Tourists told: If you came to Chiang Mai and got Covid we'll give you 100,000 baht

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Tourists told: If you came to Chiang Mai and got Covid we'll give you 100,000 baht

 

Picture: Bangkok Biz News

 

An association of leading business organisations and tourist groups have come up with a novel way to try and restore confidence in the tourism industry in the wake of a Covid-19 scare. 

 

They have promised any tourist who contracted Covid from a 29 year old woman who tested positive will be handed 100,000 baht compensation. 

 

The group that includes the Federation of Thai Industries, Chamber of Commerce, banking association and several tourism agencies in the private sector have readied a fund of 1 million baht just in case. 

 

Recipients will need to show they have followed the pandemic health regulations to get the money. 

 

The leader of one of the associations told Bangkok Biz News that 95% of contacts of the woman have been traced and now it was time that the private sector offered reassurance to potential visitors that the province is safe. 

 

Other reports have suggested widespread cancellations in the wake of the scare, notes Thaivisa.

 

Source: Bangkok Biz News

 

 

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[Thailand 18,641]

Now it's worth getting! Pays for the trip.

[bkk6060 13,125]

6 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Now it's worth getting! Pays for the trip.

Unless a person does not have insurance.

[jak2002003 5,028]

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

Tourists told: If you came to Chiang Mai and got Covid we'll give you 100,000 baht

 

Picture: Bangkok Biz News

 

An association of leading business organisations and tourist groups have come up with a novel way to try and restore confidence in the tourism industry in the wake of a Covid-19 scare. 

 

They have promised any tourist who contracted Covid from a 29 year old woman who tested positive will be handed 100,000 baht compensation. 

 

The group that includes the Federation of Thai Industries, Chamber of Commerce, banking association and several tourism agencies in the private sector have readied a fund of 1 million baht just in case. 

 

Recipients will need to show they have followed the pandemic health regulations to get the money. 

 

The leader of one of the associations told Bangkok Biz News that 95% of contacts of the woman have been traced and now it was time that the private sector offered reassurance to potential visitors that the province is safe. 

 

Other reports have suggested widespread cancellations in the wake of the scare, notes Thaivisa.

 

Source: Bangkok Biz News

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-12-02

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

When you get covid then they will lock you up in a hotel and make you spend all that money on medical expenses and visa extensions. 

Edited December 2, 2020 by jak2002003

[tonray 13,484]

Make it 800,000 baht 2 months before and another 800K 3 months after my extension application and I'm all in

[2long 2,395]

'Give you 100,000B only if you promise to keep quiet about it!'

[ChakaKhan 2,938]

Will that buy me an Elite Visa aka the Golden Pass?   or is the 100k in thai coupons for central food court?

[sweatalot 9,202]

They forgot to add that they will pay for insurance and  all the private hospital bills that are not covered by insurance.

[Surelynot 7,869]

Damn, if I were a little younger I'd be up for that.....could send the wife I guess.

[Geoffggi 4,393]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Tourists told: If you came to Chiang Mai and got Covid we'll give you 100,000 baht

Apart from the inconvenience of having this disease this amount would not cover the hospitalisation even if you could prove that it was directly as a result of the lady in question (WHICH I DOUBT) in other words this is just a scam that they should be ashamed of starting.  

[blorg 226]

3 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

Apart from the inconvenience of having this disease this amount would not cover the hospitalisation even if you could prove that it was directly as a result of the lady in question (WHICH I DOUBT) in other words this is just a scam that they should be ashamed of starting.  

 

This is mainly directed at domestic (Thai citizen) tourists who if hospitalized would not be paying for it.

 

Even if you were a foreigner paying out of pocket though the bill for 14 days in the public system would be well under 100,000, it's very inexpensive.

 

Could you push the bill over 100,000 at the most expensive private hospital, sure you could. But it doesn't have to cost that, and the typical cost of Covid isolation/treatment for who this is directed at would not come anywhere near 100k.

[Geoffggi 4,393]

2 minutes ago, blorg said:

 

This is mainly directed at domestic (Thai citizen) tourists who if hospitalized would not be paying for it.

 

Even if you were a foreigner paying out of pocket though the bill for 14 days in the public system would be well under 100,000, it's very inexpensive.

 

Could you push the bill over 100,000 at the most expensive private hospital, sure you could. But it doesn't have to cost that, and the typical cost of Covid isolation/treatment for who this is directed at would not come anywhere near 100k.

Tell this to the Thai government who insist on using high priced hospitals for all others .................LOL

[yellowboat 16,075]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

An association of leading business organisations and tourist groups have come up with a novel way to try and restore confidence in the tourism industry in the wake of a Covid-19 scare. 

I feel for them, but there is not much of a middle class in Thailand.   Even those who were office workers are out of a job now.  There are just not enough people who can afford to go anywhere.

[ourmanflint 2,484]

Here's the catch... you have to catch it from a 29 year old woman

 

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They have promised any tourist who contracted Covid from a 29 year old woman who tested positive will be handed 100,000 baht compensation. 

 

 

[AMFWolfie 36]

6 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Unless a person does not have insurance.

Or they die...