a staging area outside of the PRC for Chinese intending to go elsewhere following the 14 day clearance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, zydeco said: Yes, Thailand has become a staging area outside of the PRC for Chinese intending to go elsewhere following the 14 day clearance. Just a matter of days now before Thailand's open doors policy will bear fruit and they end up in the quarantine lists. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liddelljohn Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 5 hours ago, tomauasia said: If cowardly Prayut blocked China until a cure was found. You most likely would not be at risk. Im due to go to Uk next month and Brighton and Worthing where my family lives is now rife with Corona Virus ,, its going global will i be fit to travel ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Samuel Smith Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, liddelljohn said: Im due to go to Uk next month and Brighton and Worthing where my family lives is now rife with Corona Virus ,, its going global will i be fit to travel ????? We're booked to fly Manchester next month. UK family having second thoughts about us visiting. Mass hysteria in the UK media ???? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ExpatLife Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, Samuel Smith said: We're booked to fly Manchester next month. UK family having second thoughts about us visiting. Mass hysteria in the UK media ???? I arrived back a little over a week ago, I think the UK government are simply taking things seriously as should be the case with such a situation. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneyjed Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Well forget the Chinese market at least for six months as the factories are still at least a week to 'what ever' off from starting meaningful manufacturing targets.This means no body from the ground up is making any money right now..and this after spending the most money during Lunar New Year on presents and holidays!As for other tourists Aussies are booking 'safe destinations'which give value for money..Fiji bookings for Easter are already 80% up on last years bookings..Asia is a 'no go'and Thailand certainly not a preferred destination as in previous years.Europeans will I'm sure have an opinion on what they will be doing this next few months but cruising doesn't exactly look that inviting either based on recent examples! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitti Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Less annoying tourists. Happy days for me. I really hope this last long. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, sitti said: Less annoying tourists. Happy days for me. I really hope this last long. Because let's not forget it's all about you 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Homburg Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 It looks like the genie is out of the bottle and so the most probable outcome is that this outbreak will go truly global. If the virus had been contained in China then there would have been a chance to stop it, but if it has reached less organised territories such as Myanmar (which is highly likely to have infections but so far as I am aware has not reported any) then there is zero chance of controlling it. Notwithstanding the official position, the WHO's actual gameplan looks to be to slow the virus down as much as possible in order to give time for the development of a vaccine before (many) millions die. If this is correct then we can expect more people in quarantine and possibly more countries having flights cancelled. I have heard estimates for the development of a vaccine ranging from 4 months to 18 months. This probably gives an indication of the uncertainty out there regarding this new virus. If it does take 18 months to develop a vaccine (and then more months to roll it out) then this could seriously impact tourism for 2 years or so. Thailand's decision to continue to allow tourist arrivals from China may well prove to have been short-sighted. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chiman Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 There is a phrase, its like Som Nom Na? The attitude that some have toward westerners is horrible, but it's certainly not the majority and it's sad that so many good people are suffering because of the poor strategy of the board of tourism. They should have locked out the Chinese from the start, not allowing all the people to come for the lunar new year. Marketing Thailand as a safe destination within Asia. This would have protected the industry more than clamoring for Chinese tourist money at any expense. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tony125 Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 5 hours ago, emptypockets said: Apart from China, which area has been decimated by disease? Certainly not Thailand. I'll try to be a little more clear. I said" no one wants to travel to an area decimated by disease #1 China Ok so far ? Secondly people don't want to travel to "areas' near China ( Thailand, Vietnam, ect) which are heavily visited by Chinese and have cases reported in their countries. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Samuel Smith said: They've changed the "reporting parameters". Not a "big great forward" How do you change the "reporting parameters" for death? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 1 minute ago, zydeco said: How do you change the "reporting parameters" for death? Could be the same as Thai road deaths. Say they died from something else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony125 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 1 minute ago, zydeco said: How do you change the "reporting parameters" for death? Very easy , you don't report the death as from Corona Virus but from regular pneumonia, severe cold , common flu or some bacterial infection. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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