Popular Post webfact Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul (left) and Tourism & Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn at Phuket Provincial Hall today (May 15). Photo: PR Phuket By The Phuket News PHUKET: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul and Tourism & Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn in Phuket today (May 15) delivered a message of support from Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha confirming that Phuket will open to fully vaccinated international tourists from July 1. Speaking at a special meeting convened at Phuket Provincial Hall early this afternoon “to prepare for the opening of the ‘Phuket Sandbox 1 July’ policy”, Mr Anutin brought good tidings from Prime Minister Prayut, who did not attend today, despite the announcement yesterday evening. Present to receive the message at Provincial Hall today were Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew, the island’s three Vice Governors, President of the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO, or OrBorJor) Rewat Areerob along with a host of officials from relevant government departments on the island as well as representatives from Phuket’s private sector. Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/anutin-phiphat-arrive-in-phuket-assure-july-1-reopening-80010.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2021-05-17 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sametboy2019 Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 Irrelevant. Nobody is coming. 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thailand Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 Up to3 weeks quarantine for Chinese returning back to China so you won'tbe seeing them. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post baansgr Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 Those 300 arrivals each month will make the economy boom again..flights from UK are almost £900 cattle class 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ikke1959 Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 and than in another article.. Thais and foreigners arrested for drinking together...... Good advertisement for an island that is begging for tourists 7 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nkg Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, baansgr said: Those 300 arrivals each month will make the economy boom again..flights from UK are almost £900 cattle class Really? It took me all of 2 minutes to find a flight from Gatwick to Phuket for £425 on the 1st of July. Edited May 16, 2021 by nkg 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey11 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, nkg said: Really? It took me all of 2 minutes to find a flight from Gatwick to Phuket for £425 on the 1st of July. Problem is if that flight routes via Qatar and is not direct, on return to UK you have to do government hotel quarantine I believe, unless you stay on same aircraft,do not leave the aircraft, and no new passengers board the aircraft. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polaky Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 How long do you have to stay in Phuket before being allowed to travel elsewhere? Phuket is not my destination of choice, has this been discussed or are you limited to the island only?. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkg Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, Petey11 said: Problem is if that flight routes via Qatar and is not direct, on return to UK you have to do government hotel quarantine I believe, unless you stay on same aircraft,do not leave the aircraft, and no new passengers board the aircraft. There's other options - £472 with Emirates, £499 with Singapore, £391 with KLM - and that's just on the 1st of July. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmen Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) 3 vice governors, really? For a tiny little island. Gonna be an expensive trip, skimming have to go 4 ways Edited May 16, 2021 by madmen 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThaidDown Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, madmen said: 3 vice governors, really? For a tiny little island. Gonna be an expensive trip, skimming have to go 4 ways Tiny little island but huge amount of vice. Hence need for 3 persons to 'govern' it. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Sametboy2019 said: Irrelevant. Nobody is coming. Actually one of my fully vaccinated friends from the US has already booked... so on a factual basis you're wrong. The more important point is it's a starting point to get the Phuket economy moving again but it will be a very slow process. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pattaya Spotter Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2021 40 minutes ago, Polaky said: How long do you have to stay in Phuket before being allowed to travel elsewhere? Phuket is not my destination of choice, has this been discussed or are you limited to the island only?. If fully vaccinated, I believe 7 days. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmen Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Pattaya Spotter said: Actually one of my fully vaccinated friends from the US has already booked... so on a factual basis you're wrong. The more important point is it's a starting point to get the Phuket economy moving again but it will be a very slow process. Can you share what he booked, was it just a flight or hotel as well? They haven't announced any details yet sounds like he jumped in a bit early 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, ikke1959 said: and than in another article.. Thais and foreigners arrested for drinking together...... Good advertisement for an island that is begging for tourists It is...shows the authorities are taking Covid-19 pandemic restrictions seriously. And not everyone visiting Phuket is doing so to go drinking on the beach with ladyboys. Edited May 17, 2021 by Pattaya Spotter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Sametboy2019 said: Irrelevant. Nobody is coming. I think you are wrong there 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 minute ago, madmen said: Can you share what he booked, was it just a flight or hotel as well? They haven't announced any details yet sounds like he jumped in a bit early SQ SFO to BKK and then transfer to Phuket...believe he arrives on 16 July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pravda Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 39 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said: Actually one of my fully vaccinated friends from the US has already booked. Nah, he didn't and you know it 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ikke1959 Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2021 55 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said: It is...shows the authorities are taking Covid-19 pandemic restrictions seriously. And not everyone visiting Phuket is doing so to go drinking on the beach with ladyboys. These ladyboys were not he problem... The gathering and drinking was.... not allowed to sit with more than 2 people together.... please read the story of the Phuket news.. There was also a problem with a few expats drinking with friends in their house at the swimmingpool...It is the gathering.. How can you welcome tourist if you can't allow more than 2 people sitting together?? 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SoilSpoil Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Pattaya Spotter said: It is...shows the authorities are taking Covid-19 pandemic restrictions seriously. And not everyone visiting Phuket is doing so to go drinking on the beach with ladyboys. No, some will fly to Phuket to watch Netflix in their homeroom enjoying a 7-11 meal. 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernRyland Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) The question is, if they let you in the sandbox how long before they you let leave (if ever)? Edited May 17, 2021 by NorthernRyland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Ok..so lets go with the "THEORY" that this is TRUE....July 1 opening in Phuket Being a Yank(USA) Im getting my final Pfizer this wed....which will make me "fully vaccinated" My lease ends July 14th here....I peeked to see if flights and how much just for kicks and IF this thai theory "works" Ive seen flight from LAX to BKK and some LAX to Phuket--some with a quick layover in BKK ANA--Singapore air etc--less than 500 usd one way or need RT? Are they saying I could arrive---VOA on arrival, Show Covid Insurance and Im free to stay anywhere for 7 days in Phuket--provided Im "clean"? Then I could fly to my home base up north in CM??....where I would be cut loose but still follow guidelines there..NO ASQ at all??? I jumped to the DC Thai Consulate Embassy site as I figured if its true they would say so....nothing there..all the hoops still and a 14 day ASQ on arrival. This has become a mish mash of ideas run in a blender with someone throwing a new idea into it daily---Am i wrong in any of my JULY 1 claims? As said before Id take the word of Ubon Joe over any of these thai guys..as seems each group is shouting down the others ideas with no final plan Assume the final decider would be on the Thai Embassy website, as opposed to hearsay and article posted almost daily here-fuel to the fire..?? or is this just pillow talk and ideas being thrown at a wall in an effort to be doing something and getting a paycheck to appease the bosses... sigh 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, SoilSpoil said: No, some will fly to Phuket to watch Netflix in their homeroom enjoying a 7-11 meal. That would be me.as its what I do when Im there for my usual 4 months stay......may as well do it for a 1/3 of the cost in shotgun alley-hate town USA.... Count me in..been ready since you know who ruined the country..starts with T-ends with P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said: The question is, if they let you in the sandbox how long before they you let leave (if ever)? reports are 7 days..IF true....key word IF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernRyland Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said: reports are 7 days..IF true....key word IF I'm gonna wait until mid July before I even think about booking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomer6969 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 I'd bet they'll the Patong minimum taxi fare at THB 500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said: I'm gonna wait until mid July before I even think about booking. same as noted my lease ends July 14th in USA...but am itching to get my butt on a plane and away from all this hate and mass shooting-covidiots--yada yada I foolishly left LOS last march to come home to a job that disappeared and its my biggest regret..I literally walked into a dumpster fire as soon as i landed..ugh I suppose after a year of the same exact day I am getting my 2nd shot this week and I was able to VOTE and do my part to save my country...praise Buddha! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Boomer6969 said: I'd bet they'll the Patong minimum taxi fare at THB 500. Id walk just to spite them...as they would still nag me....or rent a bicycle or motobike....or even ask a thai for a ride and pay them and share my sangsom! ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fondue zoo Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Are they accepting "vaccinated status" with all the vaccines or only particular brands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kynikoi Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 They just arrested a bunch of farang for enjoying themselves (May 17). What different is going to happen in five weeks? Nothing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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