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Home » News from Thailand » Pattaya on track to reopen to vaccinated foreign tourists on October 1
Pattaya on track to reopen to vaccinated foreign tourists on October 1
Pattaya is on track to restart the tourism sector on October 1, although this could be delayed, Pattaya Mayor Sonthaya Khunpluem said.
The so-called “Pattaya Moves On” tourism sandbox is on track to reopen on Oct. 1, confirmed by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Sonthaya said. Chon Buri is one of five provinces set to reopen on October 1.
The five provinces are Bangkok, Chon Buri (Pattaya City, Bang Lamung district and Sattahip district), Phetchaburi (Cha-am district), Prachuap Khiri Khan (Hua Hin district) and Chiang Mai (Muang, Mae Taeng, Mae Rim and Doi Tao districts). TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the five provinces except Bangkok are now ready for reopening.
Sonthaya added that vaccination coverage is crucial to tourism recovery. He said 70% of people living in Pattaya should be vaccinated.
Source: Bangkok Post
That is of course good news if that is also going to be achieved.
But what about the vaccinated foreigners who arrive?
Do they still have to be quarantined, and if so, for how long?
If this is just like in Phuket then it makes little sense to spend the holiday here.
Does anyone here have more insight into what the fine print in this draft contains?
The planned reopening is exclusively for vaccinated people. This means that they do not have to stay in the hotel room, but there is a kind of area quarantine. This is easy to maintain on Phuket and Samui. The other areas such as Pattaya, Hua hin, Bangkok etc is a bit more difficult. The wildest stories are currently circulating on the internet and the TAT is only letting us hear what they would like most. Nothing has been decided yet and October 1 is really the question of whether that will work. Let's wait for the next 2 weeks. The CCSA will have to provide clarity soon. Do not cheer to early!
Seeing is believing. The wish [70% vaccinated] is father to the thought [reopen].
And reopening means a copy of Phuket sandbox, so 14 days in SHA+ hotel, or to combine 7+7 [Bangkok, Phuket or Pattaya etc.]. Ultimately, they are communicating vessels, when the SHA+ hotels fill up, the ASQs empty. Without this income, they have nothing at all, because the catering industry is flat. They can only open fully when they are 80% vaccinated - see Denmark.
Also from me the question. what about quarantine?
The farce just keeps going. I wonder when we finally hear what the plan of action is?
Vaccinated and then? Would you like to enjoy 3 PCR tests again?
This all remains so unclear and next week it will already be October 1st
Whether you have been vaccinated as a foreigner apparently does not matter. You can still be infected and transmit the virus.
MUCH more important is that the local population is vaccinated, for 70, 75 or 100% and that varies per week.
Why? Well, not because people cannot transmit the virus themselves, but because those 'infected' foreigners cannot make the Thai population sick, because they then have to – sick or not – go to a hospital or hospital and the Thai government has to pay for that.
For every infection via a foreigner, the 'safe' vaccination rate of the Thai population increases by 1%. Whether you are a tourist or an expat does not matter: a white nose is a white nose.
You now forget to mention that foreigners who fly into Thailand must be able to submit a negative PCR test in advance and that they undergo a PCR test upon entry.
Double vaccinated and double tested. How big is the chance that they would be infected?
Why even impose quarantine on those people? Public health or cash for figures setting up this construct. Please fill in yourself with some common sense
Pattaya will not fill up on October 1, even if everything were clear.
Everything has to be arranged before you can go on holiday to Thailand, and that takes time.
And only a limited number of people can fit on an airplane.
What about the 100.000 covid insurance
Outside face mask on with 30 + degrees 555
Covid test before departure?
Covid test in Thailand etc
As soon as these are no longer necessary, I will leave today
Greetings
Outside with 30 degrees and sometimes more and then also with a face mask on, that's bad.
How do we survive those who live here all year round.
You won't hear me complain.
Jan Beute.
Me neither.
Don't think it's as bad as about half a year ago. You'll get used to it.
Would be nicer without………
If you choose another country, such as Thailand, as your country of residence, you have no choice but to comply with the measures taken by the government of the country in question.
Otherwise, if you as a tourist choose the fact where you can have a pleasant holiday, any quarantine, visa rules, and the mandatory wearing of a mask, even at high temperatures, of course play very important factors.
You do a lot to survive, but is this a measure for a nice holiday?
The fact that there are many holiday destinations where a holiday at the moment prepares a little more fun will therefore be very important to many.
I strongly doubt that visa rules and an obligation to wear a mask are important factors for choosing a holiday destination. The tourists are also known in their own country with a mask.
This is different for a quarantine (which costs holiday time, restriction of freedom and perhaps extra money) and the possible restrictions to travel freely to other places within that holiday country. In addition, the volatility of the authorities plays a role in constantly adapting these quarantine conditions and travel conditions. Your mind is constantly shifting gears instead of holiday fun.
Thailand is therefore not an ideal holiday destination at the moment. And all those sandboxes don't change that much.
To get a visa at all, one must apply for a CoE, and this is only provided if one can present proof of insurance that shows that one is insured for 100.000 dollars, and also has hotel bookings for which one wants to undergo a mandatory quarantine.
If those aren't visa rules, which, together with the mandatory mouth mask, will repel a lot of tourists, then I don't know what is.
I think most who want to undergo this procedure are at most tourists who mistakenly believe that they are still experiencing a Thailand as they knew it before this pandemic,
The only group for which many will understand that they will undergo this procedure are those people who have often not seen their family for more than a year.
For a pleasant holiday there are countless countries where you can have your holiday without many rules and a mandatory mask, which is no longer an annoying sweat cloth at high temperatures.
You hit the nail on the head, John.
It is precisely the procedure you mentioned that scares tourists and not just tourists.
In all the reports that Thailand is reopening, I don't read anywhere that the Thai government intends to abolish the COE or relax visa conditions.
Don't let a dead sparrow make you happy 🙂
The Thai government has already had so many so-called plans, they are completely unbelievable. Every time something comes out, a sweetener in the context of hope brings life, which then comes to naught. See first, then believe. If they open with restrictions, it's still uninteresting.
It would be interesting if another country opened up to tourists in that region, without restrictions. Competition! This increases the pressure on the Thai government. Then Thailand will suddenly have to take a more serious look at whether they need to speed up, otherwise their customers will go to an alternative destination (and if they like it, they might go there more often).
For the time being, the Thai government has been completely abandoning its own population for a long time. The entire tourism sector – in the broadest sense of the word – is in a state of complete collapse. They just keep things closed and as a result many people have no income. The bigwigs are having a nice meal, but many ordinary people have no money. Hotels, restaurants, bars, taxis, travel agencies, entertainment, street vendors, market vendors, etc., etc. It's a very bad thing!
It would be nice if you could indicate what Pattaya moves on means concretely.
Vwb. stay in hotel and freedom of movement.
Does that have to be a specific designated hotel.
(I own my own Condo in Jomtien)
Do you need to apply for a CO E.
It is important to know how, what and when in the short term.
Can't wait to return to Thailand.
And so the dilemma with COE just started for 14 days
quarantine etc. or wait until there is finally clarity
about Pattaya moves on.
Hua Hin, Prachuabkhirikan would open, can I go directly to my own home or in an SHA certified hotel?