Phuket wants to receive thousands of long-stay Scandinavians
Hotel on Phuket (NavinTar / Shutterstock.com)
Holiday island Phuket thinks they are an attractive alternative for thousands of Scandinavians who want to escape the harsh winter in their own country. Because southern Europe still suffers from regular virus outbreaks, Phuket is an interesting destination for this group of hibernators.
Thailand Longstay Company director Piyapat claims that more than ten thousand Scandinavians have inquired about the new 'long-stay' program for which Phuket is preparing.
foreign tourists can apply for a 'Special Tourist Visa' (STV) that allows them to stay in Thailand for 90 days, and then extend it for two additional 90 days. The visa does have strict requirements such as the obligation to start the holiday with a 14-day quarantine in a designated hotel, all at your own expense.
The Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration will initially authorize only three charter flights, each carrying 120 passengers per month, to Phuket, but Piyapat hopes the number will soon be increased once the program runs smoothly and no new infections emerge .
Phuket Deputy Governor Phichet says the province is ready to receive foreign tourists and is now awaiting government approval. He emphasizes that the safety of the population is paramount: “All quarantine facilities must comply with government guidelines. Hotels that offer part of their accommodation for quarantine must separate it from the rest of the room for other guests. When a tourist leaves a quarantine facility without permission, the police are called in.'
Secretary Wikrom says that 78 hotels have signed up as alternative local quarantine centres. Five are already certified, they have 569 rooms. Next month Phuket hopes to have 2.500 rooms available, the ultimate goal is 5.000 hotel rooms for quarantine.
Source: Bangkok Post
Does anyone know if state-approved quarantine hotels are already being arranged in Chiang Mai? I can't find it anywhere yet.
Many thanks in advance.
pamela
If you search well on Facebook, you will regularly come across a list of all approved hotels. Virtually all a short distance from subarnabumi airport. Not so illogical. After all, you will be escorted from the airport to the quarantine. Then a long drive to chiang mai and the like is not appropriate. Besides, who cares. During quarantine you just have to stay in your room. You are in total isolation. Whether that room is in place A or B makes no difference. I THINK.
What are the total costs on average for the 14 days?
Does anyone already have experience with this?
So far the cheapest can be found in Bangkok, for 14 days 28500 Bath per person, if you book on time. But the final bill in this hotel is often more according to your wishes. And everything else is more expensive. An average of 50.000 Bath for 2 weeks of quarantine per person is not a rarity. So definitely not cheap.
They are not good with numbers but this is still punishment.
, 360 press per month, you need more than 2 years to get to 10.000.
Every day a new genius idea that will not save the economy.
There is no arrangement whatsoever for retirement visa holders
Even better is that you transfer money and stay at home, that is the least risk of virus spread, they are completely crazy here, the government, have bad information and think that everyone has millions in the west and that no one is insured there and that you then have to do it again in Thailand. And some General who is accidentally a Minster and has never looked at an atlas has to make do with the advice of his decadent children who still have a little education. We'll wait and see, this isn't going to work out.
We pay 3000 bath per person in Bangkok. Now October 12, if you want … greetings
Quarantine per night probably. Sure enough.
Haha, now it's suddenly the Scandinavians who are welcome.
A few weeks ago it was the Chinese.
They are making such a soup of it that your desire to leave is already over.
Do they really expect that such small numbers will help the economy on top? ??
Which airlines will be willing to fly with a maximum of 120 passengers, and how much will they charge for a seat??
Dear followers, no matter how much it hurts, no matter how much we miss this beautiful country, I suspect we better assume that there is nothing in it for the working person this year.
Greetings
On the one hand, they want to get rid of the "farangs" that are still there when they no longer meet the requirements to comply with the visa obligations. Some of them have lost a capital due to the covid 19 happening in the "land of smile" these people can pack their bags. The fresh capital can come in again.
The requirements to still be able to live in Thailand are ridiculously high and if you don't have a big bag of money you can pack your bags.
People who are planning to cancel everything in the Netherlands and want to settle there, let this be a wake-up call because I know enough people who are now stuck here and are no longer welcome in their new homeland.
I sometimes get the feeling that people think the virus should adapt to them instead of the other way around. Thailand does little differently than the countries within the EU. The Nederlandenu site states that residents of a limited number of countries are welcome in the EU, including residents from Thailand (state of affairs September 4). This may be due to the low number of infections in Thailand. The current entry ban has no end date and therefore applies until further notice.
In the Netherlands, the number of infections is rising again, so it is unlikely that Thailand is waiting for us, and rightly so. The Netherlands also prefers not to allow travelers from America or Brazil.
They will also know in Thailand that this is a huge blow to tourism.
Instead of having any understanding for the measures, some reactions are typically Dutch: “What does that cost? ”
As annoying as it is for me not to be able to return to Chiang Mai, I do understand it. By the way, this is one of the few points of the current Thai government that I understand.
Indeed the virus is terrible, with no less than 2 to 3 deaths per day in the Netherlands at the moment, what a terrible number! The entire population will die in just 6.8 million years. For this disaster, the entire country must close, the economy destroyed and international tourism banned.
Thailand is of course right to kill its economy, put millions of people out of work and a mountain of extra suicide deaths. Because let's face it, 59 deaths from the virus in six months is of course much more than those 65 deaths PER DAY on the road.
In case it's not clear, I'm being sarcastic.
If you have a certificate that you are virus-free upon departure from your country. If they then take another test upon arrival in Bangkok, that should be sufficient. If you can also prove that you have had a permanent place of residence for several years, this should not be a problem and that tourism can partially get started again, right?
First 14d quarantine on entry, you have to be crazy to accept that. The politicians here are not much smarter than in Europe.