The closure of pubs, bars, nightclubs and other entertainment venues and alcohol ban.

[Nocklaus]

So, "all tourists" will have nowhere to go for entertainment, they can´t have any wine to go with their food. That´s a really nice "sandbox".

[oldcpu]

There is a global pandemic going on, or at least there was last time I read the news.

There is always the option of buying a bottle of wine at a local store, and bring the wine and one's food back to one's villa and drinking there in one's private villa/room.

Ideal ?  No. Far far from it.

But did I say there was a global pandemic raging?

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

22 hours ago, oldcpu said:

There is a global pandemic going on, or at least there was last time I read the news.

There is always the option of buying a bottle of wine at a local store, and bring the wine and one's food back to one's villa and drinking there in one's private villa/room.

Yes, that is the normal if your at home for a cosy Friday nights fish & chips. Not an expensive holiday in the Phuket Sandbox. But you are right though, why are they there, during a global pandemic?

[JamesE]

9 hours ago, AdvocatusDiaboli said:

But you are right though, why are they there, during a global pandemic?

Gotta be somewhere.

[vlad]

On 8/11/2021 at 8:13 AM, oldcpu said:

There is a global pandemic going on, or at least there was last time I read the news.

There is always the option of buying a bottle of wine at a local store, and bring the wine and one's food back to one's villa and drinking there in one's private villa/room.

Ideal ?  No. Far far from it.

But did I say there was a global pandemic raging?

Anymore then 2 in your own villa eating your food and wine that you bought and you will be grassed up, photographed and spread over the local tabloid.

 

[oldcpu]

9 hours ago, vlad said:

Anymore then 2 in your own villa eating your food and wine that you bought and you will be grassed up, photographed and spread over the local tabloid.

2?  Last I recall when restrictions were in place it was any 1 visitor to a house hold .. and in restaurants max 4 per table. 

I think there were 6 or 7 in a birthday dinner at a private residence ( with a couple visitors) when that happened before and IMHO the restrictions had not been well announced before. Now they are better announced. I also note some Thai locals fell afoul of same restrictions and there was similar wrt them wrt Thai language press.

I don't believe tho those restrictions limiting private gatherings to less than a handful of people are back in place yet in Phuket. 

I also vaguely recall something about a global pandemic raging with Thailand, including Phuket, seeing record daily numbers of new virus cases.

[Ttalk]

Beers in coffee cups or paper cups at restaurants and "restaurants" are the norm. 

Gatherings at home are not restricted to family only.  That incidence where the 6 or 7 got pinched was under a different order.

I've also heard from a few friends that certain apps are now quite popular for meeting people.