News Forum - 5 no quarantine countries named, 17 provinces reopening

[Thaiger]

As restrictions are easing and Thailand moves towards a more streamlined and accessible reopening, 5 countries have been named in the plan to waive arrival quarantine for 10 countries. Though true to Thai style, nothing has been officially confirmed just 2 weeks before the grand reopening, the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, and Singapore are more than likely candidates to be among the first 10 countries to be allowed to enter without quarantine, according to the spokesperson for the CCSA. The plan was decided yesterday but details such as which countries and the full procedure are still being hashed […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

 

18 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

As restrictions are easing

*might be subject to change.

[Shade_Wilder]

"Though true to Thai style, nothing has been officially confirmed just 2 weeks before the grand reopening, the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, and Singapore are more than likely candidates to be among the first 10 countries to be allowed to enter without quarantine, according to the spokesperson for the CCSA."

There is no need to name the countries permitted to enter; everyone already knows that citizens of the world over are straining at the leash to arrive here and will happily accept a day or two's notice.

 

[Nipral]

Give an ounce of authority to military morons and see what happens : amazing Thailand

Edited October 15, 2021 by Nipral

[Pompies]

No tour operator in the US, UK or EU is going to waste their time even adding Thailand onto their list of countries. Their customers already have a vast array of countries that offer easier access and full on life, not the semi open prison with no nightlife that Prayuth envisages. Who is going to fly for 10 or more hours wearing a mask to artive, take another test, stay in quarantine one night and then be tracked like a criminal wherever they go. Dream on Prayuth, you have not delivered anything but misery since 2014 and you certainly aren't going to bring tourists here by wasting 600 million baht on an aging operatic singer and a local gal who had to go to Korea to succeed.

[Poolie]

3 minutes ago, Pompies said:

No tour operator in the US, UK or EU is going to waste their time even adding Thailand onto their list of countries. Their customers already have a vast array of countries that offer easier access and full on life, not the semi open prison with no nightlife that Prayuth envisages. Who is going to fly for 10 or more hours wearing a mask to artive, take another test, stay in quarantine one night and then be tracked like a criminal wherever they go. Dream on Prayuth, you have not delivered anything but misery since 2014 and you certainly aren't going to bring tourists here by wasting 600 million baht on an aging operatic singer and a local gal who had to go to Korea to succeed.

I might just fly for two hours and there's a plethora of like minded persons around here though. Those travel agents must do as they see fit.

[Stonker]

20 minutes ago, Nipral said:

Give an ounce of authority to military morons and see what happens : amazing Thailand

Rear Admiral Henrique e Melo hasn't done too badly for Portugal ...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thestar.com/amp/news/canada/2021/10/07/what-can-canada-learn-from-the-most-vaccinated-country-in-the-world-we-asked-the-military-man-behind-portguals-vaccination-effort.html

[Jason]

There's nothing you can't make far more complicated than necessary if you really put your mind to it. 

[Stonker]

23 hours ago, Thaiger said:

... the reopened arrival destinations ... will expand to 17 economically significant provinces across the country ...

I wonder what happens if a tourist goes to an economically insignificant province .....?

[gummy]

3 hours ago, Stonker said:

I wonder what happens if a tourist goes to an economically insignificant province .....?

They may well have a damn good time and any expenditure will go to supporting the locals only. Now that really would p$$s of  this government and the imbeciles calling themselves TAT.

[Stonker]

3 hours ago, gummy said:

They may well have a damn good time and any expenditure will go to supporting the locals only. Now that really would p$$s of  this government and the imbeciles calling themselves TAT.

It just seems an absurd restriction / condition to make, as if you're driving you've no option but to go through "closed" provinces to get to the "open" provinces.

Apart from the islands, like Phuket, it has to be blindingly obvious that once this starts everywhere's effectively open.

[gummy]

40 minutes ago, Stonker said:

It just seems an absurd restriction / condition to make, as if you're driving you've no option but to go through "closed" provinces to get to the "open" provinces.

Apart from the islands, like Phuket, it has to be blindingly obvious that once this starts everywhere's effectively open.

Well it is the "Hub of Absurdities", they sure have earned that title