phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:35 pm If this goes thru, means the end of tourism in Thailand until.....
also as a side note
Burma, Laos & Cambodia are seldom destination countries for westerns but added on to a trip to Thailand.
this will put a stopper in tourism in the region..

Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, Pipat Ratchakitprakan, is reassuring Thais by explaining that all foreigners, regardless of their status or origins, will have to serve a mandatory 14 day quarantine, at least “in the foreseeable future”.

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/all- ... e-minister

as I commented on thaiger, "serving 14 day quarantine" sounds, well just about right for the current regime. One "serves" a jail term, "serves" in the military, "serves" their masters.... not exactly what a tourist (with lots of money to spend) is apt to tolerate and will just say f - it.

glennb6 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:13 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:35 pm If this goes thru, means the end of tourism in Thailand until.....
also as a side note
Burma, Laos & Cambodia are seldom destination countries for westerns but added on to a trip to Thailand.
this will put a stopper in tourism in the region..

Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, Pipat Ratchakitprakan, is reassuring Thais by explaining that all foreigners, regardless of their status or origins, will have to serve a mandatory 14 day quarantine, at least “in the foreseeable future”.

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/all- ... e-minister

as I commented on thaiger, "serving 14 day quarantine" sounds, well just about right for the current regime. One "serves" a jail term, "serves" in the military, "serves" their masters.... not exactly what a tourist (with lots of money to spend) is apt to tolerate and will just say f - it.

Most countries are still discouraging tourist travel and 14-day quarantine is more or less normal globally. Thailand is not an exception.
Not saying that I agree, but that's the state of travel at the moment.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 8:42 am As i have posted before ,look for a big announcement come end of Sept,
Amnesty ends Sept 26th and now this

THAI Airways cancels all international flights until 1st October
....EXCEPT for special the repatriation flights

LOL. Aye okay Nostradamus.

The current gubbermint has inherited a more or less working system which took 50 years to build. What is a soldier trained to do? Destroy, of course. There, mission completed. It will take a new gubbermint that is competent in building and what is important, in a much more competitive environment, to restore the system. Expect the new announcement of the same old in September. Nah, Thailand is finished for the observable future. One of very few areas where Thailand had a competitive edge was tourism, well that is fubar now. Back to rice farming.

hunter8 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 6:38 pm The current gubbermint has inherited a more or less working system which took 50 years to build. What is a soldier trained to do? Destroy, of course. There, mission completed. It will take a new gubbermint that is competent in building and what is important, in a much more competitive environment, to restore the system. Expect the new announcement of the same old in September. Nah, Thailand is finished for the observable future. One of very few areas where Thailand had a competitive edge was tourism, well that is fubar now. Back to rice farming.

Gotta agree with you sadly, they will extend the travel bans as long as it suits them with no regard for the long term consequences. Should be some awesome.deals on real estate for the elite to acquire at rock bottom prices in about 6 months.

August 6, 2020
Thailand ready to open border for Cambodian migrant workers

Thai authorities have prepared to welcome back migrant workers from Cambodia as Thailand is moving into phase 7 of its Covid-19 lockdown easing, the Pattaya Mail has reported.

Under the next phase of reopening, migrant workers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos will be allowed to enter Thailand to work under disease control regulations.

At Aranyaprathet border crossing in Sa Kaeo province, health officials, immigration police and customs officers have coordinated their efforts to enforce regulations including 14-day quarantine, health certificate verification and contact tracing procedure.

The implementation of Phase 7 of reopening will also allow border markets to resume operations after the lockdown has been imposed since March.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50752380/t ... t-workers/