No foreign tourists to arrive tomorrow, the first day of “Samui Plus” reopening

[Thaiger]

No tourists will arrive in Koh Samui tomorrow, the first day of the island’s reopening under the “Samui Plus” travel scheme, similar to the “Phuket Sandbox.” Only 4 foreign tourists are expected on Friday. Tourism officials say it will be a slow start and they expect that an influx of travellers to the trio of islands in the Gulf of Thailand will be in a couple of months. Tomorrow, the island will welcome 11 foreigners from media companies to promote the reopening scheme which allows tourists who are vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter the island without undergoing a 14-day quarantine. […]

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[gazmo16]

How embarrassing, but I'm not really surprised.

Did they honestly expect anyone after the cluster %%%k in Phuket with additional costs to get to Samui ?

[thai3]

Lets hope none of the 4 get stuck in prison like poor Phuket Steff!

[PhayakPeter]

[AussieBob]

Clearly Samui is aiming for the high rollers - those places open are extremely expensive. 

 

[Jossiboy]

I wonder when this delusional plan will be abandoned once and for all. 

[PhayakPeter]

I'm fed up of all the thaiger presenters bigging up the phuket sandbox and samui plus, they actually believe that tourists will go through all the boll@cks and expense when the presenters are even too scared to travel domestic routes. Pay once pay again for a false positive. Even things up by charging locals and expats for quarantine if they cop for a positive test

Edited July 14, 2021 by PhayakPeter
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[JenKat]

Most people will wait until the restrictions are lifted, PM Chan-o-cha has said mid October or earlier if the vaccination drive goes as well as expected. Might end up being next year before that actually happens!!!!

[PhayakPeter]

1 minute ago, JenKat said:

Most people will wait until the restrictions are lifted, PM Chan-o-cha has said mid October or earlier if the vaccination drive goes as well as expected. Might end up being next year before that actually happens!!!!

Or never, Thai style. 

[Objectivance]

1 minute ago, JenKat said:

Most people will wait until the restrictions are lifted, PM Chan-o-cha has said mid October or earlier if the vaccination drive goes as well as expected. Might end up being next year before that actually happens!!!!

The ol' fake it till ya make it routine isn't gonna play like it did for most of 2020. As soon as they think they've got the cats herded, the next "variants" will be making the rounds in the media and all the current shots will be announced as officially ineffective. 

[PhayakPeter]

1 minute ago, Objectivance said:

The ol' fake it till ya make it routine isn't gonna play like it did for most of 2020. As soon as they think they've got the cats herded, the next "variants" will be making the rounds in the media and all the current shots will be announced as officially ineffective. 

Sinovac already is ineffective against variants.

[Bluesofa]

6 minutes ago, JenKat said:

PM Chan-o-cha has said mid October or earlier if the vaccination drive goes as well as expected.

'vaccination drive'   Does that mean he's going on holiday or playing golf? There's nothing else it could refer to is there?

[TobyAndrews]

15 minutes ago, PhayakPeter said:

I'm fed up of all the thaiger presenters bigging up the phuket sandbox and samui plus, they actually believe that tourists will go through all the boll@cks and expense when the presenters are even too scared to travel domestic routes. Pay once pay again for a false positive. Even things up by charging locals and expats for quarantine if they cop for a positive test

Yes right. Pay again for a false positive. I keep writing this but no one sees it. You said it Peter.

I want tourists to accept this is a clear risk . . .

[PhayakPeter]

2 minutes ago, Mike-Hunt said:

'vaccination drive'   Does that mean he's going on holiday or playing golf? There's nothing else it could refer to is there?

Is he out of quarantine now? 

[TobyAndrews]

These islands have been scamming tourists for years, and judging by the great sandbox, they show they will continue. They are too stupid to stop. Go back to fishing farming and picking up cans. It is what they deserve.

[Bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, PhayakPeter said:

Is he out of quarantine now? 

Nah, just his mind from the way he seems to have illusions of adequacy.

[PhayakPeter]

2 minutes ago, TobyAndrews said:

These islands have been scamming tourists for years, and judging by the great sandbox, they show they will continue. They are too stupid to stop. Go back to fishing farming and picking up cans. It is what they deserve.

They are destroying their tourism industry, it will soon be fish, rice, and salt, they lost all the electronic industry years ago when they striked for increased minimum wage. 

[PhayakPeter]

2 minutes ago, Mike-Hunt said:

Nah, just his mind from the way he seems to have illusions of adequacy.

Trouble with army government is they only know war, that's why Thailand always stayed neutral, If they were involved in a war they would all run away, they wouldn't know what to do. And by the time they figured it out they'd all be dead. 

[Blogosopher]

We'll be arriving Oct 1 and will do the best quarantine available to us at that time...hopefully Hua Hin. Hua Hin is close to our friends who live there. We would prefer 2 weeks in a Bangkok hotel room instead of Samui.

[TobyAndrews]

2 minutes ago, PhayakPeter said:

Trouble with army government is they only know war, that's why Thailand always stayed neutral, If they were involved in a war they would all run away, they wouldn't know what to do. And by the time they figured it out they'd all be dead. 

Judging by the ww2 they were involved in, they changed sides, when they saw which way the wind was blowing.

The second time was when the allies bombed Bangkok.

Suddenly they were western allies, but they did not tell the Japanese or they would have been  slaughtered.

[PhayakPeter]

1 minute ago, Blogosopher said:

We'll be arriving Oct 1 and will do the best quarantine available to us at that time...hopefully Hua Hin. Hua Hin is close to our friends who live there. We would prefer 2 weeks in a Bangkok hotel room instead of Samui.

Trouble is as it stands you would then need 2 weeks quarenteen in hua Hin if you came from Bangkok. My wife's going asq at Pattaya on 1st August specificly so her cousin can drive her home by border road, avoiding Bangkok or she would have to quarantine again at buriram. 

[Paco]

The whole sandbox CRAP I could care less, for me the one that goes to there is an idiot.. waste of time and money the whole sandbox crap... more useless ideas thailand? 

[PhayakPeter]

Just now, Paco said:

The whole sandbox CRAP I could care less, for me the one that goes to there is an idiot.. waste of time and money the whole sandbox crap... more useless ideas thailand? 

Chicken, Headless springs to mind. 

[Bluesofa]

9 minutes ago, PhayakPeter said:

Trouble with army government is they only know war, that's why Thailand always stayed neutral, If they were involved in a war they would all run away, they wouldn't know what to do. And by the time they figured it out they'd all be dead. 

Talking of running away:
The Thai army government during the last invasion by the Japanese in December 1941 couldn't find the prime minister for five hours.

"Despite fierce fighting in Southern Thailand, the fighting lasted only five hours before ending in a ceasefire"
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand 

[PhayakPeter]

1 minute ago, Mike-Hunt said:

Talking of running away:
The Thai army government during the last invasion by the Japanese in December 1941 couldn't find the prime minister for five hours.

"Despite fierce fighting in Southern Thailand, the fighting lasted only five hours before ending in a ceasefire"
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand 

If the then prime minister was anything like todays health minister whho as been hiding at his home in buriram while the covid rages on.