They had it too good and took advantage. Many people across the country are cancelling Songkran events or any observance of the holiday at all. There are 1.913 main road checkpoints set up throughout the entire country. Do any recognised or reliable medical or scientific sources agree with that? Thailand Tourism News . Since then? . Air Asia Japan has now declared bankruptcy and its Thai subsidiary will probably follow very soon sending thousands of people back home. Thailand wants you back. The fee will be used to develop tourist destinations as well as providing visitors with insurance benefits while in the Kingdom. Good luck trying to open to normal tourism. More than 58,000 citations were handed out to drivers for many different infractions, notably over 16,000 drivers were caught without a license and nearly 15,000 people were violating Thailand’s helmet laws by riding without one. As part of the Songkran road safety campaign, 342,000 cars, trucks and motorbikes were stopped and inspected by over 60,000 officials across Thailand yesterday. On Tuesday 5 November, 15 people were killed by gunmen in one of the worst attacks Thailand has seen in years. If we add that real estate is diving (most major touristic spots have prices 30-50% below last year values) and the credit cards (mirroring the private consumption) have declined 10% plus… there is no bright spot except the electronic exports only contracting 5% to date. About 83% of the accidents involved motorbikes, 7.5% involved pick-up trucks and 4% were with cars. Here’s what you need to know. The general population won’t start vaccination until early next year and it’s going to take some time once that happens. Thailand has also experimented at times with curfews, alcohol bans and closures of schools, shopping malls and restaurants. He also noted that even Chinese officials are advising caution and suggest waiting until the hot season next year (mid year). Please fill out this information for us to send you a great deal. There not even sure how long the vaccine will protect …. Recessions are cyclic. Bangkok, 01 April, 2021 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to announce that the Royal Thai … Keeping the borders shut is simply destroying perfectly healthy businesses and creating mass unemployment and the hollowing out of the middle classes. Please fill out this information for us to send you a great deal. Exports, which make up a far larger part of GDP than foreign tourism, are down by 6% so production has dropped to match. Keep up the good work until 2022, Your email address will not be published. Your IP: 134.209.33.227 News Thailand Plans are underway for tourists to be able to visit Thailand’s most popular areas without needing to quarantine by October 2021. Read more headlines, reports & breaking news in Thailand. Thailand’s Tourism Minister, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, has confirmed a proposal to charge foreign tourists a fee of 300 baht per visit. I am waiting for a position on “Fully Vaccinated” tourists. The six trillion THB question (the amount of debts whose repayment has been frozen within Thai banks) is who will chip the 2 trillion brought yearly by the foreign tourists? The Tourism Authority of Thailand announced that Phuket will be the first destination in Thailand to reopen to vaccinated foreign visitors without quarantine requirements from July 1. The hospital encourages people to do video calls with their relatives as the hospital will only allow one relative to spend time with each patient. The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director-general reports that there were 348 road accidents in the country on the first day of the campaign. The level of paranoia is one of the highest on the globe in Thailand. How will Sardaar live like this, his soul is trapped in Thailand waters. Government announces new policy in a bid to boost the country’s pandemic-hit tourism industry. This serves as a reminder to all travelers that the region bordering Malaysia in Thailand's south is listed as "Do Not Travel" by many government travel advisories. A growing outbreak in Thailand, where local Covid-19 cases hit a new daily record on Sunday, threatens to undermine the nation’s plan to welcome back tourists. According to Bloomberg, tourism accounted for around one-fifth of Thailand’s GDP in pre-pandemic times, making it a major driver of Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. Latest Thailand travel news, reviews and destination directories, plus hotels, embassies and accommodation. That’s 2021 and not 2022 or 2025 or never. Thaiger is a deep resource for people looking for news, information, properties, lifestyle and travel articles about Thailand and our nearby region. All events previously planned to mark the Thai New Year’s holiday between April 13 and 15 have now been called off. Thailand will shorten the quarantine period for international arrivals to 10 days from 14 beginning April 1 and aims to eliminate quarantine requirements for some travelers by October 1, according to The Bangkok Post.. Vaccinated travelers with proof of a negative COVID-19 test result will only have to quarantine for one week and be tested once starting next month. Should Thailand also subsidise the factories, to match? After the recent outbreak of Covid-19 across Thailand, in a large part due to entertainment activities, Thailand’s former capital city of Ayutthaya has now officially cancelled all Songkran festival activities for the upcoming holiday. That spells years before normal travel & tourism. Yeah March is a Pipe Dream. Amazing Thailand, Travel information, Travel guide, maps, hotels, accommodation, attractions, events & festivals, food, culture, shopping information to help you plan your Thailand vacations. Alcohol was another major contributing factor, with intoxicated drivers involved in 23% of accidents that were attributed to drink-driving. PHOTO: Ayutthaya traditionally has elaborate Songkran celebrations. The country is allowing foreigners to visit the southern resort island of Phuket without quarantine on arrival in the hope that they can bring tourism back to the area. Ummm … well … ‘yes’, it would be difficult to relax the regulations without relaxing the regulations. Officials say that the real rush back home for the annual holiday will probably be tomorrow. In an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19, the Ayutthaya Hospital issued a statement limiting visits for hospital patients. The biggest percentage of incidents happened between 4 and 8 pm, with 28% of accidents occurring in the late afternoon and early evening. Bangkok, Chon Buri and Chiang Mai saw 2 fatalities on the roads of each province, while Phatthalung province in Southern Thailand had 22 injuries from 20 traffic accidents, the most in any province in Thailand. Well done Thailand. Life or profits? After the local paranoia subsides and you learn to deal with Covid , you will have to find a way to get the tourists to return. Bangkok to illuminate Wat Arun in green light for Global Greening Programme 2021. But Pipat says everything is on hold at this stage and that the Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is urging caution in regards to any wholesale easing of restrictions. Bangkok hotels have an occupation rate of around 20% and massive layoffs will start now that it is clear that the next high season (q4-2021) will be the first moment the staff may be necessary! More than 400 tourism leaders and industry gurus gathered in Bangkok last month – in a safe and socially-distanced format – for the 10 th annual Thailand Tourism Forum 2021 (TTF), Thailand’s premier travel, tourism and hospitality powwow organised by C9 Hotelworks hospitality consulting group and hosted at the Conrad Hotel Bangkok. I agree the tourist sector needs to be subsidized eventually. Thailand has been extremely cautious on reopening its borders for tourism as the global pandemic continues. Estimates show that road fatalities could return to 19,000-20,000 in all of 2021, which is about 1 death every 26 minutes. Tourism officials slash Songkran travel expectations by half, Thai Airways cuts another 4,250 staff, offering them early retirement, Condolences from Thailand to UK on Prince Philip’s death, Immigration police arrest Frenchman on drug charges, 3 other foreigners for overstay, Police chief orders staff to work from home after 42 officers test positive, Bangkok prepares to open field hospital as officials warn of a rapid rise in infections, Thai Health Minister pictured without mask, sitting next to infected Transport Minister, UPDATE: Thai PM orders closure of bars and clubs in 41 provinces. A friend of mine works close to the rulers of Thailand, she says that a rumor has started to float around in the corridors of the government building, that they will open up the country. The WHO report placed Thailand as the number one country in ASEAN with a 32.7 per cent death rate, the highest in Southeast Asia. Starting July 1, Thailand would lift quarantine requirements to visit some areas of the country if they reach 70% vaccinated population by then, according to Thailand’s Minister of Tourism, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn. Thai authorities are struggling to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak just days before the country’s traditional Songkran New Year’s holiday, when millions of people travel. Look it up. Worldwide about 317,000 people die in driving accidents every year, or about 1 every 23 seconds. All it is, is a photo of some cleavage, with the first word of the article being “kiss”, and it sounds like the author’s nuts are turning purple from excessive cogitation. There are new reports that say Thailand is planning a quarantine-free entry for vaccinated tourists. Congrats General, you killed Thai tourism forever ! Thailand Trusted Report EP 5: Embrace a new holistic wellness experience in Bang Kachao Around 20% of crashes were between 8 am and noon, and 17% between noon and 4 pm. Thailand’s 500 billion baht loss amounts to about 3 per cent of the country’s entire 2019 gross domestic product of 16.87 trillion baht. The nation’s local tourism industry has reportedly petitioned for the lifting of mandatory quarantines by July 1 in hopes of welcoming back throngs of vaccinated visitors. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. I just got back from Hawaii and it was different being there while some 20-30% of the tourist business were still closed. Tourism Authority of Thailand TAT Newsroom is committed to supporting international media by providing the latest press releases, festivals & events, other Thai travel news as well as compelling Thailand travel features and videos. Here are all the latest updates on Thailand reopening for tourism and everything you need to know on how to visit one of the most popular countries in the world. Thailand is planning to allow fully vaccinated tourists to visit Phuket without quarantining starting July 1. I’m not saying it’ll happen, just that what he’s saying is “definite”. Maybe but is it worth rushing? Thailand Tourism Updates. 6 days ago Tourism News. Never miss out on future posts by following Thaiger. The Road Accident Victims Protection Co explains that the WHO calculates the financial damages of driving deaths in different countries around the world. Here’s the latest on visiting Thailand in 2020. So, apart from the STV and the modified 60 day Tourist Visa, and a few other options – all involving quarantine and a lot of red-tape for now – there’s not much good news on the horizon for people wishing to get back to Thailand right now. Travel to Thailand is back on the cards for tourists from all countries thanks to two new long-term visas. If they dont open travel he will die like fish without water, No sympathy . Or catch up on your Thailand news. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. The PM has said general tourism will reopen only with a vaccine. If Covid-19 improves in the coming month and the country springs back to life, the number of deaths are likely to spring back as well. Cloudflare Ray ID: 63e7a1b6efad59e0 Meanwhile, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said that Hong Kong had asked the TAT about the travel bubble, as well as with Singapore. The Thai Hotel Association and The Thailand Travel Agents Association have been lobbying, even demanding, the Thai government to drop its mandatory quarantine provisions and urgently negotiate travel bubble with provinces in China and other nations that are currently “low risk” for Covid-19, including Singapore, Vietnam, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan. “The country will continue with opening to businessmen, technical experts, high level workers and those in the medical field for now. Survey after survey? what a mess this rollout will be. “Not happening for years unless the government relaxes its draconian regulations.”. The Songkran road safety campaign is off to a moderate start with a reported 25 deaths and 356 injuries across Thailand on Saturday. Thai Travel News. Thailand is notorious for its road and driving conditions, and a disproportionate number of driving accidents. Travel alert for Southern Thailand - 2019. How is that definite? Please enable Cookies and reload the page. Thai tourism limits incoming visitors to a shortened list of country-approved hotels, although the list spans some 200 properties across the nation, with more than 120 hotels in Bangkok alone. Nipral, if you’re going with Peter then I will have a three-some. TAT Newsroom 4 weeks ago. Thailand relaxes travel curbs for tourists from more than 50 countries. News Categories: Thailand Tourism Visa. Performance & security by Cloudflare, Please complete the security check to access. those who wil loose jobs will probably be arrested as ” trouble makers” —. So “herd immunity” is “known to help prevent transmission”? The super rich who have had the money passed down to them are a very different category though, easy come easy go is their general attitude. Thailand reduces quarantine for international arrivals from 1 April 2021. Speeding is the number one cause of traffic accidents, with 32% of incidents a result of people driving too fast. You must be joking. Still I have friends looking forward to seeing me so I won’t wait too long. Why should Thailand subsidize just one part of the economy? Kiss any resemblance of general tourism to Thailand goodbye, at least until march next year, at the earliest. Phuket to lead reopening of Thai tourism sector. It would be great if Thailand came up with a plan to slowly start tourism again in March, but I’m not counting on it, as until now they’ve only been throwing silly ideas into the air and shooting them down again before you can blink with your eyes. Probably not. the problem is that thais think they are smart and clever – – in fact it is the opposite. The minister’s outlook wipes out any hope of any tourism resurgence for the 2020/2021 high season. Even vaccinated foreigners may not quarantee they will not pass on the disease. The World Health Organisation now reports that road accidents cost an estimated 500 billion baht in 2019 alone. 2020 saw a strong drop in road accidents and deaths, from 22,000 in 2019 to just under 18,000 fatalities, though this drop is mainly due to the national lockdown in April and general decrease in travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Then if uncle Tu and his friends like to speak without action, between themselves as they do publicly, is anyone’s guess. The point about what we are all returning to, is also well made. I’ve never seen so much paranoia . About a month ago Imperial College London released a statement suggesting it did but qualified the statement with the immunity “APPEARS” to be short lived, and it’s “TOO EARLY” to be certain of this yet. Traffic will be very light for the first several months, people are weary of long distance travel. Note that all the non-starting ideas to date have come from people working for the PM or from lobbyists and not from the PM himself. And this quite soon. The official site of Tourism Authority of Thailand. Flatlining is terminal. Can’t even imagine what Thailand will be like when I return. The moral corruption is mind numbing on its face. Related Topics: 14 days ASQ bookings CCSA coming to Thailand flights flights to Thailand Hotels Mandatory Minister quarantine return to Thailand special tourist visa STV Thai Government tourism. Latest news and updates from the travel and hospitality industry in Thailand. EdwardV. 30 Comments . In Ayutthaya, 86 people have been infected with 21 new cases diagnosed yesterday. The decision by the province’s Songkran committee and the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Ayutthaya office was directed especially at tourists who may be planning to travel to the area for traditional festivities. France is now subsidizing up to 250.000 USD month the big hotels/restaurant… closed/suffering because of covid, Thailand should start doing the same. Complex and ornate events had been planned, scheduled to be held on Si Sanphet road, with the sudden cancellation announcement abruptly ending the preparations for holiday merriment. According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the quarantine-exemption measures implemented in Phuket will be extended to five other key tourism destinations – Krabi, Phang Nga, Surat Thani (Ko Samui), Chonburi (Pattaya) and Chiang Mai – from October 1. Why on earth anyone takes the dribblings into newspapers seriously, is a mystery. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. Will take years to figure out the ins & outs of several vaccines . More than 400 tourism leaders and industry gurus gathered in Bangkok – in a safe and socially-distanced format – for the 10th annual edition of the Thailand Tourism Forum 2021 (TTF),… Hotels It’s much easier now than few months ago to enter Thailand, the procedure for a TR Visa and CoE is quite straightforward and relatively quick (I did all in 5 days). The death of younger household leaders, and other untimely and unnatural deaths also may contribute in the longterm to a disparity in an aging population. This is a moment of truth, without flooding the market with subsidies/liquidity, Thailand may see its tourism industry disappearing before the vaccines allow tourists to come back. It is very simple: if you will ONE DAY open the country, you may as well do it now, as viruses like Covid-19 and the common cold will not disappear. That’s the outlook for Thailand’s beleaguered tourism industry from the usually optimistic Minster for Sports and Tourism, Pipat Ratchakitprakan. Required fields are marked *, Election Commission to investigate charges that Progressive Movement is run as a political party, Phuket officials concerned about virus risk from undocumented migrant workers, Thailand Covid UPDATE: 967 new infections announced Sunday, Elephants walking from Pattaya to Surin get a lift, Big Covid-19 numbers today: 789 new infections, 1 death. Yup just correct and they became arrogant and rude. On the one hand, I would guess that Asia will be the last region in the world to return to normal for the reason you describe: strict lockdowns have prevented their population from developing immunity. Thailand reopens tourism. At last, something definite – better late than never, but it’s unfortunate that the TAT didn’t say this months ago as Vietnam did, as it’s the only sensible solution. (Very Special Covidfree Rich Stupid Tourist Visa). The costs are still high since the ASQ is still mandatory, but with the vaccines coming on, most probably the tourism will reopen normally in the 2nd quarter of 2021, regardless of what this inexperienced minister may say. Thailand aims to reopen completely by January 2022. PHOTO: Thailand - the most dangerous roads in Asia? It’s sad for such a great country to have to go to its knees in fear. Thailand Mandatory Re-Entry Travel Insurance, Read more headlines, reports & breaking news in Thailand, average road death toll each day in Thailand. An urgent declaration by the provincial governor today informed the public of the decision. Sudden lane switches, regardless of speed, contributed to about 20% of crashes. Before SHUTTING DOWN THE BORDERS? TAT and the local government agreed that the cancellation was necessary to prevent the possible spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in light of the current outbreak across Thailand. Even the Chinese have lowered Thailand on their interest list for that very reason. 30 Comments. Thailand is moving forward with a four-stage plan to restart tourism in the popular Asian destination. Thailand is open to tourists from all countries but travelers need to obtain a special tourist visa, bring a PCR test and undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Not happening for years unless the government relaxes its draconian regulations. Now what do you plan to do with millions of unemployed people ? I’d be surprised if a general no quarantine reopening happens before summer. Well, whether you like it or not and whether you choose to believe it or not, what he’s actually quoted as saying is still “definite”. With the loss of the family head, an average of 2.43 people per death lose the support of their primary family earner, putting them in peril. Thailand Tourism News: Good news for travel lovers! Keep in contact with Thaiger by following our Facebook page. The draconian measures will cause human suffering on an epic scale over several years. On the other hand, most East Asian countries likely already have widespread resistance to the virus due to years of exposure, poor sanitation, and stronger immune systems. Everything will be on sale . I doubt quarantine restrictions will be removed until 2022 at the earliest. • Could they save Songkran? Answer your own questions instead of flooding online forums with your ignorance. Bangkok Post - The world's window on Thailand. 399 . Daily news is short, to the point, sourced originally and easy to find and read. Since when did the government listen to the people? Your email address will not be published. There was small outbreaks in 3 cities in China over the past few weeks, less than 10 cases in each city, where Chinese health officials rolled out quick response lockdown teams for the affected communities. Thailand will begin to remove quarantine requirements and open its … This overall situation led to the official decision to call off all Songkran festivities. While Peter is vacationing in Mexico or Brazil in the second half of 2021 I’ll be drinking and partying with his girlfriend in Thailand. Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 11:44 am .
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