Cabinet approves long-term tourist visas

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https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1999715/tourism-minister-raises-caveat-on-reopening

Tourists from China applied for the STV and plan to enter Thailand via Suvarnabhumi airport on Oct 20. They are expected to go through a 14-day quarantine at an alternative state quarantine facility in Bangkok.

"The Chinese group previously set as the first batch to arrive via Phuket airport is rescheduled to Oct 26 to preserve the local confidence during the vegetarian festival of Oct 17-25," Mr Phiphat said.

A group from Scandinavia remains confirmed for entry on Nov 1. But because that group includes tourists from Denmark, which reported an increasing number of infections lately, the ministry has to coordinate with the Foreign Ministry again on how to decide on the issue.

 

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STV: Not a single Chinese person actually applied for a special visa - TAT supplied "list of names"

STV: Not a single Chinese person actually applied for a special visa - TAT supplied list of names Picture: Siam Rath Further revelations have emerged about the much delayed arrival of the first group of Chinese tourists. Some 120 Chinese were supposed to have been arriving in Phuket last Thursday...

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Further revelations have emerged about the much delayed arrival of the first group of Chinese tourists.



Some 120 Chinese were supposed to have been arriving in Phuket last Thursday until an eleventh hour reason - the Vegetarian Festival - was given for the delay by the head of Thailand's security council.



The charter flight was virtually taxiing on the runway, it was claimed.



But now it has been revealed that the TAT had only supplied a list of names of those interested in coming to Thailand as part of the Special Tourist Visa (STV).



The onerous regulations that potential visitors must follow has led to the scheme being ridiculed online.



Foreign ministry spokesman Natthaphanu Noppakhun told the Thai media that NOT ONE Chinese person in Guangzhou had actually applied for an STV at the consulate there.

 

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I see in Norwegian news today that the Norwegian travel industry have lost $4 500 000 000 in the period January to August compared to same period last year, I wonder what the loss is for Thailand.

 

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