1 July for the lifting of all lockdowns

[NCC1701A]

as per Richard Barrow:

 

The Thai govt has set 1 July for the lift of all lockdowns, said the National Security Council chief. These include international travel, as well as the end of emergency decree and curfew.

 

 

[reallyaffiliated]

Finally I can see my girlfriend again. Best news, and I got it on my birthday. Already told her this was the best possible birthday present. ????

[DaRoadrunner]

Depends how you define “end all lockdowns.” Short times and soapy bubbles are not mentioned in the article. Lets get our priorities right.

 

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/july-1-will-end-all-lockdowns-in-thailand-including-international-travel

 

As for international travel:- It appears that someone forgot to tell the international airlines. Plus you will not be flying anywhere if your country of destination is still on lockdown. I also do not quite see how the Thais are going to fly internationally when Thai Airways has declared bankruptcy..... Good Thai planning again. Time for another committee meeting.

 

Edited May 28, 2020 by DaRoadrunner

[Antonymous]

 

I always have a laugh on 31 Dec every year when the fireworks start to pop at around 23.45. Thais just can't contain themselves until the official time.

 

I suspect this will be a similar experience, with most things opened up and all pretense of social distancing, etc., ending rather sooner in many places.

 

All good though.

 

 

[JohnBZ]

I did not see July 1 as the fully open date in any major news outlet.  is this for real?

 

Vietnam is fully open on July 1.  Thailand needs to hurry up to stay competitive in the internal travel arena.

[cerox]

We need to wait for the details, both for Vietnam and Thailand. For those two countries although they said they want to open on July 1st, I am not clear about quarantine.

[reallyaffiliated]

4 minutes ago, JohnBZ said:

I did not see July 1 as the fully open date in any major news outlet.  is this for real?

 

Vietnam is fully open on July 1.  Thailand needs to hurry up to stay competitive in the internal travel arena.

It's on both the Thaiger and the bangkok post. But you're right. For now I'm going to keep looking every day on the Finn Air flight schedule since they already announced a while back to be resuming flights. So I won't have to pay double or twice the normal rate, if I can book it fast.

[CNXexpat]

Thailand will not open its borders for every nation. The number of cases in India and Russia are increasing every day, in the UK they are still high, also in the US and what will happen in Europe after many countries allow to travel we will see in a few weeks.

[Paiman]

2 minutes ago, reallyaffiliated said:

It's on both the Thaiger and the bangkok post. But you're right. For now I'm going to keep looking every day on the Finn Air flight schedule since they already announced a while back to be resuming flights. So I won't have to pay double or twice the normal rate, if I can book it fast.

Good luck and I hope it all works out well for you.

[redwood1]

If you guys think THE NEW AB-NORMAL is going to allow a free-for-all of freedom and fun on July 1st I think you will be very disappointed...

[twocatsmac]

31 minutes ago, reallyaffiliated said:

It's on both the Thaiger and the bangkok post. But you're right. For now I'm going to keep looking every day on the Finn Air flight schedule since they already announced a while back to be resuming flights. So I won't have to pay double or twice the normal rate, if I can book it fast.

Finnair ?

Take some butties cock. 

[HerbyJFlash]

1 hour ago, reallyaffiliated said:

Finally I can see my girlfriend again. Best news, and I got it on my birthday. Already told her this was the best possible birthday present. ????

I hate to burst your bubble as I too am in the same boat but we still face many problems...

 

1. How will we get Covid insurance ?(Likely to be compulsory to enter Thailand )

2. Will we face 2 weeks quarantine on arrival? (I assume so)

3. How will we get medical certificate proving we are covid free? (also likely to be compulsory and difficult to obtain ).

4. We are behind a huge back log of expatriates and Thais still waiting to get back to Thailand. They will be on flights before us. 

5. Before lockdown certain high risk countries were made to meet special requirements , if your from US or UK we are about as high risk as it gets. We will probably be last to be permitted entry.
 

Again, I hate to sound negative but it’s not as simple as the lockdown ending on July 1st. 

[kingofthemountain]

16 minutes ago, HerbyJFlash said:

I hate to burst your bubble as I too am in the same boat but we still face many problems...

 

1. How will we get Covid insurance ?(Likely to be compulsory to enter Thailand )

2. Will we face 2 weeks quarantine on arrival? (I assume so)

3. How will we get medical certificate proving we are covid free? (also likely to be compulsory and difficult to obtain ).

4. We are behind a huge back log of expatriates and Thais still waiting to get back to Thailand. They will be on flights before us. 

5. Before lockdown certain high risk countries were made to meet special requirements , if your from US or UK we are about as high risk as it gets. We will probably be last to be permitted entry.
 

Again, I hate to sound negative but it’s not as simple as the lockdown ending on July 1st. 

I agree with you and i recomand you to read the very interesting article

on Pattayamail.com in the Covid19updates from the 28 may under the title

''next moves for Thai immigration procedures under the pandemic age''

the date of the 1 july for a reopened seems very very optimist imo

they are actually still trying to rapatriate in Thailand all the Thais nationals from abroad

and yet there are thousands of them on the waiting list, then will be the permanent residency

and the work permit, then the ones with thai wifes and childen, and so on.

The random tourists are more around september\october if all is ok

[reallyaffiliated]

31 minutes ago, HerbyJFlash said:

I hate to burst your bubble as I too am in the same boat but we still face many problems...

 

1. How will we get Covid insurance ?(Likely to be compulsory to enter Thailand )

2. Will we face 2 weeks quarantine on arrival? (I assume so)

3. How will we get medical certificate proving we are covid free? (also likely to be compulsory and difficult to obtain ).

4. We are behind a huge back log of expatriates and Thais still waiting to get back to Thailand. They will be on flights before us. 

5. Before lockdown certain high risk countries were made to meet special requirements , if your from US or UK we are about as high risk as it gets. We will probably be last to be permitted entry.
 

Again, I hate to sound negative but it’s not as simple as the lockdown ending on July 1st. 

Very true man. If it's just a question of money I don't mind spending it, and I'm also okay with a 14 day quarantee.

 

It's all a guessing game now though... However it's still great news today. ???? 

[Maestro]

Removed some off-topic posts and the replies to them.

[Why Me]

16 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

The random tourists are more around september\october if all is ok

I would say sooner. They'll travel bubble with clean countries (see China). 20% of the economy being tourism isn't going to survive sitting on its hands much longer.

 

Thai Airways if it doesn't go bankrupt has already plans to fly internationally starting July 1 (https://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2020/05/thai-maps-out-return-to-the-skies/).

 

My guess is tourists will start trickling in July with the Chinese in the lead.

Edited May 28, 2020 by Why Me

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The junta is under pressure as Vietnam announced 2 days ago to open its borders for 80 countries from July 1st.

 

Compare Vietnam’s Covid-19 action plan with what we got here and ask yourself what was the better approach. Especially when they stopped issuing visas for Chinese nationals. (January 30th)

 

https://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-business-operations-and-the-coronavirus-updates.html/

[mstevens]

While at first it sounds like good news, it does seem to be awfully fast of the Thais to life all restrictions given what is happening in most of the world. I mean, seriously, how many countries have the virus under control? No many! While I am keen to get back to Thailand, if they allowed flights in from Europe and USA and Russia and India and Brazil and all these countries where the virus situation is out of control, I don't know that I would be all that happy knowing people around me might have the virus. I think I'll wait a while before heading anywhere. Better safe than sorry.

Edited May 28, 2020 by mstevens

[kingofthemountain]

5 minutes ago, CLS said:

The junta is under pressure as Vietnam announced 2 days ago to open its borders for 80 countries from July 1st.

 

Compare Vietnam’s Covid-19 action plan with what we got here and ask yourself what was the better approach. Especially when they stopped issuing visas for Chinese nationals. (January 30th)

 

https://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-business-operations-and-the-coronavirus-updates.html/

I am sorry but i don't read the same thing as you in your link

Vietnam is not open its borders for 80 countries from 1st July

i read '' Vietnam will grant e visa to citizens of 80 countries from july 1''

i note they don't precise what are the requirments to obtain the visas.

and in the same text ''While this is a positive sign, vietnam's border remains closed

to foreign visitors due to the pandemic''

[Why Me]

5 minutes ago, mstevens said:

Seems awfully fast given what is happening elsewhere. While I am keen to get back to Thailand, if they allowed flights in from Europe and USA and Russia and India and Brazil and all these countries where the virus situation is out of control, I don't know that I would be all that happy knowing those around me might have the virus. I think I'll wait a while before heading anywhere. Better safe than sorry.

You can bet the airlines will be insisting on fairly rigorous proof of health before they board someone on an 8-hour flight. Maybe a reliable C-19 negative test within 48 hours. Maybe even rapid testing at the airport.

[kingofthemountain]

15 minutes ago, Why Me said:

My guess is tourists will start trickling in July with the Chinese in the lead.

i don't think so

but i could be wrong

wait and see...

[reallyaffiliated]

Just now, Why Me said:

You can bet the airlines will be insisting on fairly rigorous proof of health before they board someone on an 8-hour flight. Maybe a reliable C-19 negative test within 48 hours. Maybe even rapid testing at the airport.

I think so as well. Emirates and a few other airlines already have 10 minute tests in place.

[Why Me]

10 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

i don't think so

but i could be wrong

wait and see...

The indicator will be when the hotels open up for booking on agoda/booking.com or whatever system the Chinese use. Maybe some TV member has insight into if this is already happening. Arrivals in July will mean hotel reservations by mid-June at least.

Edited May 28, 2020 by Why Me

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6 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

I am sorry but i don't read the same thing as you in your link

Vietnam is not open its borders for 80 countries from 1st July

i read '' Vietnam will grant e visa to citizens of 80 countries from july 1''

i note they don't precise what are the requirments to obtain the visas.

and in the same text ''While this is a positive sign, vietnam's border remains closed

to foreign visitors due to the pandemic''

Right, the requirements are not yet known.

But do you think they start issuing visas that you can only use as wallpaper?

[Why Me]

2 minutes ago, CLS said:

Right, the requirements are not yet known.

But do you think they start issuing visas that you can only use as wallpaper?

The VN visa is open for 6 months.

[cerox]

Most likely they will work with the airlines to do a corona test before boarding. With a negative test I would expect no quarantine. This way, tourists would come - otherwise only some expats desperate to go back to their family. The latter, they do not care about.

 

Although the wallpaper visa would be nice ????

[reallyaffiliated]

7 minutes ago, Why Me said:

The indicator will be when the hotels open up for booking on agoda/booking.com or whatever system the Chinese use. Maybe some TV member has insight into if this is already happening. Arrivals in July will mean hotel reservations by mid-June at least.

That's some smart thinking. I think that and confirmed flights is what we should be looking for from now.

[HerbyJFlash]

I can’t believe I’m actually saying it , but as I am from the U.K and can’t see us ever becoming a non high risk country, (we eased lockdown today despite still having 8,000 infections a day) I actually hope thailand make me quarantine rather than ban me entirely.

 

What a mess the U.K. government have made and are making ...

[kingofthemountain]

4 minutes ago, CLS said:

Right, the requirements are not yet known.

But do you think they start issuing visas that you can only use as wallpaper?

Could be specifics visas for only few people

not massive tourists visas

if you read your link, at the 5th paragraph 

''Around 1000 skilled foreign specialists are expected to enter the country and

be quarantined in early june before being deployed at oil and steel project in Quang Ngai province''

Imo it does not make sense to do that if you plan to open the country to massive tourism some days later

[kingofthemountain]

11 minutes ago, Why Me said:

The indicator will be when the hotels open up for booking on agoda/booking.com or whatever system the Chinese use. Maybe some TV member has insight into if this is happening. Arrivals in July will mean hotel reservations by mid-June at least.

I am not sure about that

i saw myself yesterday on the ground that hotels in Pattaya

have rooms available and booking on agoda are open for reservation

still the borders are closed at the moment