General Reports

[Banana Boi]

Travel to Thailand is currently not recommended by the French government foreign affairs....

Which in most cases means that even if you did have travel insurance for Thailand it would be void.

So how about Macron? Do you think he's a better politician than Trump? Who has better hair? I'm a Merkel fan myself. Boris J looks like a bum off the streets imo. Maybe we should change this to IPG (International Politics Guide).

[EihTooms]

They will eventually wise up when they realize they have such nonsensical conditions nobody is interested in coming.

One aspect of this pandemic that perhaps applies to Thailand more than many other countries is the potential for it to reach into and effect the Royal Family. Their well being and safety is probably taken more seriously here than the one in the U.K.

Nobody wants to be in charge of national security if or when one molecule of this virus creates a domino effect of serious illness and death from the top down in the already high risk group of the Royal Family, regardless how popular or not they are compared to previous ones. Not only would you be in deep shit, your entire family line and everyone they ever met might find themselves bannished forever. Zero tolerance will be the rule here more than most other places. Even if it is only "for show."

[Ass Addict]

Travel to Thailand is currently not recommended by the French government foreign affairs....

Mostly because they are pushing their citizens to spend their money in their own country instead of wasting it (they think) in a foreign country.

[Pimpampoumpipo]

iYes Thailand has insurance companies that sell COVID insurance.
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I do not know how to read Thai well enough for contracts to understand the cases of exclusion of guarantees written in very small print nota bene at the end of insurance contracts lol.

What I read from the travel insurance contracts available in France now about coronavirus paragraph (Europ Assistance - AXA Insurance Public Limited. Final list of the 14 insurances companies "The compulsary health insurance for aliens to apply non-immigrant visa" in Thailand) :

"I have to go to a region advised against by the government, does my insurance cover me if I decide to travel?"

Answer : "We recommend that all clients follow the advice of the government.

If you travel to a region that is not recommended, you will not be protected by your insurance, which excludes intentional acts, in particular risky behavior.

Customers should read the recommendations of government authorities carefully before determining if their trip is deemed essential. Customers must be able to provide documentation that their travel is essential, in line with government directives. ".

I think it only concerns occasional travelers like me and not O-A long stay visas

Travel to Thailand is currently not recommended by the French government foreign affairs....

[Pimpampoumpipo]

imo Thailand is taking the proper precautions. Don't like it then don't go. No one is forcing anyone to go to Thailand..

No big deal. Instead of the music which bust my balls in gogos bars, since the time I want to listen to wholly Der Ring des Nibelungen quiet at home, this will be the opportunity.

[Franciscass]

Are you in one of these 5 groups? I'm not.

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-ne...irus-persists/

They will eventually wise up when they realize they have such nonsensical conditions nobody is interested in coming.

[Banana Boi]

Bienvenue en Thailande.

imo Thailand is taking the proper precautions. Don't like it then don't go. No one is forcing anyone to go to Thailand.

Yes Thailand has insurance companies that sell COVID insurance.

Japan is taking a totally different approach. They will be announcing a program where they pay tourists to visit Japan by subsidizing part of the trip. If this comes to fruition in July I will be planting myself in Japan for 6 months. Had fun spending last Summer in Japan and Korea.

[Pimpampoumpipo]

Are you in one of these 5 groups? I'm not.

I just have my cock to present at the airport checkpoint.

I think I am in group 6 or more who would go 14 days in quarantine on arrival in Thailand and 14 days on return in France, who must have COVID-19 insurance of $ 100,000 (no insurance delivers this option at this time), must provide a fit to fly, a negative covid-19 certificate of less than 72 hours to go to a country or bars, gogos are closed, the sale of alcohol is prohibited, with a curfew, where almost all the girls have returned to their province and where I'm not even sure if a taxi could take me to Pattaya from the airport.

Bienvenue en Thailande.

[EihTooms]

Are you in one of these 5 groups? I'm not.

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-ne...irus-persists/

[Gargano19]

I've said it once and I'll say it again. How else do you expect the government and police to generate extra revenue? ....
It's always been about money with the government and most people. So curfew = police dollars.

Well said MonkeyPaw, that makes sense. Exactly what I was missing. Indeed police is taking huge amount of money (whatever in wallet, as long as it's more than 2000) from people found outside during curfew.

[MonkeyPaw]

State of emergency most likely extending to end of June.

Plus this less than encouraging opinion.

Health ministry advisor Dr Khamnuan suggested at a seminar that the entertainment industry in Thailand should reopen by doing something less risky. Social distancing was impossible at bars and clubs and discos so they should just abandon the business and reassess their future. Damrongkiat Phinitkarn, secretary of Pattaya's entertainment and tourism sector, said it was clear that opening up bars and clubs was a long way off.

Times of a recession or depression, you want your citizens to spend their dollars in responsible ways so it doesn't further collapse the economy. Imagine a large family going through a financial crisis. The head of household will control where the money is spent and how it's funneled. You don't want your kids to spend it on partying versus food, do you? Now if that money was coming from another family (tourists), that would be different. But that family has left the neighborhood and is not coming back for a long ass time. The entertainment and sex industry had the most profit margin, so they will be the last on the list for help. Those bosses and owners like Night Wish and Rainbow group should be taking care of their low level employees on top of help feeding the poor. Think about that and the income of those in that industry compared to other regular jobs. Not sure why they are still using COVID as an excuse, but most minds are simple and would believe that in a city like BKK, which ranks 12th amongst all in the world in the most pollution and air quality, Thailand cares about your health so much.

[MonkeyPaw]

It makes no sense to me. Curfew will be extended with new timing from midnight to 4 am. What's the point of curfew if all the nightlife is closed. Obviously I am missing something here.

I've said it once and I'll say it again. How else do you expect the government and police to generate extra revenue? If bars and clubs are closed, there is no key money to be had. Bars and clubs in Pattaya can't even open because there is nobody who will spend that kind on money left. Even Monkeypaw is on a budget of 2500 per day. Where do the locals find the money now that Thailand and the whole world is in a recession? So what the government will do is to keep the restrictions, so it's a rope given to some, to hang themselves. Look at how many they busted last month with the curfew? How much money did it generate for the police? If the curfew is lifted, the extra revenue is gone. These are tough times for the police to make money. If it won't make money for the police or anybody else, it will stay closed, no matter what is lifted. Pattaya malls are only at 10-15% of what I'm used to seeing, and most people are just walking around for free air conditioning and exercise. Most beach road businesses are still closed. Times like this, third world and first world countries start to loot and pawn shops will bank. It's always been about money with the government and most people. So curfew = police dollars.

[Gargano19]

To keep people from hanging outside in groups on those mats drinking and eating and spreading corona.

Aren't clubs not supposed to sell drinks "officially"? And what's stopping people from hanging out in groups and drinking and spreading corona, let's say at 9 pm.

[Mr Enternational]

It makes no sense to me. Curfew will be extended with new timing from midnight to 4 am. What's the point of curfew if all the nightlife is closed. Obviously I am missing something here.

To keep people from hanging outside in groups on those mats drinking and eating and spreading corona.

[Gargano19]

State of emergency most likely extending to end of June.

Plus this less than encouraging opinion.

Health ministry advisor Dr Khamnuan suggested at a seminar that the entertainment industry in Thailand should reopen by doing something less risky. Social distancing was impossible at bars and clubs and discos so they should just abandon the business and reassess their future. Damrongkiat Phinitkarn, secretary of Pattaya's entertainment and tourism sector, said it was clear that opening up bars and clubs was a long way off.

It makes no sense to me. Curfew will be extended with new timing from midnight to 4 am. What's the point of curfew if all the nightlife is closed. Obviously I am missing something here.