Open up Pattaya to foreign tourists NOW! Russians/Europeans are willing to quarantine, say tourism leaders

[Ireland32 1,765]

Keep Closed too many outbreaks in Europe 

[Stump 46]

5 years before any talk of tourism around the world.And that is if there was a vaccine this year...

[BestB 12,592]

1 hour ago, pokerface1 said:

Are there any other countries open for Tourism? I know Australia has opened up to allow New Zealand tourists in however its a one way ticket at this stage. No quarantine required .

Maldives, Panama, SA and no doubt a few more

[Guderian 4,362]

With the virus spreading like wildfire in Europe and the US again, this is really not the time to take chances. And what if a serious and far deadlier mutation occurs, as it did in the case of the Spanish flu a century ago? I'd keep the drawbridges up and hang in there until vaccines start appearing next year, and I'm pretty sure that most Thai people not dependent on the tourism industry (i.e. most Thai people) will agree with me.

[Chivas 2,571]

2 hours ago, sungod said:

Why not, if I was in the UK and wanted to see 3 or 4 months of the winter out here, I wouldnt hesitate if allowed.

You've answered the question yourself !  Extreme case.  Very few regular tourists go for 3-4 months in one hit.

Myself and a few friends with similar trip counts of between 150-200 + but none of us go for that in one period of time

Cumulatively yes annually, but not single trips

[Emdog 5,635]

Have the strongarm mayor and his buddies put up a 100 billion dollar bond to cover expenses in case Thailand has pandemic similar to US or parts of Europe. Problem solved.

[phantomfiddler 7,085]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

 Very few tourists will be willing to jump over the onerous hoops this stunningly uncreative administration is putting forth. Perhaps a few thousand per year. Expats, yes. Tourists, no. Dumb and dumber. 

 

Any effective solution to the devastation of the tourism industry here, has to include a plan without the requirements of quarantine.

 

A simple plan. Require tourists to get a laboratory test in their home country, with negative results. Then, issue an antigen test here, upon arrival. A simple test, with results in 15 minutes. The new Abbott test system costs just $5 per test. Free testing upon arrival. You are negative. You have been subjected to two different tests, using two completely different systems. You are healthy. You are free to go, and please spend alot of money here, so you can help to revive our devastated economy, and put some people back to work. Thank you so much for coming!

Agreed in general, except that the weak link would the actual plane trip here, during which the risk of encountering this elusive virus would be at it,s greatest. How many times has one jumped on a plane feeling 110%, only to disembark several hours later feeling like you know what ? In my opinion there is no solution, this "thing" is so obviously totally out of control that the only sensible reaction would be to do a "Sweden".

[sammieuk1 18,202]

They could be more willing if he pays for it 

[Scot123 3,009]

3 hours ago, Brunolem said:

Tourists or "tourists"? 

 

There is no such thing as a "long term tourist". 

 

The Chinese, who are real tourists, spend on average one week in Pattaya or somewhere else. 

 

The Russians need more time to launder the suitcases of cash brought with them. 

 

Some Europeans, after having secured their unemployment benefits, would rather spend the winter sitting on a bar stool, watching the cars passing by and enjoying their fresh exhaust fumes. 

 

Exactly the kind of characters Thailand would be better off without... 

Very nasty. Pray tell how many people from Britain go to Thailand who are on benifit and what kind of benifit is that affords over a thousand on flights and accommodation? I'm a Brit who has lived in thailand on and off since 2002 only recently 2019 returning to the uk to live. I always had brand new SUV's 4x4's and brand new motorbikes so am I one of these Brits you despise? What an attitude. Never judge a book by its cover.

Edited October 17 by Scot123

[pattayadude 610]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The message to Sontaya Khunpleum was open up now or face more collapse

how can something collapse more if it already has collapsed to the ground?

Ohh I get it! You mean it can go further down 6 feet under ground...

Edited October 17 by pattayadude

[pattayadude 610]

3 hours ago, Brunolem said:

Some Europeans, after having secured their unemployment benefits, would rather spend the winter sitting on a bar stool, watching the cars passing by and enjoying their fresh exhaust fumes. 

[86Tiger 1,289]

2 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

Agreed in general, except that the weak link would the actual plane trip here, during which the risk of encountering this elusive virus would be at it,s greatest. How many times has one jumped on a plane feeling 110%, only to disembark several hours later feeling like you know what ? In my opinion there is no solution, this "thing" is so obviously totally out of control that the only sensible reaction would be to do a "Sweden".

Give this man a cookie.

 

Every single one of us will test positive for this virus at some point.  It is out in the world and can not be put back in the vial at the lab. 

 

Couple posts up notes  "...the virus spreading like wildfire in Europe and the US again..."  This is because more and more people are going about their normal lives.  Though positive tests are increasing deaths are not increasing, hospitals are not over whelmed.  We have learned this virus is not a death sentence.  It is not going to wipe humanity off the face of the earth.  Methods have been developed to successfully treat it.  

 

So, hide in the basement for another month or another 5 years.  Eventually, we will all be exposed and test positive.  Doesn't mean we will all get sick. Life has got to resume or the burden on society will be too great to over come.

[pattayadude 610]

1 hour ago, pokerface1 said:

Are there any other countries open for Tourism? I know Australia has opened up to allow New Zealand tourists in however its a one way ticket at this stage. No quarantine required .

Turkey for one

[underthebridge 9]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Free testing upon arrival. You are negative. You have been subjected to two different tests, using two completely different systems. You are healthy. You are free to go, and please spend alot of money here, so you can help to revive our devastated economy, and put some people back to work.

If positive then what? Spend even more money in quarantine or will this be covered by the insurance scheme?

[spidermike007 34,587]

3 minutes ago, underthebridge said:

If positive then what? Spend even more money in quarantine or will this be covered by the insurance scheme?

Yes, of course. If positive you have to quarantine. A sensible approach. Far more sensible than asking healthy tourists to devote 14 days of their lives to prison, and thousand of dollars. While on vacation? What planet are these officials Iiving on? Planet Thailandia? The center of the known universe? 

 

Are these clowns serious? Or do they want to continue the sadism visited upon their people?