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Home » Tourism » 'Thailand will welcome vaccinated travelers'
'Thailand will welcome vaccinated travelers'
Foreigners vaccinated against Covid-19 will be welcomed with open arms by Thailand. A new tourism campaign will start in the third quarter of 2021, entitled 'Welcome Back to Thailand!'
The aim of the campaign is to try to regain the international arrivals in the country lost due to the pandemic. According to Chamnan Srisawat, president of the Tourism Council of Thailand, Thai tour operators have already started talks with representatives of potential markets, such as China, to kick off the marketing campaign.
It is expected that by the end of June 2021, more than a billion people around the world will have been vaccinated, and the demand for travel will then increase sharply. If successful, the campaign could create up to 400.000 jobs in Thailand's tourism sector.
In 2020, only 6,9 million foreigners traveled to Thailand, compared to 40 million a year earlier.
Source: www.ttgasia.com/2021/01/26/thailand-to-warmly-welcome-inoculated-travellers/
Unfortunately - or perhaps fortunately - it is not for the Tourism Authority of Thailand to set the policy vSt. It is therefore no more than a wish of the tourist industry, as so many wishes from that side have gained publicity in recent months. I suspect - but I really hope I'm wrong - that the Thai government is not eager to introduce this until a very large part of the population is vaccinated, and that may take some time…. The vaccinations will not start until the middle of next month, and a large part of the population will only receive their turn in the 3rd phase - from January 2022.
Hello Cornelius,
I think you want to keep Thailand to yourself and every other tourist who wants to come to Thailand, you want to keep as far away as possible.
Give the Dutch people who have been at home for almost a year and are now finally vaccinated some space.
Hi Haico, I don't understand your response. Are you reading correctly? Why 'keep Thailand to myself'?? As far as I'm concerned, everyone still travels to Thailand today….
I am not sketching anything other than what is currently the reality. Another idea from TAT - an organization without any authority in this field - and no indication that the Thai government is even considering this until a large part of the Thai population has been vaccinated.
I wish it were otherwise, but creating false hopes will not please anyone in the long run.
The planning is that only at the end of 2022! 70% of the population has been vaccinated and therefore it would not surprise me if people actually only focus on vaccinating 80+ and healthcare workers. The rest may or may not survive, but then it is called TBC and the tourist is treated as a leper upon entry, despite the fact that he may be fully protected. That's called Thai wisdom….
No Haico,
Thailand welcomes EVERY healthy tourist!
It makes sense that they keep positive tested out.
After my mandatory ASQ stay, I am now “let go” and because Thailand has strict rules, I can now move freely in Ubon Ratchathani.
Eating out, a beer at the street bar, bike tour, golfing and relaxing at the Moon River!!
I can't believe my luck!!
Thanks to the strict Thai rules
I fully understand that a country (Thailand in this case) wants to keep out travelers who have tested positive.
But I find it very objectionable that they should be required to be vaccinated!!
Test them upon arrival, that's it.
What exactly do you find 'very objectionable'? A country is free to set requirements for incoming travelers. Don't want to be vaccinated? Fine, shouldn't be an obligation either. Only that choice – like many other choices in life – has consequences.
And because a country is free to impose requirements on incoming travelers, it is automatic (not objectionable)??
What twisted reasoning!
I hope, then, that countries will not decide tomorrow not to admit men with blond hair, and that you are a blond man…
Or, for example, a ban on Dutch men, etc.
A country can monitor who it lets in, but the control must be somewhat democratic.
Oh yes, it will be clear to you that I am not a fan of vaccinations!
It's not just that our governments don't make it mandatory!
I don't see what this has to do with 'democratic', Pat, and your comparison to a travel ban based on certain physical characteristics is also a bit warped. No one forces you to have that vaccination, that is and remains – I hope – your own responsibility, but then also accept the consequences associated with protecting others.
As the legislation is in very many countries, no one can be forced to vaccinate.
Thailand also obliges with its announcement, that they want to welcome already vaccinated people with open arms, in no way against this rule.
The fact that people who have already been vaccinated, of whom it is already known, that they can no longer infect, are made an exception simply has to do with the fact that they are now becoming more and more known, can no longer infect, and at the same time the economy is urgent again will level up.
Someone who is against a vaccination, which is his right, must either follow the normal quarantine rules, or just stay at home.
The same discussions will certainly also arise in Europe, if various restaurants, cinemas, theaters and other venues will soon welcome those who have already been vaccinated again, while to protect these clients, they still refuse or subject non-vaccinated people to certain rules.
Many opponents of a vaccination will immediately start shouting that this is discrimination, when it is nothing more than applying house rules to protect clients.
Discrimination would only occur if, among other things, people started to refuse because of their gender, race, religion, nationality, political conviction, etc.
If one wants to accuse a homeowner etc. of a discrimination, just for fact, because he wants to protect his own guests or customers, then one is walking on very thin ice.
Completely agree everyone is free to decide whether they opt for vaccination also it is not a guarantee the vaccines are still in test phase for 2 years am married to a Thai work in healthcare myself but have never been in healthcare for 40 years never contracted something do my job properly and work myself on a ward where no patient has contracted anything, in fact, some are already palliative at the moment that one has tested positive and dies, then it is no longer the underlying ailment, but the person on COVID died and everyone goes along with those so-called rising numbers. Mass communication just read the piece by Maurice de Hond.
Good luck Alken with your vaccination
Well,
I think it is essential to abolish the mandatory 14-day quarantine.
In the past, Thailand has indicated that people who have been vaccinated must still be quarantined.
If they persist in this, no campaign will help.
I hold my heart.
Jan Willem
There are cases where people who have been in quarantine for 2 weeks and were allowed to enter the country again, subsequently developed the Corona virus, and thus infected other people (New Zealand)!
So no guarantee at all if you have been quarantined.
But hope that we can go to Thailand again this summer in the normal way.
The airlines will probably want to see proof that you have been vaccinated against Corona.
And probably also by Thailand some kind of proof will have to be shown.
This is an advantage for the 65+ who have their turn soon and can travel earlier!
We hope for the best…………….
You must distinguish between:
“no guarantee at all” and
“no total guarantee.”
The vaccines do not provide 100% protection and contamination can occur in the ASQ hotel due to carelessness or bad luck.
But if the protection factor of the vaccines is high enough and enough people are vaccinated, the virus will not be able to cause an epidemic, but it will infect a few people before it ends in the maze of vaccinees and protective measures such as hand washing and face masks.
Still, this gives some hope for the future. If this were implemented, we could finally go on holiday to Thailand again. Now the vaccination in the Netherlands is in order and it will be the turn sometime this year. Last period I cursed quite a bit for their strict policy to enter the country, but if you compare this to how we are doing here, I am starting to understand more and more about the Thai. Why the hell would the stubborn citizen from the Netherlands just let in. They always know better and barely follow the rules. See it happen so often, people do what suits them without taking others into account.
Yes, but in NL you don't get proof, how to submit?
You can download it yourself from the end of March 2021.
https://nos.nl/collectie/13850/artikel/2360888-rivm-vaccinatiebewijs-is-pas-eind-maart-te-downloaden-niet-eind-januari
I think you're a bit premature. Possibly not if you get vaccinated in a vaccination street. But I am convinced that if you have it done for a fee you will receive an explanation. This is also what happened with the Covid test!
It is expected that you will be able to obtain proof of registration in the Netherlands from March 2021.
For the time being, only 1% has been vaccinated in the Netherlands. Things are going well there and if things continue at this pace, you can be happy that everyone will have been vaccinated by the end of 2022
Surely there will be proof in the near future. Hope they will do this jointly with other countries so that it will be valid internationally.
You can make those yourself! Don't forget the large (dark) blue stamps with illegible signatures. The Thai love that!
Every vaccinated person (2x) in the Netherlands receives a vaccination certificate.
From the end of March you can download your vaccination certificate from the RIVM with your DigiD
In the Netherlands you will get proof, my wife was vaccinated yesterday.
https://www.gemeente.nu/sdu/gele-boekje-inzetten-voor-registratie-coronavaccinatie/
this is what the thinking is now, and also seems very logical and quickly realizable..
We hope we can come back soon.
I seem to recall that the tourist authority proposed a program that they firmly believed would be successful! All in for 150.000 baht, vaccination, 14 days of quarantine, Covid test and fourteen days of traveling around. Perhaps the above message is a free translation of this. But, it's just one of many attempts.
In Thailand, it's about money. When it comes to money, the Thai is extremely proactive. All kinds of ideas have passed in review in recent months. From special tourist visas to corona vaccination holidays. Rarely are these ideas well thought out, and often die a lonely death.
I'm just waiting to see what's going on in Europe / the Netherlands after the vaccinations. The complications surrounding the AstraZeneca vaccinations are already causing delays in all programs in all EU countries. Of the Moderna vaccine, there will really be no more than the number that has already been reserved. Jansen&Jansen is not that far yet! And more importantly: even if you have had both injections, you are still not 100% protected. https://www.rivm.nl/covid-19-vaccinatie/vragen-antwoorden/werkzaamheid
And finally: will they be that far in Thailand itself with vaccination in or after the 3rd quarter or does it not matter? The fact that this is so little talked about reinforces my idea that it is always about money in Thailand.
The 3rd phase of vaccinations in Thailand, which will cover the majority of the 'ordinary' population, is scheduled for 2022.
From March, every Dutch person can download his corona vaccination certificate. Log in with DigiD.
https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/503259674/vaccinatiebewijs-voor-elke-nederlander
Another balloon. The only thing you do best now is not to make plans because nobody can predict what the situation will be tomorrow next month and certainly not next year.
Personally, I won't be far wrong if it takes a few more years before everything is as we once knew it. On the condition that the old normal ever returns.
Life has definitely taken a different path. Those who cannot or will not accept it will often be disappointed.
Yes, wait and see !!!
How many campaigns and promises have been made in the last year. ??
Politics, is equal worldwide, promise, adapt…..
Will soon light a candle for my Buddha statue and hope that it will work this year without quarantine.
Regards,
It is, or was at most a suspicion that an already vaccinated person can still infect another unvaccinated person.
That is why the Thai government still required mandatory quarantine, even from those who have already been vaccinated.
Now that Israel, where people have been vaccinating the population for much longer, is of the opinion that the vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna also helps against the further spread of the virus, can I get some rights back? and benefits, for these already vaccinated best proposals.
Rights, because, in my opinion, one cannot expect permanent restrictions on their fundamental rights from a group that no longer poses a risk of infection, and benefits that include freedom of travel, cinema, theater and restaurant visits and crossing borders without quarantine be able to.
I hope we can go again in July / Aug, I'm already certain.
I wouldn't celebrate too early. Too many questions without answers yet. Speed of vaccination, effectiveness of vaccines including new variants, TAT is not always in charge in Thailand, what with other measures and requested evidence. The situation at that time in Europe and in Thailand itself. Eva I would wait a while before soaking my beans on that, although I hope I'm wrong of course
Fortunately I live in Thailand, but I can't go on holiday abroad; even if coming back is much too difficult. I hope they check all tourists very well, because at the moment all infections come from returning Thai or illegal immigrants. Personally, I don't mind that there are no/very few tourists; I definitely don't miss them and more Thailand for me! The only sad thing is that many Thai are suffering, but that is basically everywhere in the tourist industry.
As far as I'm concerned, safety first, and go on holiday in your own country. Do I too…
What nonsense someone who has been vaccinated can still get corona and infect others, he just no longer gets (seriously) ill from the virus.
Purely looking at the actual numbers and facts.
1 Covid 19 is not nearly as deadly as we thought 1 year ago, mortality rate WHO 0.27% figures Sep 2020
2 Covid 19 is known to be mainly a danger to the elderly and the weak, but the fact is that they have an increased risk of death for all infections.
3Nobody yet knows how effective the Vaccines are, only time and studies will tell.
So the illusion that if everyone is vaccinated that there will no longer be a Covid virus is not true.
Which concerns me, and anyone who can think rationally will agree with me .
Why are we going to provide healthy people (children, adults) whose chance of becoming ill or seriously ill is nil (less than 0,001%) with a vaccine?
Vaccinate the elderly and weak first, see the effect and do long-term research on side effects.
Look for a medicine and treatment method for those who do become seriously ill.
What we are doing now is the same as fear of flying, yes there is a side where the plane crashes and you die, are we going to stop flying now? or give everyone a parachute when we get on the 777?
Then it is interesting to consider that a large percentage of tourists in Thailand are Chinese. The vaccine of the brand "Sinovac", one of the Chinese vaccines, now appears to work in 50,4% of patients. This only just meets the international minimum standards. The other Chinese vaccines also perform very poorly compared to those of Pfizer and Astra-Zeneca. They work for >90% of the vaccinated.
So is it wise to allow tourists who have received a weak vaccine? And: How well or badly will the vaccine produced by the Thai company owned by King Vijalongkorn work?
I wonder if you are vaccinated what proof you will have to present upon entry.
Hopefully the politicians will make an agreement that the evidence is the same all over the world otherwise it will be a fuss with unnecessary discussions!
Lionel.
I'll wait a while anyway. I foresee misery if there is a suspicion that a vaccinated traveler has caused an outbreak somewhere. There is still too much we don't know.
I hope for 2022.
The 3rd quarter is the rainy season no thanks then I will wait a few more months until the dry season arrives, unfortunately probably 2022 at the earliest for me.
Imagine being allowed to leave for Thailand… imagine Thailand letting you in on the basis of a vaccination certificate… imagine all this… then there is the quarantine issue!
Imagine that the Thai government no longer obliges this either.. then you will go into quarantine anyway!
The beautiful beaches, the beautiful palm trees, the beautiful nature, the warm azure blue sea ... that's all there, don't worry, but I'm afraid this is the only thing.
Koh Samui is dead, Phuket is dead, Pattaya is dead, Koh Chang is dead, Chiang Mai is dead, Hua Hin is almost dead... by dead I mean that 90% of the restaurants, bars, shops and so on are closed / be away (of course I know that Thailand is more than the mentioned seaside resorts, but still ..)
So all have become “ghost towns”. All small and/or medium-sized hotels or whatever you want to call it are also no longer active.
So what is left? yes, the large rich resorts that survive ... so you will be able to stay there, eat, digest ... because for the rest "forget it", once outside the hotel or resort only desolate streets .. In other words, one goes, albeit a luxury , facing quarantine like those “all inclusive” resorts in the Dominican or Canary Islands…
Am I pessimistic? no, am I realistic? yes .. am i sorry ? yes, even pain in the heart because apart from nature, it is not the warmth of the Thai people that attracted us, their smile, their fantastic food in their simple restaurant, the nice (correct) bars, the nice massages and jokes with them on the beach… and so much more…? yes, right..
I'm afraid we won't find this soon .. Thailand will have a completely different shape ...
I sincerely hope I'm wrong .. but want and will experience or experience it either at the end of 2021 or the beginning of 2022, at least I hope so. With this I hope and wish that all Thailand fans can travel back to that beautiful country as soon as possible and thus give the local population hope for a better life.
Philippe, beautiful.
The untouched Thai nature, the empty beaches, the azure blue sea, the beautiful islands and the delicious food. I can name 100 more reasons why the country is so beautiful.
But not for nothing were some islands closed to tourists, it was just too much. The country broke down and was no longer sustainable on a long-term basis.
How would you have seen Thailand if there had never been Corona in 5-10 years, I would not have predicted you much good.
Tourism has grown too much and too fast in recent times, of course everyone tried to get their share, logically .. tourists are money machines.
But what I hope is that it will come back a little more organized.
The large hotel chains will come anyway and there is also a market for that.
It is precisely the art of finding unspoilt Thailand, which you will not find in Pattaya, Phuket and unfortunately no longer in Koh Samui.
I really wish the local population a nice and good income and a quick economic recovery, how? this must be carefully considered by smart people with an eye for the environment, the character of the country and nature.