Popular Post webfact Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 Coronavirus pandemic Thailand looking at quarantine waiver for selected tourists Tan Hui Yee Indochina Bureau Chief The usually crowded Khaosan Road in Bangkok last Friday. The Thai authorities are looking at matching tourists from low-risk countries with low-risk places within the kingdom.PHOTO: REUTERS BANGKOK • The Thai authorities are mulling over waiving quarantine requirements for selected foreign travellers when the ban on incoming commercial flights is lifted, by matching tourists from low-risk countries with low-risk destinations within the kingdom. "This concept involves identifying low-risk areas in Thailand and overseas to create a sort of international tourist bridge or pipeline linking travellers between these two areas," the Tourism Authority of Thailand's (TAT) deputy governor for international marketing Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya told The Straits Times. Incoming commercial flights have been banned till the end of next month, and passengers arriving from high-risk countries on other flights, such as state, military, humanitarian and cargo flights, are subject to a 14-day quarantine. Full story: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-looking-at-quarantine-waiver-for-selected-tourists -- THE STRAITS TIMES 2020 05-25 2 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Curt1591 Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 They already seem to be eyeing China. 11 6 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rasmus5150 Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 Sounds like they wanna herd the tourists around like sheep - yellow sheep over here, black sheep here, white sheep here. Maybe that's how they've looked at us all along ???? 10 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 Translation : If your country regularly starts pandemics or lies through its teeth and doesn't do any testing, you can come back 39 4 6 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 Lofty ambitious plans for a tourist dollar starving nation, it will start as such but quickly will go back to normal... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thailand Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 Any particular countries? 1 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mr mr Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 i am jacks complete lack of surprise. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tribalfusion001 Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, Thailand said: Any particular countries? Red flag with gold stars. 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JCP108 Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 I did not see this coming. 2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 1 minute ago, JCP108 said: I did not see this coming. But your Labrador did ???? 3 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bodga Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 Ok so I'm English have lived in China for 10 years, hold a UK and Italian passport have never left China in all that time and will fly in, whattcha gonna do Thailand? PS all untrue but what if? 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) Wholly predictable behavior. China, Korea, Singapore, Japan and India.... Can't say I blame Thailand, its highly political now - A large lump of Thailand's GDP comes from tourism, Thailand simply can't afford not to kick-start the tourism industry as soon as possible. Lock-Down objectives have been met. Hospitals were not overwhelmed. Covid-19 is with us, most have probably had it and not known. Life has to move on now, economies have be defibrillated - this is true of the world, not just Thailand. Edited May 24, 2020 by richard_smith237 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JCP108 Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 So, if we end up in a world where Chinese people can travel freely in some parts of the country while farang tourists can't, how will they know that I am not a tourist as I'm here on a retirement extension? Will we wear special armbands whenever we're out in public if we're one of the ones not allowed to go to some parts of Thailand? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 China will be back which is a bit concerning considering virtually nobody had it according to their figures. Yet they're closing down new places of 100 million people in China, back to step 1 Will it repeat, I don't know, in truth I don't really care. If it comes again then it comes again. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Destiny1990 Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 Gosh the place soon will be flooded again with these Norwegians. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffggi Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 This type of segregation is totally wrong no matter how you view it.....!!! Plus they should not open up to international visitors until the country as a whole is fully opened up. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg O Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Funnel em in, puree and pour into sterile containers. Refrigerate until firm, package em up and ship em to the final destination. After 14 days return to sender ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mulambana Posted May 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2020 OMG, they are so desperate for tourists that they would go to any length to come up with all sorts of cockamamie ideas. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Curt1591 said: They already seem to be eyeing China. A second covid-19 wave in China?.....Noooo, its all an exaggeration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 33 minutes ago, Geoffggi said: This type of segregation is totally wrong no matter how you view it.....!!! Plus they should not open up to international visitors until the country as a whole is fully opened up. They can open up how they want, nobody is coming, people are either unemployed or worried about their future finances, wait a few years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted May 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2020 3 hours ago, webfact said: The Thai authorities are mulling over waiving quarantine requirements for selected foreign travellers Look here, the only tourists that can afford to travel immediately post-covid are the wealthy ones. It doesn't matter if they come from St. Moritz or Timbuktu. If you choose to implement a segregation it will bite you in the a$$. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChakaKhan Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, ukrules said: Will it repeat, I don't know, in truth I don't really care. If it comes again then it comes again. you have to pay again for that teerak, solly. you go shower....(pops a blue diamond) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChakaKhan Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, DrTuner said: Fire up the seafood buffets, extra special bat soup dishes included. Gotta lure the Wuhanese back in. Mama cup buffet. Seafood flavors 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ron jeremy Posted May 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, soalbundy said: They can open up how they want, nobody is coming, people are either unemployed or worried about their future finances, wait a few years. To be quite honest, things here in Canada are not that bad at all, it's only been 2 months, not 2 years, government assistance came quickly. For the younger people in the service industry etc, yes , they were hit hard, but older people kept working, most have funds to withstand the storm. I could travel tomorrow if I wished, same as many others. Would I, no, not till things get better, and I most certainly travel anywhere full of Chinese, that's for certain. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Greg O Posted May 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2020 Sadly the longer the delay then the more businesses will fail or simply decide it's more prudent to just shut the doors ( or in our case keep em shut) As it's not feasible to continue the hemmoraging hoping that we can turn a profit. No profit equals no investment. The government is doing nothing more than intensifying the pain and anguish and amazingly to me the people just accept it and it's obvious that the horrible scary plague simply didn't ( and won't ) materialize. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1duckyboy Posted May 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) Sounds like plan by TAT to get rid Pattaya of it's adult venues. The State decides where you can go, like Myanmar. First Article 44 and now Emergency Health Powers. Edited May 25, 2020 by 1duckyboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 4 hours ago, rasmus5150 said: Sounds like they wanna herd the tourists around like sheep - yellow sheep over here, black sheep here, white sheep here. Maybe that's how they've looked at us all along ???? There will be no black or white sheep allowed... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Thailand said: Any particular countries? It has already been stated earlier that China and South Korea are on list of low-risk countries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Aylesham Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Thailand said: Any particular countries? Well, for a start the USA, Britain, Brazil and a clutch of European countries will be out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at15 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) 90% of the developed world will be freely open to travel sometime in july. I cannot see southeast asian countries lagging behind much if at all. Edited May 25, 2020 by at15 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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