Phuket officials silent on impending arrival of Chinese tourists

[snoop1130]

Phuket officials silent on impending arrival of Chinese tourists

By The Phuket News

 

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn speaking to the press in Bangkok last Thursday (Oct 1). Photo: NNT

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket officials today (Oct 5) would neither confirm or deny whether the first tourists to enter the country would land at Phuket International Airport this Thursday (Oct 8), as announced by Minister of Tourism and Sports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn just last week.

 

Speaking to the press in Bangkok last Thursday (Oct 1), Minister Phiphat confirmed that a group of 150 Chinese nationals, all entering the country on the new Special Tourist Visa (STV), will be the first foreign tourists allowed into Thailand on a chartered flight under the conditional entry scheme for selected groups of foreigners, endorsed by the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

 

Mr Phipat explained the group will fly directly to Phuket on a chartered Air Asia flight, adding that another, smaller, group of seven Chinese businessmen will arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on a private jet on the same day, reported state news agency NNT, operated by the Public Relations Department of Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-officials-silent-on-impending-arrival-of-chinese-tourists-77548.php

 

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[86Tiger]

Would it not be hilarious if no one showed up?

[Golden Triangle]

Someone told me yesterday that on another news site that Phuket officials had denied all knowledge of the 150 Chinese.

 

The site may have been called Thai news in English, I don't know, I have not heard of it before yesterday so could be BS.

[elliss]

 

    Whuan visitors,  arriving soon . 

     With all the extras ..

 

 

Edited October 5, 2020 by elliss

[elliss]

1 minute ago, elliss said:

The expressions on these Thai officials . Total confusion . Tat .

   Nuff said ..

 

[AbeNormal]

maybe when they booked they were told they would get 5 star treatment and it would be fun..........they just left out the details in the small print

 

I would pay to be there to see how this so called quarantine actually pans out 

 

I hope they don't step one foot out of their hotel because the locals won't like that

 

and if any of them test positive for CV19 - we will never get to hear anything about it

[Geoffggi]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket officials today (Oct 5) would neither confirm or deny whether the first tourists to enter the country would land at Phuket International Airport this Thursday (Oct 8), as announced by Minister of Tourism and Sports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn just last week.

The silence is deafening, there is something going on that they don't want people to know about, and as AbeNormal commented "If any of them test positive for CV-19 we will never get to hear anything about it". 

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, 86Tiger said:

Would it not be hilarious if no one showed up?

Would be more hilarious if some showed up positive.. !

[Bkk Brian]

They are silent because we know as well as they do that these are not tourists but especially invited business people here to do some buying and takeovers

[Rimmer]

A troll post and reply have been removed

[johng]

What about the group of 7 Chinese billionaires  that where supposed to be flying in on  a private jet  for a "short stay"  ?

[ChipButty]

21 hours ago, johng said:

What about the group of 7 Chinese billionaires  that where supposed to be flying in on  a private jet  for a "short stay"  ?

For short time?

[ChipButty]

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