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News Forum - PM Prayut insists no plans to drop face-mask requirement in Thailand


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  On 5/31/2022 at 4:42 AM, Transam said:

But that would not deal with those who blatantly don't use a mask, there are many on this forum...🤓

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They say they don’t but I suspect that it is just bravado and in reality they conform just like everyone else😂. It’s easy to talk big on a forum but when they go to the 7-11 they will put their masks on without a hint of protest 

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  On 5/31/2022 at 6:03 AM, mjwalker said:

just crazy now 

most people coming to Thailand are coming from countries that no longer use masks !! 

it will stop tourists coming 

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Really? I have searched the internet and can’t find any negative comments about Thailand’s mask mandate apart from this forum and TVF. I see plenty of  of people on this forum predicting the negative impact on tourism without any evidence to back it up.

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  On 5/31/2022 at 6:05 AM, Morpheus said:

Headline should read.

PM anounces new plan to keep foreign tourists from coming to Thailand.

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The only people who think it will stop tourists coming are on this forum and TVF 😂

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  On 5/31/2022 at 5:07 PM, JamesR said:

Oh well I will have to put my nine months trip off to Thailand for another few months, a lot of tourists must be doing the same.

In the UK at the weekend many of the airports were full to capacity as families went away for holidays during the school half-term holiday period, I bet many did not choose to go to a country where they had to sit under the hot sun wearing a mask.☺️

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My family were among them and they didn't come to me in Thailand, full time mask wearing was the last straw!

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  On 6/1/2022 at 2:41 AM, Mandy said:

My family were among them and they didn't come to me in Thailand, full time mask wearing was the last straw!

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But not the only straw? 😂Did they miss the flight because of the queue?

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  On 5/31/2022 at 7:42 AM, rc1 said:

Although I would argue with you on "personal preference for many", it was rare to see anyone in a mask pre 2020 in Thailand

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Not rare in Bangkok and people who went to work with a cold or flu!

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  On 6/1/2022 at 2:18 AM, Stevejm said:

Really? I have searched the internet and can’t find any negative comments about Thailand’s mask mandate apart from this forum and TVF. I see plenty of  of people on this forum predicting the negative impact on tourism without any evidence to back it up.

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TVF?

  On 6/1/2022 at 2:18 AM, Stevejm said:

Really? I have searched the internet and can’t find any negative comments about Thailand’s mask mandate apart from this forum and TVF. I see plenty of  of people on this forum predicting the negative impact on tourism without any evidence to back it up

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You wouldn't. Not in the Thai press. Look to the western press (where the majority of tourist come from) and you will see that people are indeed turned off by the notion of having to wear a mask on holiday. As far as evidence for future predictions are concerned... The evidence will be in the tourist numbers. And right now there is no where near the 3.2 million tourist per month that thailand saw pre covid. Right now it's like 500,000 and they pray it will go up to 1 million by July. We will see. 

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I lived for a number of years in Taiwan, pre Covid.  Face masks are very common outdoors and on public transport it is almost 100%, including me. It was really no bother and if it made the transmission of colds and flu that much harder, it had my support. I appreciate the agro from people on holiday, but it may be the way of things here for the foreseeable future, so I guess that we must accept that. 

Note:  I cannot remember when I last had a cold or flu, and no covid, so far.  Touching all kinds of wood;  no. not that wood! 

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  On 5/31/2022 at 3:08 AM, DiJoDavO said:

Says the guy who went to America (which has higher numbers than here) without face mask🙂

Don't these guys communicate with each other? 

Still expecting what I said a week ago lol

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Anutin also stated twice that there was no Thai law that enforced mask wearing, what a circus!!!!

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  On 6/1/2022 at 3:11 AM, Cabra said:

You wouldn't. Not in the Thai press. Look to the western press (where the majority of tourist come from) and you will see that people are indeed turned off by the notion of having to wear a mask on holiday. As far as evidence for future predictions are concerned... The evidence will be in the tourist numbers. And right now there is no where near the 3.2 million tourist per month that thailand saw pre covid. Right now it's like 500,000 and they pray it will go up to 1 million by July. We will see. 

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I haven’t seen any reference to it in the western media. Why don’t you educate me and post a link

  On 6/1/2022 at 3:33 AM, Paulw said:

Anutin also stated twice that there was no Thai law that enforced mask wearing, what a circus!!!!

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The UK official travel advice for travelers coming to Thailand only mentions the need to wear masks on public transport. I’m sure they would mention it if it was a legal requirement everywhere. Makes me wonder how any tourists would even find out about the requirement to be put off by it. It’s not mentioned in the TP application process so how would any potential visitors even know about it? 

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  On 6/1/2022 at 3:37 AM, Stevejm said:

I haven’t seen any reference to it in the western media. Why don’t you educate me and post a link

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https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/aug/05/uk-tourists-cancel-a-trip-than-enter-quarantine-wear-masks-covid-coronavirus

There are even more articles promoting the advantages of traveling to places that have lifted covid restrictions. Which is a backhanded way of saying people are tired of masking and seek to holiday mask free. Not a difficult concept to get ones brain around

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  On 6/1/2022 at 3:45 AM, Stevejm said:

The UK official travel advice for travelers coming to Thailand only mentions the need to wear masks on public transport. I’m sure they would mention it if it was a legal requirement everywhere. Makes me wonder how any tourists would even find out about the requirement to be put off by it. It’s not mentioned in the TP application process so how would any potential visitors even know about it? 

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If you want reliable information about Thailand don't rely on a UK source. Try looking at a THA source (TAT, DPH, CCSA). Truth is there is not a law to wear a mask, as this requires many steps and Parliament approval. However, under the emergency decree in place for over two years now, mask mandates fall under measures implemented currently in every province by communicable disease committees and fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Health. Again compulsory in all provinces and offenders are liable for a fine upon 20,000 baht (although I've never heard anyone getting fined). People find out about these things because it's common knowledge, and from information readily available online. 

  On 6/1/2022 at 4:32 AM, Cabra said:

If you want reliable information about Thailand don't rely on a UK source. Try looking at a THA source (TAT, DPH, CCSA). Truth is there is not a law to wear a mask, as this requires many steps and Parliament approval. However, under the emergency decree in place for over two years now, mask mandates fall under measures implemented currently in every province by communicable disease committees and fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Health. Again compulsory in all provinces and offenders are liable for a fine upon 20,000 baht (although I've never heard anyone getting fined). People find out about these things because it's common knowledge, and from information readily available online. 

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Yes but translates effectively as “ law” !

Parliamentary, Gazetted or Not …..

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  On 6/1/2022 at 4:18 AM, Cabra said:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/aug/05/uk-tourists-cancel-a-trip-than-enter-quarantine-wear-masks-covid-coronavirus

There are even more articles promoting the advantages of traveling to places that have lifted covid restrictions. Which is a backhanded way of saying people are tired of masking and seek to holiday mask free. Not a difficult concept to get ones brain around

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That article is almost 2 years old so it means nothing!

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  On 6/1/2022 at 4:36 AM, oldschooler said:

Yes but translates effectively as “ law” !

Parliamentary, Gazetted or Not …..

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But didn’t you say previously that it is not being implemented as in nobody is getting fined for not wearing a mask outside?

  On 6/1/2022 at 4:59 AM, Metoo said:

Let's be clear about this. 

There is no law about the need to wear masks.....period. 

You cannot be fined for not wearing one......period. 

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Disproven by Cabra. Provincial & Local Laws all over Thailand. Just not a central parliamentary law. 

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  On 6/1/2022 at 5:12 AM, Stevejm said:

But didn’t you say previously that it is not being implemented as in nobody is getting fined for not wearing a mask outside?

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No. That was @Cabra. And implementation a different subject. 

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