rooster59 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Pattaya: Hotel chief urges governor to order ALL hotels shut Image: Pattaya Update News The head of the Thai Hoteliers' Association of the eastern Seaboard has urged the governor of Chonburi to order the temporary closure of ALL hotels in the Pattaya area. The move is seen as a way for hotel employees to access social security payments. Phisut Sae-khu said that he had sent a letter to the governor to consider the move. He said that there had been no closure order yet despite Pattaya being in the severest level of Covid-19 restrictions. He said that there are no customers in the hotels whatsoever and even if they remain open in name they are effectively shut. If they were ordered to be shut then employees could get a 7,500 baht social security payment - half of a 15,000 baht salary. It would then be up to individual hotels to make up any of the remaining difference. He said that many people had already been laid off in the first wave of the pandemic and hotel employees that remained were very necessary and needed to be treated properly. Source: Pattaya Update News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-01-09 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post champers Posted January 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2021 The governor will have to ask his boss in Bangkok. If the governor had to worry about being re-elected rather than being re-appointed he might care more about the welfare of those he governs. That's (not) democracy for you. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 'The governor' would not talk such rubbish had HE been a lowly hotel worker on a meager salary advocating people to go on the dole line and sit home... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Sensible solution - and the safest 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted January 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2021 7 hours ago, JoePai said: Sensible solution - and the safest sensible doesn,t mean much here... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wildliferescue Posted January 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2021 He is right, officially order the closure and financially support the industry and its workers. Government officials are the only ones not seeing pay cuts or other problems, they are too far from reality. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Haveasay Posted January 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2021 First they want tourists, now kick em out in the street. Won't say more not to offend! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: If they were ordered to be shut then employees could get a 7,500 baht social security payment - half of a 15,000 baht salary. Let's hope the bank accepts half a mortgage payment and the supermarket lets you have half your shopping for free then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin612 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Despite the second wave, the baht currency is still strong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I wish I could tell him face to face what a stupid <deleted>> he is! ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 The tourists had enough fun in their quarantine hotels. Now it is time to find a friend where they can stay or to fly back home. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo0 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Can’t help but think they would do this and as soon as payment started the hotels would tell all their staff to return to work , therefore saving the hotels 50% wages while staying open for any possible business . ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 What about people living in the hotels, either stranded because of Covid, or long-term residents? Me, I live here now, but I always liked the freedom of a condo when on holiday here. Some however, prefer the comfort and helpful staff of a hotel, even for years at a time - some are more "managed apartments" really, but they are still classed as a hotel. Are they all on the streets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I''m good with that. There's a golf resort outside of our village. Seems some locals from Rayong spent some time here and are now in quarantine. The locals are freaking. If you're gonna allow travelers from "hot zones" then your asking for public panic. Just shut it all down. And it sucks. So much for the Mrs and I taking our high season domestic vacation. But - there ya have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 4 hours ago, kevin612 said: Despite the second wave, the baht currency is still strong. As the West heads into the sunset more and more money will be finding it's way into Thailand and SE Asian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 42 minutes ago, connda said: As the West heads into the sunset more and more money will be finding it's way into Thailand and SE Asian. South East Asia - yes. Thailand - no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pique Dard Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 who could imagine that a diseade which started from a remote chinese town would bring the global economy to its knees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Pie 47 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, Pique Dard said: who could imagine that a diseade which started from a remote chinese town would bring the global economy to its knees? Remote town? Wuhan has a population just over 11 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pique Dard Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Meat Pie 47 said: Remote town? Wuhan has a population just over 11 million yes, because china is so huge that a town with a population over 11 million population can still be considered as remote..., for instance, many americans can't make the difference between sweden and switzerland for the same reason! i bet not many people knew whuhan existence before covid Edited January 9, 2021 by Pique Dard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdmn Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) I am going to take a wild guess and assume the people calling for this have some sort of financial relationship with some quarnatine hotels. Edited January 9, 2021 by shdmn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpcoe Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Aren't there ASQ hotels in the Pattaya area? I guess they could be excluded, but once you start exclusions, it could be a leaky thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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