Public Health plan for new type of Alternative State Quarantine
The Thai Ministry of Health is coming up with a plan for a new type of Alternative State Quarantine. Apparently people are not confident that tourists will embrace the current rules.
Director-General Thares of the Health Service Support Department wants tourists in his plan to be allowed to travel to designated places during their XNUMX-day quarantine. This ASQ variant still needs to be developed further.
According to Thares, foreign tourists must then agree to routes set by the provinces and they may not deviate from them. The main condition is that the tourists come from countries with a low Covid-19 risk (no domestic infections for three months).
Tourists must be tested for the virus no later than 72 hours before departure to Thailand and quarantine in their own country fourteen days before departure. They must also book flights and accommodation through travel agencies.
The provinces that are ready for reopening must ensure that their own population does not use the routes for tourists. Recommended activities for tourists include wellness such as massage, spa and gastronomic tours. Hotels where they stay must meet the SHA requirements (Safety and Health Administration). Tourists must use a tracking device and the relevant provinces must have hospitals that can treat Covid-19 patients.
Thares says many provinces are interested in the new ASQ.
Source: Bangkok Post
From the Bangkok Post article I also explain the proposed condition that the traveler is continuously accompanied by a supervisor designated by the authorities …….
We keep smiling, and waiting!
Every day they find out more in Thailand what impact closing the country to tourists has (had). Whatever idea or plan one comes up with, it will not help. There will be very few coming from low covid contamination countries. At least not from the EU because every country is the victim. So is the UK, US, Russia, Australia, China remains.
So you start by first finding out whether you live in such a country. Having established that, you go to karantijne for 14 days, and then have yourself tested after day 11. If you are negative, you can book with a travel agency. You must follow a designated route, you must also meet as few Thai people as possible, you must get a massage and get a booklet, and you must stay at designated hotels. Oh yes, you also need to download a track and trace app. They do want to know where you are so that you can contact a specialized hospital in the event of an unexpected outbreak. Well! No, didn't see me. I will stay in the Netherlands this winter, I will stay indoors, and I will completely let go of Thailand until 2022.
It seems like the tax authorities with their slogan "we can't make it more fun"
More difficult and controlled to the bone, of course.
For the time being, only caught in Thailand and that is also nice without covid-19
How are they going to check in your country of residence for the first 14 days that you are in quarantine and also require a covid test 72 hours before departure, that is not possible because you have to stay in quarantine for 2 weeks.
And then you already come from a country where there have been no domestic infections for 3 months! How?
It's getting crazier. It looks like the former Eastern Bloc. Those kinds of measures together with a state guide were to shudder at the time and now a repetition by the Thai control freaks? Maybe they should talk to that potential tourist before they announce these kind of weird measures. Oh no, of course you can't because those tourists are in quarantine (sarcasm). I'll wait for a normal situation. And expect that only after you can get a vaccination against Covid 19
Those provinces may find that interesting, but the average tourist does not go to Thailand
for a gastronomic tour or wellness. That is a welcome addition. But certainly under the watchful eye of 'Big Brother' that can no longer be called wellness
.
I don't travel that far for that.
And moreover, if you have to quarantine for 14 days and then have to travel for another 3 hours to the airport and possibly
spend the night there, a lot can still happen.
It seems that the revenue model in which tourists are seen as ATMs is now being intensified with the excuse of Covid-19. State designated quarantine hotels, state tracking App, state control where you go and what you can do there. In short, which brother-in-law, cousin can beat Bahtjes out of that again. Is that the way you welcome tourists? Then I'd rather go to Hawaii, at least I'll get a flower garland and the feeling that you're welcome. Here's where I feel you should go on a state-led vacation. Do they really think tourists are going to do this? Not the western tourists I guess. But maybe that's not their intention.
no country is eligible for this because there is currently no country where there have been no infections for 3 months
Hi Robert,
Rightly what you say there and especially now because it is getting worse all over Europe.
A pity, especially for the people there who earn their living through tourism.
Like my girlfriend who worked in a small restaurant.
I have high hopes for next year.
With best regards
Do they call this an improvement or relaxation. I see it as a deterioration. With these conditions, the chance that more tourists will come to Thailand is even smaller. Can't the authorities in Thailand first consult each other before they bring out another plan or idea.
According to Thares, foreign tourists must then agree to routes set by the provinces and they may not deviate from them. The main condition is that the tourists come from countries with a low Covid-19 risk (no domestic infections for three months).
I would finally go to Khon Kaen again with my wife, so I am not a tourist who can or must skip a year
No Covid there according to my wife and family but how do you get there by following a certain route with someone in tow?
Also the requirement that you must come from a country with no infections in the last 3 months!
Do you just have to live in the Netherlands with those half-hearted non-binding decisions that backfire
First saw a hole as a married man with a Thai, but I think that hole has now been closed.
According to Natthaphanu Noppakhun, foreign affairs officer, not a single Chinese from Gang Zhou has registered for the special STV visa, oops.
120 Chinese people were interested, but because Thailand had suddenly decided to fly in tourists after the vegetarian festival, there was no longer any interest.
click on the link to read the whole article
https://bit.ly/370dkP3
The main condition is that the tourists come from countries with a low Covid-19 risk (no domestic infections for three months)
Let's hope that the makers of this plan have no connections with the Dutch OMT
Then it can all take a very long time before we can go.
What a Joke this plan 🙂
“Skip your holiday for a year…”.
This will be longer than "a year". Developing, producing and then distributing a *working* vaccine is not all going to happen in 2021. Just expect Thailand to open fully sometime in 2022 and then it will all be different than we were used to: more poverty, more closed hotels, bars and massage parlours.
I do not understand that there are people who still have a ticket to Thailand and expect that things will be completely open again in July next year. Back to normal? No way.
"Let's hope that Corona is banned in the spring / summer".
Let's hope so indeed. But practically speaking, it's just impossible. A vaccine is the first step, then administering it to 70 million Thai (or 40 or 50 million for my part) is quite a task. There will be a lot of bizarre plans coming up next year, but Thailand will remain in 2021 not an option for the normal holidaymaker (I think).
Dear Eric, the various reports are that the Western vaccines will be available at the end of this year and Russia is already working on its 2nd. It is expected that it will be available en masse from the 1st quarter of next year. If you look at the Netherlands, you are already talking about vaccines for everyone. It will be no different in Thailand because it is better to spend a few billion USD on vaccines than lose a billion or 10 USD every month due to missed tourism, events and more.
And how are they going to do that in the Netherlands: well, the GGD will soon be doing 90.000 corona tests a day and if they can do that, they can also vaccinate 10 million in 1 days, just as there is also a vaccine when testing. Optimistically, everyone who wants it will be vaccinated within 6 months.
Someone writes: first saw a hole as a married man with a Thai. But I think that gap has now been filled.
How so? Yesterday I sent all my documents to the Thai embassy and count on being allowed to travel to Thailand under certain conditions. I think nothing has changed for people married to a Thai man / woman.
Many view it from their own point of view.
Mi the “Asian tourist” does not have such a problem with controlled travel.
My Thai comrade (unfortunately passed away too young) had a travel agency for Thai tourists. Made several trips with him to China, Korea, Japan, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Everything arranged from A to Z. So get up late, have breakfast etc until going to bed.
Most know the type of tourists, all behind the flag and watching and listening.
In the evening almost everyone went to their room because the next day we had to get up early again.
Sometimes we went out with a small group, karaoke, etc.
These people would have no problem at all traveling the way suggested.
Am I the only one who is disappointed - even angry - about the half-hearted policy in the NETHERLANDS?
Thailand takes a rigorous approach to matters. And it works. Governments in 'the West' can take an example from this.
Of course I'm bummed that I can't go home. Because that's Thailand to me. But I can only appreciate the measures taken.
Only those balloons released every day should not be so widely reported in the media. Every vague plan and every belch makes the 'news'. Best to just ignore that.
Dear readers
We have been going to Thailand for several years to spend the winter. Last year we were of course also, but due to the Corona we were only able to fly back to the Netherlands in July.
Now we would like to go back to Thailand, where we also have an apartment, scooter, etc. However, at the moment this is made impossible. So we just wait patiently until everything is back to normal. What strikes me, however, is the following: I only read all the restrictions and measures that are being taken by Thailand.
But I am also concerned; if we met all the requirements and could return to Thailand, who would guarantee us that we would be safe against Corona there? About 70 million people live in Thailand, I can't read anywhere how many people have actually been tested for Corona! No testing is also not a Corona in my eyes.
If the Thai population were all tested, where can I find the numbers of the results? In other words, what and who guarantees that Thailand is safe? If I go back in time, the virus started in Asia, and the foreigners who were in Asia or Asians themselves spread it all over the world.
If we met all the conditions, you can still say that we are Corona free after all those measures and tests. If we are finally allowed to enter Thailand and become infected, then we got it from people who were already in Thailand. Why then the unrest about whether or not to allow tourists?
We are labeled as dirty farang. Have they forgotten the source because they now give priority to the Chinese? I wonder more and more often whether we still want to go back in this way. There are plenty of countries where you can spend your money. This is of course different for the people who have a partner etc. there, but the package of requirements for the average holidaymaker is simply not normal and unacceptable.
What I also don't understand: what does my bank account have to do with Corona? If you have a lot of money, there are possibilities… Does Thailand still want us to come, and if we do, what do they have to offer the tourist? Empty streets, restaurants closed, etc etc. … where can I spend money and what is my foreland? Perhaps due to a wrong test result being sucked empty? Due to expensive (unnecessary?) treatments, tests, hotels, hospital costs, etc., then milked empty back to the Netherlands?
All in all, we will not go back until the weather is calm and Thailand has something to offer us.
Of course it should not be the case that we only have something to offer to Thailand.
When the Sars broke out in China in 2003, I was there on business. In the Netherlands nothing was known at that time, while I was in China and everything was upside down there. Asia is very good at keeping everything internal and not publishing anything!
Let them first start by testing their own people and announcing the results (to the outside world). Then make sure they have something to offer the normal tourist, instead of just letting them come so we can milk them dry. In our opinion, this goes too far and I wonder what is the Thai's number 1 priority (I think admitting as few people as possible, but with a lot of money, and stealing it without being able to offer anything). I know I'm writing this in a generalized way, but I just want to get my point across.
Franklin,
Go browse this website:
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing