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Home » News from Thailand » Bars and pubs in Thailand open again tomorrow
Bars and pubs in Thailand open again tomorrow
Nightlife in Thailand is getting back on track. Starting tomorrow, pubs, bars, karaoke bars and soapy massage parlors will be allowed to reopen, under strict conditions.
This is the last relaxation of the lockdown measures. The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration has given permission for this, provided that prevention measures and social distancing are in place. In addition, the Thai Chana application must be used to alert companies and customers to any Covid-19 outbreaks. CCSA spokesman Taweesilp said the decision had been "extensively discussed."
The question is how many bars and pubs will actually open, some are now bankrupt and others will remain closed because there are no tourists in Thailand yet.
Source: Bangkok Post
Social distancing in soapy masage parlors??? How are you going to do that???
Good news. At least they can now celebrate together that the worst is (hopefully) behind them.
Let's hope that the tourist flows will start.
Not really… because yesterday the state of emergency was extended until July 31, but many are not yet aware of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e32xQT3UgM
Most cafes don't open. It is more expensive to be open at the moment (landlord charges full rent, you have to pay staff, electricity costs, purchases).
There are no tourists and you cannot make any profit on expats alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHpahI-HLqU&t=111s
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I think most pubs, bars and karaokes will open in Thailand. Most of those establishments have Thai customers and those few tents for foreign tourists will probably remain closed, but that is certainly less than 10% over the whole of Thailand. Thais love to go out and after a few months they also crave to go out again.
I agree with you Hans that most pubs, bars and karaokes will reopen today, provided they 'survived'. I also see a lot of for sale and vacancy around me! I don't know where you get the percentage that < 10% of those 'tents' are not for foreign tourists but for Thais, but I highly doubt it. Pattaya, Phuket, Nana Plaza, Soi Cowboy, Patpong in Bangkok, but also here in Hua Hin, the bars are focused and dependent on foreign tourists. Some people can certainly survive on regular clientele from expats like me, but most cannot! In the countryside of Isaan, the bars will not rely on tourists and the few expats who live there, but the larger towns and tourist centers certainly will. And if the tourist sector is responsible for 17% of the GNP, then all those bars for tourists will contribute to this and seen across Thailand, that number of bars is certainly more than the < 10% you mentioned.
The Old-Amsterdam bar on Koh Samet will open its doors again on July 1, if possible.
Although there will not be many tourists, it is still great for the staff to do something after these months of standstill.
And of course it won't be easy, but the staff is fair enough not to ask for a wage in the first instance.
If there is some money left over, they will be the first to benefit from it.
Well hey, that's lucrative business! If a profit is made, you put it in your own pocket and if things go wrong, you let the staff pay for it.
Or does everyone working at Old-Amsterdam receive and did receive a proportional share of the profit? Then I could imagine that the staff will refrain from payment for a while.