Popular Post zzzzz Posted May 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Jeffr2 said: You seem to be up to date on this quite well! Thanks. Quick question. When in Phuket for your 7 day "quarantine", will you be stuck to your room? Able to roam the hotel property? Or have unrestricted access all across the island? Thanks! ur free in phuket... no quarantine at all.....no restrictions, ( well as far as they say Today, tomorrow might change) I personally am not concerned about 1,000 or 100,000 tourists arriving on PHuket come July> I AM worried about the number of Thais that will be traveling form nakorn everywhere to work in Phuket that will NOT have had any shots nor any negative covid tests!! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieSeek Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 18 minutes ago, toolpush said: Kind of a contradictory statement? First you say: "The vaccine DOES NOT stop you catching the virus and spreading it". Then you say they should wait until country has a vaccination point? What good is a high vaccination point if the vaccine DOES NOT stop you catching the the virus and spreading it? I am confused by your position. It's not at all contradictory. You clearly don't understand the vaccine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wensiensheng Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 3 hours ago, impulse said: You're assuming the target demographic is from the west. I'm thinking they're from the north. Not really. Whether from China or Western countries, it seems it will be couples and singles only. I assume you’re suggesting that most Chinese tourists come in large groups and are mostly adults. From what I have seen around Phuket in the past, that’s probably true. But it doesn’t contradict my original statement. Couples and singles only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BadSpottedDog Posted May 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2021 15 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said: And the virus is raging there. Lock downs, curfews, etc. Doesn't sound like much fun. My friends who live there say it's not that bad. It's hard to weed out sensationalist media vs real reports. Same with Costa Rica. I'm listening to people who actually live in the place in question. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wensiensheng Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, zzzzz said: ur free in phuket... no quarantine at all.....no restrictions, ( well as far as they say Today, tomorrow might change) I personally am not concerned about 1,000 or 100,000 tourists arriving on PHuket come July> I AM worried about the number of Thais that will be traveling form nakorn everywhere to work in Phuket that will NOT have had any shots nor any negative covid tests!! I share that concern. There have been statements made that ANY person traveling to Phuket by air or land has to have a vaccination certificate or proof of a negative test within 72 hours of arrival. I’m taking that to mean Thai’s as well, so hopefully the workers coming back to the island won’t be an issue. but there’s still plenty of devil in the detail to be worked out and, as always, a tight ship run in the first week can easily become sloppy in a short space of time. Edited May 19, 2021 by wensiensheng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wensiensheng Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 hour ago, crazykopite said: Sorry to hear your stuck away from home but I fear 1st July. Is pie in the sky what they failed to say is what year it will be more like July 2022 it certainly won’t be this July it has just been announced anyone entering Phuket from other provinces will have to go into quarantine for 14 days unless they can show they have had the vaccine I’d have to disagree crazyk. I think it’s certain Phuket will be open. The border check is either vaccinated, or negative test within 72 hours and if you don’t have those, 14 days quarantined. if you think about it, if Phuket is to be a bubble, sandbox, call it what you will, you have to control people coming in to make sure they don’t bring the virus with them. so the border checks are, imho, simply more evidence that Phuket will be open to vaccinated arrivals. Whether bars etc are open is the interesting question. So far anything to do with alcohol has been hugely restricted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinom Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Seychelles: 60% vaxxed, high peak in positives and deaths, 34% of cases being detected on vaxxed... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzz Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, wensiensheng said: I share that concern. There have been statements made that ANY person traveling to Phuket by air or land has to have a vaccination certificate or proof of a negative test within 72 hours of arrival. I’m taking that to mean Thai’s as well, so hopefully the workers coming back to the island won’t be an issue. but there’s still plenty of devil in the detail to be worked out and, as always, a tight ship run in the first week can easily become sloppy in a short space of time. Thats true for now> must have 2 shots or covid negative test BUT how many Unemployed Thais can afford a few thousand baht for the test and I doubt even 20% of thais in Thailand will have had their 2nd shot by July 1st Maybe they will offer Free or cheap tests for thais next month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimfan Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Where are the Sandbox specials on Sky Scanner ? I cant see any flights ? Who is flying there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaindrew Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 3 hours ago, impulse said: You're assuming the target demographic is from the west. I'm thinking they're from the north. China has vaccinated about 1% of its population and is not encouraging foreign travel and there is no major China holiday now until October, they wont be coming on there 1st July 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALSinCM Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 If betting was legal I'd drop a few hundred quid on the other side of that opening date with the local bookmaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingFat Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 OK, so I developed the anti-bodies after a mild case in late January this year in which I recovered from within one week, I've had both jabs of Moderna, I have a note from my mother and Boy Scout Troop Master attesting I am a good boy...can I come to the LOS on July 2 and not have to quarantine ??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineOh Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Great idea, let loads of obese, pale tourists come in with their American express gold cards and their various strains of covid 19. Should go down well... Like a lead balloon kinda well. Open on July 1st, closed again on the 2nd ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 37 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said: Gonna see if I can squeeze some info outta her ???? Hopefully after work in person ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuarty Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 42 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said: You seem to be up to date on this quite well! Thanks. Quick question. When in Phuket for your 7 day "quarantine", will you be stuck to your room? Able to roam the hotel property? Or have unrestricted access all across the island? Thanks! There is no quarantine for vaccinated travellers after 1 July under the current plan. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, zzzzz said: WRONG: being discussed, NOT 100% yet Nobody needs buy any kind of package, Book ur hotel direct, book ur flight direct have both shots fly in make sure u have the thai Morchana app on ur phone stay 7 days ( or longer) and ur than free to travel around Thailand China, Russia, Japan, Korea Good to know you know all about a government proposal that has yet to be finalized and published in the Royal Gazette or any other official government publication. Edited May 19, 2021 by Pattaya Spotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuarty Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 23 minutes ago, Swimfan said: Where are the Sandbox specials on Sky Scanner ? I cant see any flights ? Who is flying there ? They haven't announced the details of the scheme after 1 July yet, but airlines are gearing up. you will just have to wait for updates. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuarty Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 19 minutes ago, WingFat said: OK, so I developed the anti-bodies after a mild case in late January this year in which I recovered from within one week, I've had both jabs of Moderna, I have a note from my mother and Boy Scout Troop Master attesting I am a good boy...can I come to the LOS on July 2 and not have to quarantine ??? As it stands now, then yes, but I would wait for a formal announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimfan Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, stuarty said: They haven't announced the details of the scheme after 1 July yet, but airlines are gearing up. you will just have to wait for updates. They wont be getting any Australians as we can not leave ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffr2 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Just now, Swimfan said: They wont be getting any Australians as we can not leave ???? You can leave anytime, just hard getting back in.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Many of my friends live there went to the islands with they family.no tourist unless the hotel stint first.had a holiday.So if they think the international farang will be coming july.End of the year is more like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuarty Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stevenl Posted May 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2021 2 hours ago, crazykopite said: Sorry to hear your stuck away from home but I fear 1st July. Is pie in the sky what they failed to say is what year it will be more like July 2022 it certainly won’t be this July it has just been announced anyone entering Phuket from other provinces will have to go into quarantine for 14 days unless they can show they have had the vaccine And the discussion here is about people entering being required to have been vaccinated. The amount of people commenting here without understanding the concept is staggering. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 hour ago, the green light said: it seemed a desperate move to attract tourism and another disguise of the quarantine. nothing will move until a lot of thai people get vaccination and quarantine removed. "nothing will move until a lot of thai people get vaccination and quarantine removed." Which is exactly the intention of this: high vaccination grade on Phuket and removal of the quarantine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post CALSinCM Posted May 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) Why would anyone in their right mind travel from a country where a large proportion of the population is vaccinated and no longer are subjected to mask wearing and business lockdowns in order to travel to a country where virtually no one is vaccinated, cases are on the rise, where masks are mandatory, and parks, beaches, entertainment venues, and tourist attractions are opened and closed on the whim of a bureaucrat, and if you gather with your family members next to the hotel pool in the evening and drink a beer or wine you then subject yourself to possible incarceration, hefty fines and deportation? What a wonderful experience for the children. And of course, you'll be tracked and traced like criminals freshly released out of prison and now on parole. Heck of a vacation wouldn't you say? You'd have to be absolutely out of your mind to come here as a tourist. This Grand Opening will have all the hallmarks of a train crash. Edited May 19, 2021 by CALSinCM 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerolamo Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 6 hours ago, Brunolem said: It is not because one opens a Ferrari dealership in Isaan that customers will show up... Are you sure ? Here i can see poor people in chicken houses with full cracks on walls (start break one year after the build finish) with big customized pickup in front of the chicken house. And more than the half of the credit cover by there own huge land for garanty (that they will loose for some of them to achieve to paid the credit if they don't also loose the pickup). It looks like the humans love to show power (even if they don't have any) the way it looks like in the TV shows. Ho !!! look at my big expensive car !!! I'm someone ! I think, they can have a customized Ferrari under the chicken roof too... I will not be surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stevenl Posted May 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, CALSinCM said: Why would anyone in their right mind travel from a country where a large proportion of the population is vaccinated and no longer are subjected to mask wearing and business lockdowns in order to travel to a country where virtually no one is vaccinated, cases are on the rise, where masks are mandatory, and parks, beaches, entertainment venues, and tourist attractions are opened and closed on the whim of a bureaucrat? And of course, you'll be tracked and traced like a criminal out of prison on parole. Heck of a vacation wouldn't you say? You'd have to be absolutely out of your mind to come here as a tourist. This Grand Opening will have all the hallmarks of a train crash. "where virtually no one is vaccinated" Requirement for the model is that the population has reached a high degree of vaccination. "cases are on the rise" Not true for Phuket "masks are mandatory" At the moment yes, after 1 July no-one knows. My guess would be 'no', but that is just that, my guess. "parks, beaches, entertainment venues, and tourist attractions are opened and closed on the whim of a bureaucrat?" The goal of the model is to open it all up. Edited May 19, 2021 by stevenl 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_lob Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Instead of words written in the sand they should have gathered some of the lovely genuine folk of the island, you know, jet ski lads, tuk tuk and taxi drivers...the ones we really miss...that would get them coming back in droves 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimfan Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 36 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said: You can leave anytime, just hard getting back in.... No you cant, its not that easy. You must apply for and obtain an exemption to travel. Exemptions are generally only granted on compassionate grounds. I doubt a holiday in Phuket would qualify. Getting back is probably easier than getting out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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