jaynewcastle wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:32 am

Alex wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 3:53 pm I think the arrival numbers as such aren't really a good indicator for tourism recovery in particular.

I've visited Cambodia twice within the last two months, simply because it's so simple now. So upon my return to Thailand, I've been counted as "two tourists" from my country already, although I live here in Thailand. And I'll go again next month, as well as to a number of other countries. Many other expats are now traveling a lot more again, too.

Arrival figures have always counted everybody arriving ?

Didn't ex-pats in Thailand travel abroad before Covid happened ?

The Thai government is taking precautions to screen incoming travellers from countries with monkeypox outbreaks in hopes of preventing its spread in the Kingdom. Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul reported that his ministry is coordinating airport screening and its focusing on people travelling from countries that are struggling with a monkeypox outbreak.

The deputy director-general of the Department of Disease Control has asked for airports around the countries to step up efforts of their quarantine offices and increase screening of foreign arrivals from countries with monkeypox spread. By the end of this week, 138 travellers from Africa and 2389 travellers from Europe have been screened for monkeypox, though no infections have been found so far.

The World Health Organisation reported that sexual contact between two men is still the most common source of transmission, and suggest gay and bisexual men try to reduce their number of sexual partners until the global outbreak has slowed to keep themselves safe and prevent further spread.

.......Anyone feared to have been exposed to monkeypox is being placed in a 3-week quarantine to avoid possible spread.