"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
Not a problem.
I don’t think there are any of us now planning to come to Thailand in July. Airlines haven’t even started and nobody would want to pay good money until we know EVERYTHING is back to normal.
The big worry will be later in the year for high season. Hopefully, even the UK will be over the worst by then...maybe
GerBear1958 (June 11th, 2020), poshglasgow (June 13th, 2020)
I'm coming back for sure July, and at least FINNAIR will start full scale Asian operations 1 July. Whole corona has been small splash killing only those who had already one leg or both in grave.Originally Posted by gerefan2
GerBear1958 (June 2nd, 2020)
But...
Will you go in July if you have to do 2 weeks in quarantine?
Will you go if the bars are still closed?
Will you go if the Gogo bars are shut?
It’s not the risk of catching the Virus. They had hardly any of it,compared to Europe. In fact you will have far less chance of getting it than if you remained in Europe.
Even if Thailand start opening its borders I doubt tourists will jump on the first available flight to BKK if vaccination or medication for the virus won't be available most will prefer to stay home.
...most will prefer to stay home where people are dropping like flies!
From my interpretation, Thailand is likely to reopen tourism to countries with a low incidence rate of Covid.
I presume the author of the article mentioned excluding Brits as he has some particular interest (e.g. he might be one of us).
Reopening tourism to countries with a low incidence rate of Covid is an obvious move. It's just common sense. Thailand needs the tourism revenue and if they allow people in from countries with low infection rates, the risk is minimal. For example, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia & China (if they trust the figures).
For now, it would make sense to exclude parts of Europe, North & South America.
However, IF current trends continue, by the time some of us want to travel to Thailand, the list of permitted countries should increase significantly. That's because of declining covid infection rates & probable subdued tourism demand from the first group of countries where Thailand does permit inbound travel.
Whilst there will be pent up tourism demand amongst some of us, overall I think it will take a little time for travel to recover to earlier levels. Partly down to fear and partly down to Covid restrictions.
GerBear1958 (June 2nd, 2020)
More likely the appalling Pattaya News ....just another red top. So treat the comment with caution.
..pent up tourism demand...ol...is that an euphanism??
dab69 (June 1st, 2020)
There's still the problem of the insurance requirement coupled with every insurance company refusing to insure against the virus.
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